Cider

'Tis the season for squirrels to supplement their winter stores — and for some, that appears to include Christmas lights.Some East Vancouver residents say they're losing bulbs on their outdoor lights to the thieving rodents, who experts say also enjoy gnawing on the chewy cables. Hastings-Sunrise resident Karyn Lam says she caught squirrels in the act on her surveillance camera last Saturday, after noticing about a dozen bulbs from her outdoor string lights had gone missing. Lam and her husband had just purchased a new…

By Rachel SchnalzerGood morning, fellow Escapists. Last week, we tried to forget about the heat, threw on our metaphorical jean jackets and went apple picking. Now, we’re heading to Julian, a San Diego County town that many consider the Stars Hollow-esque capital of autumn in Southern California.I spoke with three cider aficionados from Julian, who know the ins and outs of growing, pressing and fermenting local apples. They shared their cider tasting tips, advice for spending the perfect fall day in Julian and what they…

Apple cider vinegar is a fermented liquid made from aged apple cider and has many uses. It’s a tasty ingredient for making salad dressings, but some people regard it as more. They believe that consuming apple cider vinegar makes it easier to lose weight, and may even improve their metabolic health. Is there any truth to this idea? Let’s look at what science has found so far about apple cider vinegar and its potential weight loss benefits.How Apple Cider Vinegar Might Enhance Weight LossStudies show that apple cider…

TO AN AVID HOME-BREWER like me, colder temperatures mean stouts, porters and, the true star of the season, hard apple cider. I salivate thinking about each part of the pastoral process: picking apples with pals, pressing them into “soft” cider, mustering up the will to not chug it all in one go. Mercifully, it takes little effort to turn that juice into something as refined as anything you could buy at your local liquor store. It starts with the apple. For any lucky people with an apple tree in their yard or neighborhood,…

A new concept debuting this year in Denver isn’t claiming to be everything to everyone. But if you’re into yoga, live music, raw and vegan food, dinner theater, locally-made ferments or holistic wellness, you’ll likely find something that fits your taste here. Society Colorado is moving into a three-story, 15,000-square-foot space formerly home to The Wrangler gay bar (3090 N. Downing St.). According to an announcement Wednesday, it will house three individual but complimentary businesses in hopes of being a community…

Shein has shown the world how combining social media marketing, data analytics, and China’s well-oiled supply chain has created a $100 billion fast fashion behemoth. Its success naturally spawns imitators and challengers. Among its fastest-growing challengers is Cider, which, like Shein, relies on China’s responsive clothing manufacturers to sell affordable, trend-led pieces to customers around the world. Cider has racked up roughly 7.4 million installs across the world to date, according to…