Champagne flows at recepti

’ JOY TELLS ALL

PROLIFIC AUTHOR
Anita Stewart was the
special guest of honor last
week at a cosy reception at
Marie Corsi’s Park Royal
Hotel for the launch of her
attractive and colorful new

ACTOR BRUNO ‘Gerussi with lawyer. .Nancy Morrison at the Bac-
chanalia Dinner and wine auction.

JOSEPH AND the Amazing Technicolor

book, A Taste For Com-
fort, in which she describes
a scenic tour of 28 unique
Pacific Northwest Inns
along with the chef's’
selected recipes.

The occasion also marked the
10th anniversary of the Northwest
Country Innkeepers Association
and owners arrived from Northern
California, Oregon, Washington
and all parts of British Columbia.

Really great to see Jonathon
and Marilyn Chilvers, who gave
up thriving advertising and public
telations careers to become hos-
pitable hosts and innkeepers at
their quaint Oceanwood Country
Inn on Mayne Island.

Also enjoying the do were
CBC's Jurgen Gothe, columnist
Keith Morgan, travel guy David
Wishart, Fanny Keifer, gourmet
James Barber and photo whiz
Kent Kallberg...

More than 400 dressy guests

MicLene and Donny Osmond in Toronto.

“Country Cotiages”

New exhibition of oils & watercolours by

CELIA COLLIN

Exhibition runs April 29 to May 8, 1993
2022 Park Royal South Mall

West Vancouver

: 926-2615

Photos submitted
Dreamcoat's Judy .

packed into the Hotel Van's B.C.
Ballroom for the Bacchanalia
Dinner and wine auction, the of-
ficial launch of the 15th annual
Vancouver International Wine
Festival, last Wednesday night.

The festival is the Vancouver
Playhouse Theatre’s major fund-
raiser — five days of wine
tastings, seminars, meetings, lun-
cheons and brunches at the
VTCC.

Lots of notables at this classy
affair, including entertainers Bob
Robertson and Linda Cullin of
Double Exposure, who were flying
out on the red-eye for a gig in
Quebec; actor Bruno Gerussi and
his ladylove lawyer, Nancy Mor-
risen; financial analyst Mike
Ryan, publicist Leanne Campbell
and wine men Bert DeMonte,
Daryl Weinbren, Tony Gizmondi,
Craig Harrison, Deborah Innes,
Ingo Grady, and a very happy
Chris Wooten, GM of the

tayhouse!

Daryl and Richard Carras
entertained the following day at

‘The Prow Restaurant for Grey
Monk’s owners Trudy and George
Heiss...

There was an air of excitement
in the Windows On The Bay res-
taurant at the Coast Plaza Hotel
last Thursday evening as 150
black-tie guests gathered to enjoy
some exquisite cuisine.

Gwen Rogers presided over the
champagne reception where VIPs
like Lyn and Kerry Dix, Tracey
Rand, U.S. consul general David
Johuson and his wife Scarlett
Swan, Rosalie and Joe Segal, Jaa
Nablo and Diana Becker, Shirley
and Peter Barnett, Rui Paes-
Braga, Danie} and Susan Gomez,
Eleni Skalbania and astrologist
Kassandra dined in style.

Nice touch was the magic act by
the talented Don Parker.

Kudos to Hotel GM Jacques
Omnes and his wife Penny, Isobel
Diamond, Laura Vandriel and Ani
Feuremann, who gave everything

_ they had to orchestrate this simply

incredible event to raise funds for
the HIV Unit at Children’s Hospi-
tal to help children and infants

AUTHOR ANITA Stewart, Jurgen Gothe and James Barber at the
Park Royal Hotel for the launch of Stewart's new book, A Taste

For Comfort.

who are suffering with the AIDS
virus.

Dr. Jack Forbes gave a poign -
ant speech which truly touched
all of the guests and helped to
raise more than $22,000...

Just back from Toronto where |
overnighted at the Delta Chelsea
Inn to have an advance peek at
Andrew Lioyd Webbder’s musical,
Joseph and the Amazing Techni-
color Dreamcoat, which stars
Donny Osmond.

It’s exuberantly bright, brash,

. Johanne Olsen

Through Dan Interiors, Johanne presents a
complete shopping experience from furniture -
to unique gifts and quality kitchen accessories,
“Our store offers such fine lines as Kosta Boda,
littala, and Arabia of Finland. We also have a
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A bridal registry is also available.

For those who appreciate the difference.

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brilliant, big, bold, bellowing and
brassy!

And Donny Osmond is perfect

-in the title role, with solid support
from Johnny Seaton and Judy
McLane.

Great family entertainment! It
opens at the QET May 25.

Don’t forget that BCTV’s
Wayne Cox and | will host next
Sunday's Mums for Mums Brunch
benefit for Grace Hospital at the
BC Enterprise Centre ... Cheers!

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