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You’re All Just Jealous of My Jetpack by Tom Gauld

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I am a proud patri-otic Canadian who is also avolunteer with the Remem-brance Day poppy cam-paign and I’m committed toraising as much money asI can this year to help ourveterans and their families.Therefore I am writingthis rant to and for you,20-something Europeanwoman in the cat costume,who on Halloween night

grabbed several poppy pinsfrom my tray and tossedthem into air and onto themiddle of Granville Streetas you walked on with yourfriends.

When I ran to you toask you for a donation forthe poppies you so rudelygrabbed and tossed, youjust laughed at told me thatyou had no cash to beginwith.

You might already beaware that regardless of

whether or not you area Canadian citizen youautomatically have rightsthe moment you set foot onCanadian soil. However, itmight also surprise you thatthe veterans from past warsgoing as far back as theFirst World War all the wayto recent conflicts in Af-ghanistan have also foughtfor your right to completelyignore them, slander andcriticize veterans in socialmedia and not give a damn

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to wear a poppy pin or do-nate any money if you takeone. Veterans have evenfought for your right to bea completely selfish anddisrespectful asshole likeyou clearly indicated.

On the other hand, youdon’t have the right tosteal a handful of poppies,litter the street with poppypins that you didn’t payfor and walk off like youdon’t even care at all.Youmight want to know that Idid spend about 30 min-utes looking for you andI notified the uniformedpolice on Granville Streeton Halloween night whowould have arrested youand dragged you off to jailin a heartbeat if I couldhave found you among thecrowds and pointed youand your friends out to thepolice.

So whoever you are,you do have the right tocontinue to be a selfishinconsiderate asshole whoshows no respect whatso-ever for the veterans whofought for your rights andthe patriotic volunteerswho try to support them,but sooner or later theKarma Queen is going togive you the ass-kickingthat you have coming andwhich is long overdue andI really hope that she’swearing a poppy pin and aCanadian Forces uniformwhen that happens.

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You’re late…again.You’rerushing out the door, you’retrying to remember everythingyou need, and you’re stressedout.That’s when the personyou’re with shits himself.

Such a sticky situation isjust one of the many chal-lenges of solo parenting,something I experiencedwith my toddler for most ofthe month of October, 2015.

I’m the proud husband toa successful touring musician.This fall season alone, my wifetoured Japan, Europe, andQuebec, all while the wee boyand I remained home. It’s abizarro role reversal for me:for 17 years of my life, I wasthe cool guy hopping into thevan or the jet, zipping off tosome exotic port of call in myrock band, hardly understand-ing or caring for the feelings ofthe people left at home. NowI’m the one looking longinglyout the front window, whilemy wife climbs into the wait-ing cab, headed to the airport.

Within minutes of mywife’s departure, my respectfor single parents skyrock-eted as I grabbed for mytoddler while he prancedalong a windowsill. And be-fore I go any further: there’sa big difference between“solo parenting” and “singleparenting”. Solo parentingmeans your partner – thegods be willing – will returnto resume their role. Singleparenting means you’reon your own, just you andthe kid, a commitment fargreater than my temporarysolo situation. I work with awonderful single mom at theCBC, and my reverence forher has grown tenfold.

Here are just a few of thechallenges I faced as daysgrew into weeks while soloparenting:

When the hell do you have ashower?

Having not bathed in daysand reeking like a dumpsterbehind a fish restaurant, I

found myself Googling vari-ous mommy blogs, typing inthat exact question. Someof the mommies suggestedthat you simply bring yourtoddler into the shower withyou. But when your sonyanks on your penis like it’sthe ripcord to a parachute,that gets old quickly. Onemommy suggested puttingthe baby monitor in the liv-ing room and the receiver inthe shower.Was that a sly at-tempt to electrocute daddy?!In the end, I basically didn’tbathe for a month.

How to do you avoid packinglike you’re out to conquer Ever-est for the simplest of day trips?

