Best of Vancouver 2012: Winners' Photo
On September 20, the Georgia Straight honoured its Best of Vancouver readers' choice winners at a gathering at the W2 Media Café. While it was early in the morning, 147 winners made it out of their beds and down to our photo shoot.
Thanks to our excellent photographer William W. Ting for the shots.
Scroll over the photo to identify the participants.
Thanks to all of those who participated—and we look forward to next year!
» See the complete winner's list here.
| # | Business Name | Name | |
| 1 | Elements Wellness Centre | Shannon Abbott | |
| 2 | Elements Wellness Centre | Mellissa McAuley | |
| 3 | Era Design Inc. | Rosemary Bartram | |
| 4 | Pawlik Automotive | Bernie Pawlik | |
| 5 | Hammerberg Alton Beaton & Maglio LLP | Krista Simon | |
| 6 | Kidd Pivot | Crystal Pite | Fiona Hanington | |
| 7 | Spa Utopia Health & Wellness Center | Beverly Loewen | |
| 8 | Spa Utopia Health & Wellness Center | Shelly | |
| 9 | Scotiabank Theatre Vancouver | Stephanie Kitura | |
| 10 | Scotiabank Theatre Vancouver | Lindsay Bickerstaffe | |
| 11 | Aarm Dental Group | Dr. Iris Michaan | |
| 12 | Dermal Laser Centre | Gina Henderson | |
| 13 | Dermal Laser Centre | Dora Stepancev | |
| 14 | Aarm Dental Group | Dr. Vineyard Choy | |
| 15 | Le Petit Spa | Shelly Paul | |
| 16 | JJ Bean | Justin White | |
| 17 | Womyns Ware | Andrea Dobbs | |
| 18 | Womyns Ware | Otter Louis | |
| 19 | Womyns Ware | Janna Sylvest | |
| 20 | Portobello West Fashion and Art Market | Lexi Soukoreff | |
| 21 | Portobello West Fashion and Art Market | Nicole von Szombathy | |
| 22 | Dockside Restaurant | Eugene Vassilev | |
| 23 | Fratelli Bakery | Bianca Cornale | |
| 24 | Fratelli Bakery | Marco Cornale | |
| 25 | Dare to Wear | Katarina Simic | |
| 26 | Dare to Wear | Yaroslavna Ryaskova | |
| 27 | Aarm Dental Group | Dr. Michael Flunkert | |
| 28 | Aarm Dental Group | Dr. Giovanna D'Alfonso | |
| 29 | Elements Wellness Centre | Kristin Riley | |
| 30 | Vancouver Folk Music Festival | Linda Tanaka | |
| 31 | INspiration Furniture | Hesen Zhang | |
| 32 | Survivor Bootcamp Inc. | Chris Baxter | |
| 33 | Survivor Bootcamp Inc. | Daniela Duva | |
| 34 | Aarm Dental Group | Dr. Michael Numerow | |
| 35 | Elements Wellness Centre | Kiran Manhas | |
| 36 | Aarm Dental Group | Dr. Jim Armstrong | |
| 37 | Salt Spring Coffee | Renne Hooper | |
| 38 | Naam Restaurant | Glenn Delukas | |
| 39 | Executive Search Dating | Nita Lightbody | |
| 40 | Executive Search Dating | Paddi Rice | |
| 41 | Brian Jessel BMW | Chella Levesque | |
| 42 | Donnelly Group | Chris Badyk | |
| 43 | Donnelly Group (Lamplighter) | Brian Zuzartee | |
| 44 | Sports Junkies | Peter Hoffmann | |
| 45 | Sports Junkies | Tim Wilcocks | |
| 46 | Miss604.com | Rebecca Bollwitt | |
| 47 | Arts Club Theatre Company | Beatrice Benavides | |
| 48 | Arts Club Theatre Company | Laura Shand | |
| 49 | Fable Restaurant | Ron MacGillivray | |
| 50 | INspiration Furniture | Yuna Park | |
| 51 | INspiration Furniture | Gabby Darling | |
| 52 | Fine Finds | Jane McFadden | |
| 53 | Salt Spring Coffee | Renne Hooper | |
| 54 | Treloar Physiotherapy Clinic | Molly O'Brien | |
| 55 | Windsor Quality Meats | Rob Haines | |
| 56 | Windsor Quality Meats | Connor Freeman | |
| 57 | Le Petit Spa | Razel Serrano | |
| 58 | Astral Radio (Virgin Radio 95.3) | Crosby McWilliam | |
| 59 | Adrenaline Vancity | David Nixon | |
| 60 | Adrenaline Vancity | Michael Bilinsky | |
| 61 | Cross Roads Clinics | Kristen Brown | |
| 62 | Steam Whistle | James Foran | |
| 63 | musica intima | Janna Crown | |
| 64 | musica intima | Flora Ware | |
| 65 | JJ Bean | Murray Inkster | |
