Travel Reference
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SHOPPING
The main retailing activity here is along South Granville, which - espe-
cially between Broadway and 16th Ave - recalls a boutique-packed Eng-
lish high street in a well-to-do town. It makes for a pleasant hour or two of
strolling as you nose around fashion stores and slick homeware empori-
ums. Art fans should also check out the handful of private galleries on
Granville north of Broadway. Cambie Village is also worth a poke around,
with some cool indie stores nestled between the restaurants and coffee-
houses.
OSCAR'S ART BOOKS
BOOKS
(
www.oscarsartbookstore.com
; 1533 W Broadway; 9am-9pm Mon-Fri, 10am-6pm Sat & Sun;
9)
A drool-triggering array of gorgeous art, fashion, architecture and graphic-design
books (especially the large-format ones near the front) dominates the stacks here and
it's worth some leisurely browsing if you have time to spare. There's an ongoing 20%
reduction off catalog prices, which includes the back wall of Taschen tomes which are
almost impossible to walk past.
There's also a good Moleskine journal selection here. On your way out, check the
rack of art-happening flyers and magazines near the front door and have a quick poke
through the bargain box outside.
WALRUS
HOMEWARES, GIFTS
(
www.walrushome.com
;
3408 Cambie St; 10am-7pm Mon-Fri, 10am-5pm Sat, noon-5pm Sun;
15)
A small but perfectly curated store that's teeming with superbly designed home-
wares and accessories that are almost impossible to resist. Form meets function with
everything on the shelves here, including excellent travel clocks, mod coffee pots with
a knowing nod to the 1970s and must-have magnetic keychains from New York's Mu-
seum of Modern Art. Your credit card will soon be sweating.