The sheer amount of stuffI needed to leave the househad me Googling “sherpaservice Vancouver?” Not onlywas I weighed down withdiapers, wipes, water andmilk bottles, extra clothing, abib, a rubber stick-on plate,cutlery, various snacks inTupperware of tiny shapes,a haberdashery of hats forall manner of weather – andyes, a few cold ones forDada – my toddler insistedon bringing every stuffedanimal he owns every timewe left the house. Dada wasforced to make arm space forSnow Leopard, Owl, Mon-key,Turtle, Hockey Man,and Hockey Duck.They allsimply had to make the trekto London Drugs.

How do you avoid judgment?My son mispronounces

“cookie”. Instead, he callsthem “doobies”. He constant-ly asks for them, everywherewe go. “Dada! Big doobie forJosh?” In an effort to effec-tively and easily communi-cate with my son, I answer,“Joshua, when we get homeyou can have a small doobie”.The other parents at the play-ground glare at me.

I would be remiss withoutsaluting the grandparents,my sister, and our friends fortheir help. My son and I didindeed bond wonderfully,but allow me to admit this:when my wife finally steppedout of that cab, I practicallyshit myself with relief. W

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When city council votedTuesday to knock downthe Georgia and Dunsmuirviaducts, it also voted to righta wrong ofVancouver’s pastand commemorate the loss ofthe black community’s rootsin Strathcona. But what thatcommemoration looks like isa work in progress, althoughsome of the people who spoketo council over two days ofhearings made it clear thatarts, culture, a memorial andhousing should be in the mixto pay tribute to what wasknown as Hogan’s Alley.

“This is your chance tonot only acknowledge pastdislocation and exclusionbut to see to it that the blackcommunity that was displacedand the subsequent genera-tions who have been impactedby that loss are thoughtfullyconsulted with the purposeof re-establishing a place forVancouver’s black commu-nity,” said Stephanie Allen, anurban studies master’s studentat Simon Fraser Universitywho wrote about the historyof Hogan’s Alley for a researchpaper.

Hogan’s Alley, which wascentred between Prior andUnion and Main and Jackson,was home to much ofVancou-ver’s black community in thefirst half of the 1900s but itwas destroyed when the Geor-gia and Dunsmuir viaductswere built in the early 1970s.

In Allen’s presentation tocity council, she quoted the“Vancouver development

study” published in 1957 thatwas meant to guide urbanrenewal.The study mappeddecaying areas inVancouverand said options were to clearthem out or restore and con-serve them.

“In the study, the area oc-cupied by the black commu-nity was identified as being afirst priority for removal dueto the severity of blight,” shesaid, quoting from a page inthe document that acknowl-edged displacement “is boundto create special problems forthese minority groups.”

Allen argued the reasonHogan’s Alley was considereda blight onVancouver was be-cause the city government ofthe day did nothing to fix upthe streets, buildings or parks.

WriterWayde Compton, amember of the Hogan’s AlleyMemorial Project, said propercommemoration of the blackcommunity’s roots is an op-portunity to send a messagetoVancouver’s 20,000-pluscitizens of African descent“that their history in the city is

remembered and valued andhonoured.”

“A sacrifice was made forthis mistake, and it was us,”Compton said of the additionof the viaducts. “Whether it’s amemorial, or in the form of acultural centre – or whatever itis – [there has to be] some ac-knowledgement that this wasan area that was significant tothe black community.”

Randy Clark, who spoketo council on behalf of theUnited Black CanadianCommunity Association, saidhe supported the removal ofthe viaducts but emphasizedthe city must “celebrate” thehistory of Hogan’s Alley as itproceeds with redevelopmentof the viaduct lands.

Clark was a resident ofHogan’s Alley in the 1960sand lived with his mother andfive siblings at 230 Union St.His grandparents’ restaurant,Vie’s Chicken and SteakHouse, was across the street.(The location was once hometo a shrine to musician JimiHendrix, whose grandparents

lived on East Pender and EastGeorgia.) Clark, a retiredVancouver school principal, isa direct descendant of the firstblack settlers to SaltspringIsland andVictoria, datingback to 1858.

Talk of building a freewayin the 1960s and the eventualconstruction of the viaductsdestroyed the community, saidClark, echoing Allen’s argu-ment that the city governmentfailed to invest in Hogan’sAlley.

“By 1965, when I arrived,the black community – forthe most part – didn’t exist, itwasn’t the same,” he said. “Irefer to the previous 10 yearsas a system of systemic profil-ing of our people and ourneighbourhood. Structureswere left to decay, homes wereeither sold or abandoned andonly after long periods of timewere they removed. Nothingnew was built.”

