LCBO Food & Drink Summer 2021

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Patio lanterns With clean lines and a striking silhouette, the luxe Park Solar Lamp (from $359) looks right at home with modern outdoor dé- cor. Its lithium battery recharges in the sun or, if kept in the shade or days are cloudy, with a USB connection. Position it on deck steps, on the ground or up on a table. There’s even a hook to mount it to a fence. Available in two sizes at Hauser stores and hauserstores.com.

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Outdoor upgrades

If you’re not going any further than your backyard this summer, invest in ways to make it your favourite place to be.

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By Brenda Morrison

Veradek Outdoor Partition Screen Sets (three-panel, $450, and two-panel, $340) make it easy to give your backyard a chic boutique-hotel vibe. Choose from several patterns, including Quadra (shown here), and position at the side of a balcony or to corner off a private spot in your backyard for easy- on-the-eyes seclusion from neighbours. Available at veradekshop.ca.

Summer soundtracks

Hanging out Here’s proof that outdoor furniture can be fun as well as functional. Introducing summer’s most on-trend and most-wanted piece of outdoor furniture, the Hangout Pod (1.8-metre-wide pod and stand set, $600). Add a few outdoor pillows and spend the day on it catching some rays, or stay up late looking up at the stars. Available at simons.ca.

After spending months indoors clearing out basements and finding long- forgotten cassette tapes, you can listen to them again with the Sylvania Bluetooth Retro Cassette Boombox ($59.99). Small in size but loaded with features, including a headphone jack and record function, it can be plugged in or powered up with batteries for portability. Available at select Walmart stores and walmart.ca.

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SUMMER 2021 FOOD & DRINK