- Words by Angela Cowan Photography by Lia Crowe
When Rebecca Burrows purchased Victoria91裸聊视频檚 long-time favourite store, , in 2018, it realized a dream she91裸聊视频檇 carried since she was five years old.
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While she didn91裸聊视频檛 make it to New York in her teens, Rebecca did work for a jewellery designer in Winnipeg who sold many pieces to Hughes Clothing. And when Rebecca and her parents moved out to the island, she popped into the shop with her resume. Then-owner Donna Anderson hired her almost immediately, and Rebecca worked there for more than a decade before stepping back to raise her family. But she didn91裸聊视频檛 stay out of the game for long.
91裸聊视频淏usiness has always been a part of my life,91裸聊视频� she says, adding that she91裸聊视频檇 always wanted to step into the owner/entrepreneurial role. 91裸聊视频淏ut Donna was just not ready to retire at that time.91裸聊视频�
Rebecca ended up buying both the Bleue Coyote Pub in Brentwood and the Rod and Gun Bar and Grill in Parksville (although she has since sold them), while staying closely connected with Hughes. And when the opportunity came to take the reins from Donna, Rebecca knew it was absolutely meant to be. Just two years later in 2020, she helmed the shop91裸聊视频檚 move from downtown Victoria to Athlone Court in Oak Bay with enormous success. And now, business is steady, foot traffic is abundant and her customers are thrilled, echoing the joy Rebecca has found in her own life.
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Now, surrounded by family and friends, a career that she loves, heartfelt relationships with her clients and a new Uptown location that just opened at the end of March, Rebecca is immensely grateful every day for where life has brought her.
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Thinking back to those kindergarten goals, Rebecca laughs.
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The 7 Sins
Envy:
Whose shoes would you like to walk in?
Audrey Hepburn. I dreamed of being her when I was a child. In her role in Breakfast at Tiffany91裸聊视频檚, she exuded style and grace like no other. I remember walking around my house all dressed in black pretending I was in New York City.
Gluttony:
What is the food you could eat over and over again?
Pasta. I love pasta. I swear I should be Italian. Nothing fancy though. Spaghetti with olive oil, garlic and all the parmigiano.
Greed:
You91裸聊视频檙e given $1 million that you have to spend selfishly. What would you spend it on?
Selfishly, I would move my parents closer. Mind you, they only live in Sidney and we91裸聊视频檙e in Oak Bay, but now with four stores and always expanding, I would love to have them next door to me. I91裸聊视频檓 such a daddy91裸聊视频檚 girl. I truly have everything I could ever want91裸聊视频攑urses, clothes, cars, jewellery91裸聊视频攂ut having daddy next door, that would take the cake.
Wrath:
Pet peeves?
People who say they 91裸聊视频渃an91裸聊视频檛.91裸聊视频� There91裸聊视频檚 no such thing as 91裸聊视频淚 can91裸聊视频檛.91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频淣o91裸聊视频� is not in my vocabulary. If someone says that I cannot do something, it just makes me want it even more. Setting my sights on building more stores and pushing through is how I keep going. Everything in my life gets taken to the next step. I91裸聊视频檓 constantly growing and levelling up my goals.
Sloth:
Where would you spend a long time doing nothing?
Easy, Maui. Though my idea of doing nothing is a 12-kilometre morning beach walk followed by a round of golf at the Plantation Golf Course in Kapalua with my husband.
Pride:
What is the one thing you91裸聊视频檙e secretly proud of?
Oh man91裸聊视频ecretly? Hmm. My heart. I love to give. That91裸聊视频檚 never changed, even when I91裸聊视频檝e been burned. Yep, my heart. Oh jeez, now I91裸聊视频檓 crying.
Lust:
What makes your heart beat faster?
My dogs. My kids. My husband. My parents. My life. My community. My businesses. Everyone and everything around me. I am so, so, so grateful for this life of mine.
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