When the viaducts aredemolished, it will free uptwo city-owned blocks thatstraddle Main Street.The citystaff report that recommendedknocking down the elevatedroadways suggested up to 300units of “affordable housing”could be built on the property.

Although he didn’t promiseaffordable housing would bea component of commemo-rating the black community,Mayor Gregor Robertsontold Allen he was “hopefulthere’s a really robust commu-nity effort that’s part of thisin reshaping” what was lost inStrathcona.

–Courtesy ofVancouverCourier

Black community calls fortribute to Hogan’s AlleyMIKE HOWELL@howellings

Hogan’s Alley in Strathcona, whichwas destroyedwhen theGeorgia and Dunsmuir viaducts were built in the 1970s, was oncehome to a thriving black community. City of Vancouver archives


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Until 1969, biologists thoughtmushrooms and other fungiwere plants.They’re actu-ally more closely related toanimals, but with enough dif-ferences that they inhabit theirown distinct classification.

This and more recent find-ings about these mysteriousorganisms illustrate how muchwe have yet to learn about thecomplexities of the naturalworld. New research revealsmushrooms can even helpplants communicate, share nu-trients and defend themselvesagainst disease and pests.

There’s far more to mush-rooms than the stems andcaps that poke above ground.Most of the organism is amass of thin undergroundthreads called mycelia.Thesefilaments form networks thathelp plants, including trees,connect to each other, throughstructures called mycorrhizae.

Scientists believe about 90per cent of land-based plantsare involved in this mutuallybeneficial relationship withfungi. Plants deliver food tothe mushroom, created byphotosynthesis, and the fila-ments, in turn, assist the plantsto absorb water and mineralsand to produce chemicals thathelp them resist disease andother threats. And, of course, amyriad of other life forms ben-efit from the healthy plants.

The structure and functionof the mycelial networks andtheir ability to facilitate com-munication between physicallyseparated plants led mycolo-

gist Paul Stamets to call them“Earth’s natural Internet.”He’s also noted their similarityto brain cell networks. Ac-cording to a Discover article,“Brains and mycelia grow newconnections, or prune existingones, in response to environ-mental stimuli. Both use anarray of chemical messengersto transmit signals throughouta cellular web.”

Research by SuzanneSimard at the University ofBritish Columbia found thatDouglas fir and paper birchtrees transfer carbon back andforth through the mycelia,and other research shows theycan also transfer nitrogen andphosphorous. Simard believesolder, larger trees help youngertrees through this process. Shefound that the smaller trees’survival often depends onlarge “mother trees” and thatcutting down these tree eldersleaves seedlings and smallertrees more vulnerable.

Researchers in China foundtrees attacked by harmful fun-gi are able to warn other treesthrough the mycelia networks,and University of Aberdeenbiologists found they can alsowarn other plants of aphidattacks.

It all adds to our growingunderstanding of how inter-connected everything on ourplanet is, and how our actions– such as cutting down large“mother” trees – can haveunintended negative conse-quences that cascade throughecosystems.

Scientists are also findingthat fungi can be useful tohumans beyond providingfood and helping us makecheese, bread, beer and wine.Stamets believes mushrooms

can be employed to clean upoil spills, defend against weap-onized smallpox, break downtoxic chemicals like PCBs anddecontaminate areas exposedto radiation.

He credits his interest infungi to another fascinatingaspect of many mushroomsaround the world: their hal-lucinogenic properties. Duringcollege, Stamets spent a lotof time in the Ohio woods,where he first tried psilocy-bin mushrooms.They had aprofound effect on him, andafter his first experience, hispersistent stutter went away.

He later quit a logging job, be-cause the work was destroyingmushroom habitat, and beganstudying fungi at EvergreenState College in Olympia,Washington.

Since then, his research hasled to fascinating discoveriesof multiple possible purposesfor fungi, including nucleardecontamination, waterfiltration, biofuels, increasingagricultural yields, pest controland medicines.

