Vancouver scene: Lingerie eye candy, Opus Bar summer soiree, dessert tapas at the Four Seasons

Todd Hancock, Brett Festerling and Dave Brenner at the Naughty by Night Lingerie Show and Art Auction.

A cut above

Axis Hair Salon hosted its fourth Naughty by Night Lingerie Show and Art Auction. Artist and salon proprietor Foster Eastman and general manager Renee Sarich fronted the ménage-a-trois times a hundred. Hosted by CFOX’s Todd Hancock, scantily clad John Casablancas models, stylists and hunky, shirtless firefighters kibitzed and canoodled at the cut-a-thon and art auction of Eastman works. Among those enjoying the eye candy was recently acquired Canucks left winger Jeff Tambellini and Anaheim Duck defenseman Brett Festerling and Theory of a Deadman’s Dave Brenner. The evening of entertainment, seduction and intrigue also dropped a reported $30,000 into BC Cancer Foundation’s children’s brain cancer research drawers.

Foster Eastman and Renee Sarich

Belly up

Opus Bar’s annual summer soiree drew 300 VIPs, guests and supporters onto the streets of Yaletown. One of Vanhattan’s largest private outdoor parties, hotel proprietor John Evans and sales and marketing VP Chella Levesque fronted and Breakfast Television’s Riaz Meghji emceed the Arabian Nights-themed affair.

Chella Levesque and Riaz Meghji

The eighth edition saw executive chef Felix Turianskyj’s Moroccan-esque cocktails and canapés doled out to a decked out crowd. While Lucieterra belly-dancing troupe performed, Evans bellied up $10,000 to UNICEF Canada’s Martha Spear (as part of a five-year pledge of $50,000.)

Lucieterra belly-dancing troupe

Power of will

Battling a form of adrenal cancer since she was 16, teenager Megan McNeil composed the song “Will to Survive” as a way of helping other kids, many younger than she, battling childhood cancer. McNeil performed the song at the Giovanni Bastone Foundation’s disco-themed Shine Gala that yours truly emceed in May. Since then, having already endured 20 rounds of chemo, the ever-optimistic 19-year-old has relapsed again, with cancer reportedly found in her liver. In the midst of all her treatments, her song — produced by Juno-winner Garth Richardson — has been published on iTunes and Amazon with a portion of every download to benefit childhood cancer charities. September is Childhood Cancer Awareness month, so help keep up the fight at willtosurvive.org

Happy endings

Covers have doubled with the intro of Four Seasons pastry wizard Wayne Kozinko’s new dessert menu. Honoured with Vancouver Magazine’s “Best Last Course” three years in a row, his inspired miniature sweets at $3 each have generated a delicious development, driving sales way up with waistlines holding steady. Dubbed “Dessert Tapas” for their smaller size, these decadent bites include Kozinko’s Mango Ravioli Shooter, Raspberry Parfait and Whipped White Chocolate Ganache, and are available only at brunch and lunch.