Does Your Mother Know?

Noooooooo! It’s closed! Does anyone have any tips on where else to buy UK magazines? Frownee face.

This place makes me get tingles all over when I walk in. Oh I could happily spend hours in here! The lack of a good variety magazines in every other general store is so frustrating for me. But here, oh here, is where you wanna be. The guys who run it are really friendly and that’s pretty important to me. I can never leave this place empty handed. Never!

Love this store! It’s one of only 2 places in Vancouver where I can get the craft magazines I want. (Used to be 3 stores, but the pending demise of RubyDog’s has reduced my sources to 2).
For those of you addicted to all things crafty, bring lots of money with you! Great art mag and home design section, too.
Here’s what I buy there, on a fairly regular basis:
Stampington Publications (Somerset Studio, Green Craft, Art Journalling, Sew Somerset, etc.)
Cloth, Paper, Scissors
Quilting Arts
Dwell
One reviewer recommended the store have signs denoting their sections, ie: crafts, art, food, etc. I agree. It would be a welcome addition to the store.
Go there. Spend time browsing. Buy something.

Great selection, found the Ebony Magazine I was craving and many more!

a part of my regular 4^th ave sunday stroll, and a store filled with ideas, possibilities, the best birthday card selection for that friend with the twisted sense of humour and the best place in town to get your boyfriend a really great dirty magazine. I adore this place, just try to leave empty handed, I triple dog dare you.

My one monthly magazine pleasure is Wired. I like buying it from them v. Chapters. There are so many other titles to browse as well.

Good selection but operator is really rude and will kick you out if you’re looking at his magazines for more than5 mins without buying one. «This is not a library@ is commonly yelled at his customers. Terrible customer service.

Popped in here today as it was close to where we ate and I’ve had it bookmarked to check out for a while now.
All I wanted to know is if they have my favorite magazine that most places do not carry, and YES, they had it. Perfect.

I love the name of this place! The selection of magazines is pretty overwhelming. There are a ton of magazines available I didn’t know where to start. Can see this as a good place to pick up unusual magazines or gifts. I found it a bit difficult to find, but otherwise cool place.

Wow, what an amazing find! The store offers a ton of magazines on any topic you could imagine, from both local and international publishers. I got lost in the sea of magazines, and was tempted to buy anything and everything in sight. Definitely allow some time when you browse, and go with an open mind; you might walk out with an array of magazines on subjects you never thought you were interested in.

In the east coast magazine shops are pretty common. I haven’t seen as many in Vancouver, but this one is a pretty good example of a good magazine shop with a broad selection. I like the fact that they have all sort of newspapers outside the shop and magazines hanging over the front window. My personal favourite, magazines in other languages. Especially gossip magazines in spanish!

I had to giggle that this store name is already in use in San Francisco in the Castro as a «tacky porn and lube store» (that used to be a decent gay greeting card shop.) LoL.
But seriously, THIS Vancouver shop is quite different. This is a very serious store. Seriously filled with tons of mags!
[ The trees ! people the trees ! ]

I always stop by here after eating at Connie’s Cook House. Great and diverse selection of design magazines, art and photo mags, fashion mags… on and on. It’s a small and friendly place with a pretty interesting selection of birthday and greeting cards, too. My only problem I have is limiting how many magazines I allow myself to buy at one time.

I xoxo Does your Mother Know! It’s the perfect place to get lost in after grabbing a coffee and escaping for a spell.
My only wish is that they had some sections named. When I’m just perusing, it’s great to get lost, but when I’ve got 6 minutes on the meter and I just need to grab something quickly, I would love a no think map: «food and wine,» «entertainment,» «automotive» (I just threw that one in for the boys, I’ve never read a magazine from that section)
But a definite must while shopping on 4^th!

When an American friend (a French teacher) visited the city and wanted to take back some french magazines for her students, I knew just where to take her. Does Your Mother Know did not disappoint.
She actually had such a great selection of French-​language magazines to choose from that her biggest problem was narrowing down the choices. She ended up with some fashion-​focused magazines and some soccer mags.
Anyone looking for a magazine in another language should know about this store. And, of course, hobbyists, fashionistas, and pretty much any topic you’re into you’ll be able to find a specialty magazine to suit your taste.

Does my mother know what? That I can easily spend $ 30 here in 30 minutes? That they are one of the few stores to carry Burda magazine with its ready to cut-​out patterns? That the staff are usually too engrossed in a title to see you at the cash counter?
Probably not. And don’t go telling on me either.

There aren’t many magazine stores in Vancouver but this one really takes the cake. Its racks are filled with titles from around the world — Italy, Australia, England, France, you name it, it’s probably here.
As a writer I buy a ridiculous amount of magazines every month, so finding Does Your Mother Know was a moment of incredible happiness for me (and needless to say it opened up a rather large Pandora’s box). There are fashion mags, interior design mags, crafty mags, foodie mags, trashy mags, gardening mags, hobby mags, car mags, and everything in between. Be still my beating heart!
There’s also a post office at the back of the store and some yummy munchies (lollies and chips) that you can buy to enjoy whilst perusing your favourite publication.

Oh how excited I was to find this replica of a magazine shop that I used to frequent in my hometown! Does Your Mother Know The Magazine Store is a treasure chest of international magazines and newspapers with a tremendous variety of glossies in categories you didn’t know existed. There are magazines nowadays for everything! Not just crafts magazines, but craft magazines for every season, political mags on every end of the spectrum, fashion ‘zines in all languages, celebrity trash talking ALSO in every language… that’s right folks, NA’s aren’t the only ones who like to build them up and watch them fall. Along with these, there are hobby reads, fishing, collecting, sports, photography, marijuana and everything in between. The gentleman working the counter is wise to all sorts of publications and is more than willing to help you if you shouldn’t find something you are looking for.
It looks like Luisa S. and I should start a support group for magazine addiction… but with stores like Does Your Mother Know, why would I want to stop?!

This is my favourite little magazine and newspaper shop in Vancouver. Besides having a quirky name, Does Your Mother Know on West 4^th Avenue carries hundreds and hundreds of glossies and other magazine– and paper-​style publications.
Be warned: This is the kind of store you can spend hours upon hours in, so come with time to peruse the large selection of digest titles, some well-​known, many off-​the-​wall and unheard of.

This is the perfect place to sit and wile away the hours… until someone kicks you out, that is. Not that that has happened to me yet, but I do take advantage of their tremendous selection of art journals and foreign fashion magazines.
Having just back to Vancouver, I’ve tried to monitor my expenditure and that, sadly, limits the number of magazines I can purchase. Every attempt to wean my magazine addiction in the past has failed miserably. I usually end up going cold turkey then giving in at the end of the month, right before next month’s editions hit the shelves. I’ve even spent money to ship back my collection to Vancouver after my stint overseas came to an end.
Anyway, Does Your Mother Know is the ideal spot to give in to sweet publishing temptation.