Research is also sheddinglight on potential benefits ofthe psychotropic properties ofmushrooms, such as the 144

species that contain psilocybin.Indigenous people have longused hallucinogenic mush-rooms for ceremonial, spiritualand psychological purposes– and with good reason, itturns out. Psilocybin has beenshown to improve the brain’sconnectivity. Researchers arefinding the chemical can helpcombat depression, anxiety,fear and other disorders,and increase creativity andopenness to new experience.This makes them potentiallybeneficial for post-traumaticstress, addiction and palliativecare treatments.

We humans have madea lot of technological andscientific advances, and thissometimes gives us the sensethat we’re above or outsideof nature, that we can dothings better. Sometimes ittakes a fascinating lifeformlike a mushroom to shake usfrom our hubris and showus how much we have yet tolearn about the world and ourplace in it. W

Dr.David Suzuki is ascientist, broadcaster, author andco-founder of the David SuzukiFoundation.Learn more at Da-vidSuzuki.org.

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I’ve spoken a lot lately aboutthe movement our city hastaken toward locally made,handcrafted goods; we, asdesigners and consumers, areseeking a personal experi-ence with our purchases – astory to tell about where ourpieces come from and whomade them. It’s an old-schooltake on how community anddesign should interact.

When I met the boysbehind HoboWoodworks Irealized that the reason theirpieces are seeing such suc-cess inVancouver is not onlybecause of their beautifullysimplistic reclaimed designs,but I dare say more so dueto the fact that their spiritidentities with the consumerdesire to connect with theartist. Sam Clemens andLenny Hopkins, brothers andpartners in one of the cool-est woodworking shops I’veseen around the city, strive tobuild relationships not onlywith their clients, but withtheir community as a whole.

Nestled in the heart ofEast Van’s industrial land,Hobo Woodworks firstopened its doors as we knowthem now in 2012 (althoughthe team brings a lifetime ofwoodworking to the table);the 1,400-sq. ft. studio offersa 500-sq. ft. retail and socialspace up front, openinginto a large production anddesign workshop in the rear.The vibe is artistic, local andfun – albeit I’m a sucker foranywhere blasting classicrock and old country onvinyl, especially if there are a

few creative souls doing whatthey love to invite you in.

Whether you’re in themarket for larger furnishings,smaller accessories or theperfect gift, Hobo Wood-works should definitely be onyour radar.

Tell us a little about your-selves…

Clemens:We are two broth-ers born and raised on theWest Coast.We build anythingone may desire for their homeor business using exclusivelyindigenous and reclaimedwood.We work in a veryregional style deeply rootedin our family history, yet verymuch of today.What we do

is about living a life based onour personal belief that follow-ing what you love to do willalways provide to your needs.We took a leap and it hasgiven us so much more thanjust paying the rent.

Do you have a Vancouvermuse, or a place in the citythat inspires you?

We are very much inspiredby our neighbourhood, it’sthe last bastion of freedom inVancouver.There are so manyinteresting things happening onjust our block, yet one wouldnever know it looking fromoutside. Loads of artists, wood-workers, metalworkers, musi-cians, collectors, etc. It’s very

free and lawless. Unfortunatelyour neighbourhood is beingencroached upon by high-enddevelopments – apparentlyeveryone wants to be by thechicken factory now. Haha.

When it comes to style ordesign, what is one thing youcovet most?

We are most interested intimeless design.Things thatwill never go out of styleand get better with age.Welike to break things down totheir simplest form.We arealways looking for the purestexpression.We also like toexemplify the imperfections.Wood, as life, is perfect in itsimperfections.

Who is the idol or mentorbehind your craft?

The mentor is definitelyour parents. Our mother hasa wonderful aesthetic.Wehave different fathers; Len’sfather being our musicalinspiration, my father lend-ing the building knowledge.There’s a whole article wor-thy of the roots.

If you could describe yourartistic style in one word,what would it be?

One word to describe ourwork would be honest.Thereis nothing there that doesn’tneed to be there.The designsare stripped down to the sim-plest form, all our finishes are

as natural as possible. It’s workfor the people. It’s made withthe purest intention. It’s madeby hand with heart.

What gets your creative juicesflowing?

