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Vancouver Special

3612 Main Street

(604) 568-3673

vanspecial.com

This stylish design and housewares store — the tongue-in-cheek name refers to a boxy and devastatingly ugly style of home that was built throughout Vancouver in the 1970s — features a carefully chosen inventory of items, from funky Tsubota pearl lighters from Japan (29.99 dollars) to the elegant porcelain pottery (55 to 400 dollars) of Portland, Ore.-based Lilith Rockett.