It’s our annual Okanagan hot sheet!

Taste
As if it weren’t enough that Church and State has built an architecturally spectacular tasting room (witness the glassed-in barrel room), it is soon to open a patio with an ice bar to keep you (and your glass of Cuvée) cool this summer. www.churchandstatewines.com

Stay
At Spirit Ridge, perched in the hills just above Lake Osoyoos, it’s not unusual to see people on their balconies for hours, gazing out at the stunning mountain, lake and vineyard views. Even better with glass of N’Kmip Pinot Noir in hand. Oh, is it only 10 a.m.? www.spiritridge.ca

Dine
The new Mica restaurant at Spirit Ridge brought in a stellar team to create “wine country comfort food” using high quality local ingredients: a round of Butcher’s Burgers on the patio sounds good to us. www.spiritridge.ca

Do
The family-owned organic Covert Farms has just launched a new wine label featuring the dramatic McIntire Bluff and the Nighthawk – both features of the bucolic property. With an on-site casual restaurant with patio, organic fruit and veggies, plus kids activities and organic farming camps, it’s the perfect answer to wine tasting with wee ones. www.covertfarms.ca

I Do
The remodeled Silvery Sage winery is a popular spot for weddings and it is easy to see why: beautiful landscaping, rose-lined walkways, and weeping willows. We do! www.silversagewinery.com —Sarah Bancroft

For more highlights from our 48 hours in Oliver/Osoyoos Wine Country, visit our Editors' Diary.

Indoors or outdoors, in venues big or small, music is always best served live. Packed with artists coming soon to our pretty city, this playlist will put you in the mood to groove. –Kelsey Dundon

“When I’m with You” -- Best Coast, May 23 at Biltmore

“Minnesota, WI” -- Bon Iver, May 25 at Deer Lake Park

“Disparate Youth” – Santigold, May 26 at the Commodore

“Thank You Space Expert” – Mogwai, May 29 at the Commodore

“Main Street” – Deer Tick, May 30 at the Commodore

“Love Lost” – Temper Trap, June 19 at Malkin Bowl

“Kiara” – Bonobo (DJ set), July 26 at Fortune Sound Club

“Shake it Out” -- Florence and the Machine, July 20 at Deer Lake

“Feel Love” – Ben Harper, July 4 at PNE Amphitheatre

“Elephant Gun” – Beirut, July 28 at the Orpheum

While there's no shortage of neon and rainbow-printed swimwear on the market, there most definitely is a lack of simple, classic black swimsuits for those of us that aren't trying to emulate a Brazilian beach party.

But then Beth Richards, and her beautiful, clean-lined swimwear, came into our lives, and suddenly the beach became a place where we didn't have to abandon our mantra of being modern, chic, and always in black. The designer, who identifies herself as a real woman with a real body, says the suits provide coverage without compromising style.

Hopefully this Vancouver brand will help change our fashion reputation from yoga pant-wearing women to elegant beach beauties in stunning bikinis.

Beth Richards' swimwear, starting at $100 per piece, at Net A Porter —Alexandra Suhner Isenberg

Once you have kids, there are a handful of retail stores you can add to your "danger" list (meaning highly tempting and potentially damaging to your wallet.)

Ella + Elliot is one of those stores which used to be primarily an online temptation (with a store in Toronto), but they’ve just opened shop in Vancouver. Don't be fooled though, the prices are sometimes deceiving. What looks like an expensive $2,400 crib converts into a bassinet, toddler bed, junior bed, AND sofa, which adds a great deal of value. And that $19 sippy cup is actually the most genius invention we've seen to date, with a weighted straw that means your little one can get to the liquid even if the cup is tilted.

So the prices aren’t as bad as you think. Unless you calculate the number of shoes you could have bought, instead of that crib. Then you’ll be the one crying hysterically.

Seimi Sleep System bed, $2400 and Lollacup, $19.
Ella + Elliot, 126 W. Hastings St., Vancouver, www.ellaandelliot.com

When the Cascade Group took over Latitude on Main Street about a year ago they started making some quiet changes.

Now, they’ve re-branded the joint as El Camino’s and serve Latin American street food like pollo tacos ($5.00) and gambas arepas ($7.50), corn pockets stuffed with prawns, grilled and served in a basket. While you could sit inside the modern digs, the street-side patio is the perfect spot to nurse a 500 mL can of Tecate ($6.25), the cerveza they actually drink south of the border.

Now that’s what we call street cred. —Kelsey Dundon

El Camino's, 3250 Main St., Vancouver, www.elcaminos.ca