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17 2:08 PM Welcome to So many other ways to keep up with your city M ost of us who live in and around Vancouver, whether we realize it or not, create frequent love letters to this playground we call home. We leave work a bit early to sneak in a Seawall jog, and Instagram the sunset behind the Gulf Islands for all our envious friends stuck living in lesser places. We happily overpay for local, grown-in-B.C. products because we genuinely believe the terroir here is just superior. And we hurl our offspring down big mountains year-round BCLiving.ca Our responsive site looks as fabulous on your smartphone as it does on your monitor, complete with the latest tips – from restaurants and bars to the latest hot shops. to ensure that they appreciate the thrill and exhilaration of living on Canada's West Coast as vividly as we do. For the people behind the new BCLiving magazine (and newsletter, iPad app and website), this is our latest love letter to our sweet home. We wanted to create a magazine brand that didn't exist yet: a playbook for living life to the fullest in a place that overwhelms with sumptuous choice and bounty every day. And given Vancouverites' penchant for getting out there, the insider tips and plugged-in intelligence had to be frequent, authoritative and convenient. We BCLiving iPad App Prefer pixels to paper? Get the magazine (plus way more enhanced goodies) from the iTunes App store. wanted a product that was as useful in deciding where to eat right now, with a thumb swipe, as it was engaging when flipped through in front of your fireplace. The company behind the Lower Mainland's newest magazine has been telling West Coast stories for four decades, in iconic local magazine brands like BCBusiness and TV Week. The magazine you're holding is just our latest love letter to the epic place we all call home. Life is better here. With the new BCLiving in your pocket and on BCLiving Newsletters Sign up for our thrice-weekly tip sheet for what's happening around town and beyond, including exclusive openings and invites. your coffee table, it just got better again. Please let us know what you think. PHOTO AMANDA SKUSE Tom Gierasimczuk Vice-President, Editorial, Canada Wide Media tomg@canadawide.com / @BCLiving bcliving.ca p12-13_Editors Message.indd 13 BCLiving Chinese We couldn't possibly launch a guide to living the good life in Vancouver without a Chinese complement. Watch for the launch of our Chinese-language sister publication featuring Wanting Qu (pictured) next month around town and at the App store. NOVEMBER 3 | 13 13-10-23 11:03 AM