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W e e k e n d W a r r i o r APRIL 2016 BCBusiness 75 tAnYA GoEhRInG i've always been a big music fan. I started playing instru- ments, guitar speci•cally, as a teenager and continue to play in bands, record CDs, tour and all of that type of stu". It creatively allows me to do something completely di"erent than what I do nine- to-•ve running the business. It honestly feels like I'm in a totally di"erent world. Work isn't even part of the conver- sation, so that's why I like to do it. I also have a passion for it—to succeed in it, to learn, to progress in it. Some people do yoga, some people meditate or read. My passion is music. My band, Exit This Side, celebrates its 20th anniversary this spring. We actually had a Top 40 hit in 2009 called "One Night Stand." We do all the preproduction on our own because we have our own studio, but otherwise we use the Farm Studios, with Garth Richardson as producer. His dad is Jack Richardson, who did the Guess Who and all those people. We haven't launched anything new on radio in three or four years, but we're just about to do another album. We're still writing it now, but have a few songs that we want to release, hopefully in the next few months. Usually the music is always going on but I also need to be active physically. I started skateboarding as a kid, then I started snowboarding, and then when wakeboard- ing came out I started wake- boarding. And I surf. So anything to do with a board sport—wherever I am in the world in whatever season it is—I try to take advantage. —as told to Felicity Stone ReTAiL / Burnaby now has its first Whole Foods Market and B.C. its fifth–a 41,000-square-foot store at Lougheed and Willingdon. Look for more than 30 products from new B.C. vendors and Whole Foods Market's first dosa venue, offering various fillings wrapped in a sour lentil pancake. disTiLLeRY/ Victoria spirits, purchased last year by Marker Group, is getting a new name– Victoria Distillers–and a new home. this spring the company is moving to a larger facility in the seaport Place on sidney's water- front where it hopes to engage locals and visitors interested in small-batch distilling. TRAVeL / Expected to launch in April, Vancouver-based holidays of humanity is a collection of websites that connect travellers to mindful travel experiences from voluntourism and wildlife conservation trips to culture and nature tours. Its channels cur- rently include GoVoluntouring .com and seetheWild.com. eATeRY / L'Abattoir co-owner Paul Grunberg, restaurant designer Craig stanghetta and former CinCin head chef Mark Perrier have opened a rustic Italian restaurant on Kingsway near Fraser. osteria savio Volpe features handmade pasta, grilled meats and Italian wines. sPiRiTs / Vij's has a new loca- tion on Cambie near 15th Avenue plus a new gin. Vij's Bolly Water, made by okanagan Crush Pad, is flavoured with juniper berries, citrus and spices: a cocktail base for drinks complementing Vij's Indian-inspired cuisine. –F.S. The latest developments in the world of lifestyle—from retail to restaurants to travel (and more!) Parallel Universe Digital Rebel founder and president Jamie Garratt on balancing work with his musical and boarding passions music therapy Jamie Garratt (middle) and members of his band Exit This Side practise music from their upcoming album N e w + I m p r o v e d WARRiOR sPOTLiGHT Jamie Garratt launched Idea Rebel, a paperless digital marketing company, in Vancouver in 2008. The agency has since expanded to Toronto and Santa Monica, Calif., and Garratt was an EY Entrepreneur of the Year finalist in 2013.

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