We get going creativelyoff of each other’s creations.We inspire each other to doour best, it’s a very symbioticrelationship.We work almosttelepathically being veryclose siblings. Few wordsneed to be spoken aboutprojects as our vision iscompletely aligned.We bothbring new stuff to the table.There is a competitivenessin the most positive sense ofthe word, only to keep eachother accountable to thehighest quality.

Is there a song or musicianthat inspires you to create?

We listen to music all dayevery day on vinyl. Recentlywe have been enjoyingWaylonJennings, Steel Pulse, CannedHeat and Buddy Holly.

If you could spark to a roomof youth considering a careerin the arts, what would youradvice be?

It sounds cliché but wewould tell then to follow theirbliss. Ultimately we are at ourbest doing what we love. Ifyou wake up excited for theday your on the right path.We were fortunate to find this.The universe has a funny wayof working. It will always meetyour needs if you take a risk andrelentlessly pursue your dreams.It may be at the last momentbut it always works out. W

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Take a peek at Vancouverstyle icon Susie Wall’s andWest Coast eyewear brandClaudia Alan’s collaborationof affordable chic readersand sunglasses.

The capsule collection offashionable frames, called C4:Canadian Creative Collabora-tive, also includes a charitablecomponent, with $5 fromevery eyewear purchase goingto the CauseWe Care Foun-dation, aVancouver-basedcharitable foundation createdby women for single mothersand their children.

“Ditch those dingy drug-store readers and slip onC4s,”Wall, a member of theBoard of Directors for CauseWe Care, said in a mediarelease. “Every detail of the

collection has been designedwith so much thought –from the online shoppingexperience to the packagingthat arrives on your door-step. And I’m so thrilled thatevery pair purchased givessingle mothers in need thehand up they so desperatelyneed via Cause We Care.”

The Claudia Alan brandof eyewear, designed byCarla D’Angelo Taylor, haslong had a tradition of help-ing others.

“I started my company in2003, and I’ve always hada mission of giving back,”D’AngeloTaylor told Weste-nder. “Beauty and giving backare centre to what I do.”

Through her iconic AYAline, D’Angelo Taylor collab-orated on an eyewear collec-tion with First Nations artistCorrine Hunt, co-designerof the 2010 Olympic andParalympic medals. Partialproceeds from the unique

First Nations art-inspiredeyewear collection go towarda breakfast program for FirstNations children in Ontario.Her company has donatedmore than $90,000 to thecharity over the years.

The inspiration for hermost recent collaborationwith Wall started whenD’Angelo Taylor discoveredcustom Italian-designedacetate.

“I was captivated by thematerial; it was so luxurious,I thought, ‘I would like tobring something like that tomarket,’” she recalls.

Eventually, the designerasked Wall, who has servedas an influencer for Nord-strom Canada, Smythe,TedBaker London, and J. Crew,to help devise a collectionthat would make use of thegorgeous materials she cameacross on her travels.

During the creativecollaboration, the team

looked at inspirations, ideas,what worked, what didn’t,eventually coming up with astylish collection of luxuriousreaders and effortlessly coolshades – all with a classic,ever-stylish feel. Keeping theline at an affordable pricepoint, the acetate materialswere designed in Italy, butoverall manufacturing isdone in Asia.

The line is optical ready,meaning they can handle aprescription lens.The col-lection brings a harmoniousbalance between beauty,function, price, and charity –which may sum up D’AngeloTaylor’s personal ethos.

“It makes me feel good,”the designer and mother-of-two says about the charitableaspect of her company. “I’mvery rewarded by the fact thatI can help with charities.”

Have a look at the entireC4 collection online at Clau-diaAlan.com/c4/. W

Style queen Susie Wall, named onew of Canada’s 50 BestDressed by HELLO! Magazine, rocks a pair of readers from thenew C4 line, which she helped design in collaboration withlocal eyewear brand Claudia Alan. Contributed photo

Ditch those dingy drugstore readersNiki HopeStyleFile@NikiMHope

Home Is Where The Art Is: Hobo Woodworks

Clockwise from top left: The Wall of merch at Hobo Woodworks; Brothers Lenny Hopkins and Sam Clemens; A wooden purse andwine caddy. Dan Toulgoet photos



BAUHAUS1 West Cordova604-974-1147Bauhaus-Restaurant.comOpen for lunch Monday-Fri-day, 11:30am-2:30pm; dinnernightly from 5:00pm.