| 66 | Flight Centre | Alex Biafora | |
| 67 | Harbour Dance Centre | Sabine Clifford | |
| 68 | Pawsh Dog Spa | Linda Shih | |
| 69 | Pawsh Dog Spa | Judy Shih | |
| 70 | Fairmont Pacific Rim | Younes Atallah | |
| 72 | Fairmont Pacific Rim | Vanessa Sanchez | |
| 73 | Ballet BC | Kerriann Cardinal | |
| 75 | fortune sound club | Rob Rizk | |
| 77 | fortune sound club | Garrett Louie | |
| 78 | Vancouver Is Awesome | Bob Kronbauer | |
| 79 | Vancouver Folk Music Festival | Samantha Kannegieter | |
| 80 | Era Design Inc. | Trish Arato | |
| 81 | Tableau Bar Bistro | Marc-Andre Choquette | |
| 82 | Tableau Bar Bistro | Tret Jordan | |
| 83 | Urban Wasp | Todd Johnson | |
| 84 | Urban Wasp | Bob Hillman | |
| 85 | Pure Nail Bar | Jeanette Asher | |
| 86 | Finlandia Pharmacy | Claudia Lahti | |
| 87 | Finlandia Pharmacy | Markus Guggenberger | |
| 88 | Finlandia Pharmacy | Beth Lahti | |
| 89 | Paul Toffoli, Realtor, TRG | Paul Toffoli | |
| 90 | David Watts, Notary Public | Natashia Kothlow | |
| 91 | 102.7 The PEAK | Edward Vint | |
| 92 | 102.7 The PEAK | Jackie Ferris | |
| 93 | Seasons in the Park Restaurant | Sarah Ng | |
| 94 | Dan Mangan Band | Gordon Grdina | |
| 95 | Mortgage Alliance West | Gina Best | |
| 96 | Ballet BC | Roger Kayo | |
| 97 | Terra Breads | Michael Lansky | |
| 98 | The Comedy mix | Mario Cocchia | |
| 99 | The Comedy Mix | Brandi Bertrand | |
| 100 | Live Nation | April Knibutat | |
| 101 | Live Nation | Camillia Yuen | |
| 102 | Tsquared Vancouver Personal Training | Troy Tyrell | |
| 103 | Dream Apparel and Articles for People | Wendy de Kruyff | |
| 104 | Sweat Co. Workout Studios | Maureen Wilson | |
| 105 | Craftsman Collision | Kevin Machell-Cox | |
| 106 | Fine Finds | Megan Maxwell | |
| 107 | Elements Wellness Centre | Kelli Taylor | |
| 108 | Kidd Pivot | Crystal Pite | Bernard Sauve | |
| 109 | Bopomo Pictures | Elayne Wandler | |
| 110 | Bopomo Pictures | Mercedes Mackie | |
| 111 | The Secret Garden Tea Company | Kathy Wyder | |
| 112 | The Secret Garden Tea Company | Erin Wyder | |
| 113 | Exhale Yoga, Pilates & Dance Studio | Rachel Wainwright | |
| 114 | Fable Restaurant | Trevor Bird | |
| 115 | West 4th BIA | Russ Davies | |
| 116 | G Adventures | Cynthia Connell | |
| 117 | Cactus Club Cafe | Dane Low | |
| 118 | The Cambie/Malone's Corp. | Jennifer Polivka | |
| 119 | Fine Finds | Kendra Weiss | |
| 120 | Bruce Eyewear | Lynne Mieland | |
| 121 | car2go | Justin MacDonald | |
| 122 | Amherst Funeral Cremation Service Inc. | Scott McFarlane | |
| 125 | 49th Parallel Coffee Roasters | Barrett Jones | |
| 126 | Fitness Town | Gerry Maryntschak | |
| 127 | Flower Factory | Parimal Rana | |
| 128 | Sage Clinic | Samantha Gray | |
| 129 | Treloar Physiotherapy Clinic | Erin Treloar | |
| 130 | Granville Island | Scott Fraser | |
| 131 | Skinworks | Tammy Rathbone | |
| 132 | Back2health Chiropractic | Shelley Adams | |
| 133 | Aarm Dental Group | Dr. Ashley Dykun | |
| 134 | Urban Puppy Shop | Laurie Schroeder | |
| 135 | Urban Puppy Shop | Philip Rooyakkers | |
| 136 | Purple Dragon Academy | Amber Murphy | |
| 137 | Purple Dragon Academy | Harlan Smith | |
| 138 | Skinworks | Rhonda Hayre | |
| 139 | Gaia Garden Herbal Dispensary | Satu Bell | |
| 140 | The Cambie | Sheida Livai | |
| 141 | Ayden Gallery | Ken Lum | |
| 142 | Harbour Dance Centre | Pam Rosa | |
| 143 | Miller Thomson LLP | Catherine Sas | |
| 144 | NCIX | Esther Ho | |
| 145 | Andrew J. Bonfield Law Corporation | Andrew Bonfield | |
| 146 | Macdonald Realty Group | Jonathan T.S Cooper | |
| 147 | Vancouver Special | Anne Pearson |
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