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Mike  
Profile:   doctor
Provenance:   new york
Scene:   gay + mixed
Into:   outdoors, fitness, dancing, dogs
Room décor:  

modern + minimalist red

Cause:  

doctors without borders


 

WHAT & WHERE

WHY

HOW

Eat – casual/fun: $$$
Sanafir
(Far Eastern)

Dramatic, sexy room and fashionable crowd. Plates for sharing with flavours from Asia, India and the Mediterranean. Check out the silk day beds upstairs. Watch the cougars – they bite.

1026 Granville Street, 604-678-1049, www.sanafir.ca

Eat – upscale: $$$$
Bluewater Café & Raw Bar (Seafood)

This big handsome lug of a room serves a swanky crowd and melt-in-your-mouth seafood. Hang out at the bar, opt for a private room, swill oysters at the raw bar or soak up the sun on the patio.

1095 Hamilton Street, Ph: 604-688-8078, www.bluewatercafe.net

Eat – ethnic: $$$
Lolita’s (Mexican)

Cozy up with the locals at this loco-busy cantina. Great south of the border comida. I like to sit at the bar, sip classic margaritas and watch the guapos.

1326 Davie Street, 604-696-9996, www.lolitasrestaurant.com

Eat – breakfast:
Elbow Room

Cheap, fast breakfast; serious attitude from staff but all in good fun. Hit up Café O for your coffee first.

560 Davie Street, Yaletown
604-685-3628, www.theelbowroomcafe.com

Café:
JJ Bean

Locally owned contempo-chic coffee house with smooth bean flavors and meal-size muffins. Sit on the patio with Fido and watch the Yaletown pet parade.

402 Davie Street, 604-684-9253, wwwjjbean.ca  

Nightclub:
Celebrities

Vancouver’s legendary, cutting edge gay establishment in the heart of the boys town. Bring your dancing shoes.

1022 Davie Street, Ph: 604-681-6180, www.celebritiesnightclub.com

Lounge:
1181

Stylish and sexy lounge in Vancouver for gay boys and their special friends. Squeezing room only Friday + Saturday nights, arrive by 10:00 to avoid the line.

1181 Davie Street, 604-687-3991, www.tightbar.com

Spa:
Spruce Body Lab

Sleek modern design and guy-friendly, full range of treatments from waxing to Botox. Sweat out the toxins in the infrared sauna.

1128 Richards Street,
Ph: 604-683-3220, www.sprucebodylab.com

Hair:
Stratosphere

Adam. Book ahead.

1040 Hamilton Street, Suite 105, Yaletown
Ph: 604-683-8323

Shop – clothes:
John Fluevog

This self-proclaimed “coolest place to treat the feet” features all types of shoes, from crazy to sexy to cool, from world-renowned designer John Fluevog, a Vancouver native.

837 Granville Street,
Ph: 604-688-2828
www.fluevog.com

Shop – home:
Inform

High-end contemporary furnishings & accessories. Modern & minimalist, just like my favourite room at Opus.

97 Water Street
Ph: 604-682-3868, www.informinteriors.com

Shop – food:
Urban Fare

Not just a grocery store, but hub of the Yaletown scene. Pricey, but quality food and a wide variety of specialty goods.

177 Davie Street, Yaletown
Ph: 604-975-7550, www.urbanfare.com

Shop – books:
Little Sisters

For boys who like boys and girls who like girls, everything from smut to literature in one store.

1238 Davie Street Ph: 604-669-1753, www.littlesistersbookstore.com

Shop – fun:
Barking Babies

You laugh, but if I don’t bring a little outfit home for my pooch from this designer doggie-wear boutique it’s the doghouse for me.

1188 Homer Street, 604-647-2275, www.barkingbabies.com

Sun:
Kits Pool

Huge saltwater pool with incredible scenery (mountain and oceans look nice too), lanes for the serious swimmer and best of all no sand.

Kitsilano Park, Ph: 604-731-0011, www.findfamilyfun.com/
kitspool.htm

Recreation:
Grouse Grind

Grueling hike up Grouse Mountain, not for the weak of heart. Reward is a cheeseburger & beer at top with spectacular views and easy gondola ride back down.

Foot of Grouse Mountain
Ph: 604-984-0661, www.gvrd.bc.ca/
grind_open.html

Neighbourhood:
West End – Denman St.

Whether you’re hankering for sushi, gelato or cupcakes, Denman’s beach resort vibe has been a crowd-pleaser for decades.

Denman Street – from Davie to Georgia Street.

Day trip:
Whistler

Whether it’s skiing or boarding in the summer or hiking or biking in the summer, Whistler is an outdoorsman’s paradise.

Whistler, BC
www.mywhistler.com

   
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