The buzz (and grumbling)about this restaurant startedwell before it opened.WhenUwe Boll, a movie directorknown for his B (okay, C)horror flicks, announced hewould be opening a Ger-man fine dining restaurant inGastown, he managed to pissoff just about every chef (andquite a few FOH managers)within 50 square kilometreswith his claims that he wouldshow Vancouver what “real”fine dining was all about.

Boll did manage to lureStefan Hartmann, Michelin-starred chef/owner ofHartmann’s in Berlin, to takeover the kitchen.The foodwas certainly excellent, butthe opening months were(unsurprisingly) more than alittle rocky. Service, for sucha high-end establishment,was inconsistent at best. UKimport Tim Adams (whoseresumé included a lengthystint at Kensington Palace)couldn’t charm locals withhis royal pedigree and left atthe end of the summer.

It takes time for a restau-rant to find its rhythm, and

several months in, Bauhaus isnow firmly – and smoothly –in swing. Boll still makes therounds, usually in jeans, chat-ting and smiling with every-one. Michel Durocher (wholocals might remember fromhis time at Parkside, Pied-à-Terre, and other Durbachproperties) is leading a serviceteam that makes for a roomfull of very happy faces.

The room was a winnerfrom the start, thanks tothe heavy reno that saw thefractured, multi-level spacebeing flattened into a single,open floor with sleek light-ing and “ghetto” art – andthe removal of some largeTeutonic chairs that had yousliding out of them like a re-calcitrant child refusing to sitstraight. And, in the kitchen,Hartmann is delivering foodthat makes me sit back andclose my eyes in silent ap-preciation and thanks.

Is it pricey? Hell, yeah.Starters range from $13 to $26on the dinner menu, and sev-eral mains top $40.The tastingmenu tops out at $110 for sixcourses (four- and five-courseoptions are also available),but, lunch is more reasonable,with $13 starters and $18-$24mains (plus a reasonable prixfixe for under $40). It’s notmore expensive than Ciop-pino’s or BlueWater Café,and, like those restaurants, it’sgiving amazing value.

A beautiful piece of curedherring sits over a bed ofmicro-greens, sided with alightly-pickled cucumber,julienned apple and a gribiche

that sings with parsley, tar-ragon and more of the pickledcuke. It’s so easy and light,with snappy zings on thepalate, that I want to orderanother. At lunch, instead ofjust some plain bread, we get alittle crostini (from Nelson theSeagull) topped with seasonedquark cheese and fresh radish.The quark makes a comebackin ravioli, along with ricotta,and sits beside the perfect tinycroquette of potato and cho-rizo.The famed veal schnitzelis almost $40 on the dinnermenu, but try it at lunch,when it’s only $22. It’s notswoon-worthy, but the meat issucculent and the breading islight, crunchy, and paper-thin.

Lobster with ham hock is afun take on a classic Germanfavourite, here served with acapered mayo. Poached charoff the tasting menu is exqui-site, as are a side of chickpeasdone two ways, lightly pep-pered, both crispy and soft.

Bauhaus is an expensiveand decadent restaurant, butthe atmosphere isn’t stuffy, theservice is now what it shouldbe, and the food is divine.Prösterchen, my friends.

Hear Anya Levykh everyMonday on CBC Radio One’sOn the Coast.Find her onTwit-ter @foodgirlfriday and Face-book.com/FoodGirlFriday. W

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Food:!!!!!Service:!!!!!

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Michelle Kim’sThe Tree Insidemakes good useof symbolism

In the culture-hub that isVancouver, even the trees arestorytellers.

When cherry blossomsbloom and “Vancouversnow” blankets the streets,the trees tell us that springhas finally arrived.

When their leaves fallprematurely and their brittlelimbs snap in the wind, wewitness the devastating im-pact of a hot, dry summer.

And when their nakedbranches do little to shelter usfrom the relentless winter rain,we watch for the hint of greenthat signals relief is on the way.

Our trees are rich with po-etry and evoke all mannersof mood – a fact that wasn’tlost on director MichelleKim when she set out tomake a feature film inspiredby an agonizing break-up.

In The Tree Inside, Kim– who also wrote and starsin the film – calls uponthe city’s trees to anchorand mirror an emotionallycharged love story.

The film follows arollercoaster relationshipbetween a woman (Kim) anda man (portrayed by CaseyManderson) over the course

of a year, incidentally (butnot accidentally) the sameamount of time it took tofilm The Tree Inside.

“My romantic life seemedto go into cycles. I think ithappens to a lot of us,” saysKim, a former CBC journal-ist and veteran of numer-ous shorts, including TheGoodbye Girl, which won theNational Screen Institute’sDrama Prize.

“I was heartbroken, I wascontemplating the imper-manence of a lot of relation-ships, not just romantic butany kind of relationship, andI wanted to make the con-

nection between nature andhuman.”

During filming,Vancou-ver’s trees did their part,moving through their naturalseasonal cycle. In order togarner similarly naturalisticperformances from her ac-tors, Kim employed a struc-tured improv approach.

Actors were given aframework, and providedwith marks they needed tohit and lines they needed tosay, but otherwise, they wereexpected to improvise.

“The person I told theleast to was the guy whoplayed the boyfriend,

because I wanted us toexperience the relationshipnaturally throughout theyear,” says Kim.

Kim wanted art within herart – something she admiresabout Spanish director PedroAlmodovar – and so sheconvinced Barbara Bourgetof Kokoro Dance, and writerMichael Turner (Hard CoreLogo), to appear in The TreeInside.

“It’s a love letter toVancouver, and all the art inVancouver,” says Kim, not-ing the inclusion of artworksby local painters Andy Dixonand AlisonYip.

Also in the cast: DianaBang, who, while filmingThe Tree Inside, squeezed in aco-starring role in one of themost controversial movies ofthe last decade.

“Diana said, ‘I’m onthis paid gig and it’s reallyimprov-y, and they don’tknow what time they’re go-ing to be done,’ and I’m like,‘Who are these guys? Whatamateur film is she workingon?’” laugh Kim. “And wego to pick her up, and it’sThe Interview.”

In The Interview, Bangplayed the North Koreanpropaganda minister; in TheTree Inside, she’s Kim’s bestfriend.

The Tree Inside was co-di-rected by Rob Leickner andpremiered at the Green FilmFestival in South Korea.

This weekend, it screensfor the hometown crowd aspart of the 19th Annual Van-couver Asian Film Festival(VAFF).

“I’m half Korean, a lot ofthe cast is Asian, but that’snot something I thoughtabout.This is just my world,and I think it’s a reality inVancouver,” says Kim.

“I’m happy about theinclusion in VAFF. Rob andI are both interested in,and influenced by, Asiancinema, in particular Koreancinema, and I think that witheverything that we shoot,we invoke techniques fromAsian cinema.”

The 2015 edition of VAFFscreens 37 feature-lengthand short films, includingone world premiere, fourNorth American premieres,

and 13 Canadian premieres– all designed to encour-age audiences to “examinethe complications withinthe search for personal andcultural identity.”

Highlights include a pro-gram of Canadian shortsexploring multiculturalism,as well as Beyond Redemp-tion, an adrenaline-chargedfeature film from longtimestunt coordinator BruceFontaine showcasing theversatility and dynamism ofVancouver’s red-hot stuntscene. W

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Whistler FilmFestival bringsOscar-bait andindie fare to land ofski and snow

Cool is in the eye of thebeholder, and Whistler FilmFestival (WFF) – which billsitself as “Canada’s coolestfilm festival” – delivers thecool on multiple fronts.

First, there’s the basicdefinition of cool.WFF runsDec. 2-6, and Whistler inDecember is usually prettydamn cold, so barring any ElNiño action, it’s likely thatanyone attending the 15thedition of WFF will need tobundle up in winter finery.

But there’s also that otherdefinition of cool that in-volves being relevant, stayingone step ahead of the game,and blazing a trail for othersto follow – and with a pro-gram packed with Oscar bait,indie fare, and quirky gemsyou won’t see anywhere else,WFF is, at 15, the picture ofcool.

First, the numbers: 89films from 19 countries,including 46 features and 43shorts, exhibited on sevenscreens at five venues overfive days.That includes 17world premieres, 12 Cana-dian premieres, five NorthAmerican premieres, 25 Wes-tender Canadian premieres,and 21 British Columbiapremieres.

“This little film fest is notso little,” says WFF’s directorof programming, Paul Grat-ton, at a WFF media previewlunch in Vancouver last week.

WFF opens with theCanadian premiere of Carol,Todd Haynes’ acclaimeddrama of forbidden lesbianlove set in the 1950s.Thefilm stars Cate Blanchettand Rooney Mara (who tookhome the Best Actress awardat Cannes Film Festival) andis already garnering Oscarbuzz – and the fact that thefilm is having its Canadianpremiere at WFF is an in-credible endorsement for thefestival, says Gratton.

Other films making a stopat WFF on the road to Oscarinclude Trumbo (starring theeternally cool Bryan Cran-ston as blacklisted screen-writer Dalton Trumbo),

and Legend, in which TomHardy offers up a couple oftour-de-force performancesas twin mobsters in 1960sLondon.

There’s also critical buzzfor The Lady in theVan (star-ring Maggie Smith), Bornto be Blue (featuring EthanHawke as Chet Baker inwhat Gratton describes as a“jazz riff” on a biographicaltale), Maggie’s Plan (withJulianne Moore), The Med-dler (with Susan Sarandon),and The Legend of BarneyThomson (in which EmmaThompson is directed byRobert Carlyle).

The fest closes on Dec. 6with Numb, the highly an-ticipated feature film debutfrom Vancouver directorJason R. Goode. Numb –which features Jamie Bamber(NCIS), Marie Avgeropoulos(The 100), Aleks Paunovic(iZombie), and Stefanie vonPfetten (Cracked) in a mod-ern-day gold rush survivaltale – is the perfect closer forWFF because, according toGratton, it represents the fes-tival’s ongoing commitmentto heralding local talent (andit doesn’t get much coolerthan that).

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ing of Sandy Wilson’s MyAmerican Cousin; Nestor, thesingular effort from Canadi-an director Daniel Robinson(“singular” because no otherindividual besides Robinsonwas involved in the creationof the film); Rehearsal, aworld premiere from WFFfavourite Carl Bessai (direc-tor of last year’s Canux-ploitation flick Bad City);Norwegian disaster filmTheWave (“As good as SanAndreas but had a budget

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Ballet BC’s dancers will belifted to new heights thisweek, when the acclaimedcontemporary dance com-pany teams up with theChor Leoni men’s choir forthe first time. Only insteadof lifting with their hands,the all-male choir will bepowering the dancers withtheir voices, singing thewords of Leonard Cohenon stage in a reprise of theVancouver vocal ensemble’sstunning 2015 world pre-miere, “Wandering Heart”,by Latvian composer EriksEšenvalds.

“The bulk of the piecethat we’ll be singing andthey’ll be dancing to is thisEriks Ešenvalds piece withtext by Leonard Cohen,”explains Erick Lichte, ChorLeoni’s artistic director.“It’s a real tour de force forthe singers, but also con-nects so deeply emotionally.Its premiere in April wasone of the first times I’veturned around at the endof a performance and theaudience is just in tears be-cause they are so with you,”he recalls.

Calling Ballet BC a

“jewel in Vancouver’s artis-tic crown”, the Portland-based Lichte says he feltcompelled to reach out toits artistic director EmilyMolnar last fall after watch-ing them perform, to see ifthere was the possibility ofcollaboration sometime inthe next few years.

“I just emailed Emily outof the blue, she didn’t knowme at all, and said, ‘Hey doyou want to go for coffee?”says Lichte. “I was think-ing, oh, we would plan fortwo or three years out likemost arts groups do, andshe said, ‘Well, actually,we can do something nextNovember!’”

Despite their annualRemembrance Day com-mitments, Lichte sayshis men jumped atthe chance towork withthe bal-let.

“Danceis sucha natural fit withsinging, because essentiallywe are using our bodiesto create the music, andthe dancers are using theirbodies to create the dance.There’s something veryorganic about that,” the

energetic young conductorexplains.

And opening night ofBallet BC’s 30th season,Nov. 5-7 at Queen Eliza-beth Theatre, marks anoth-er first, with Belgian-bornchoreographer Stijn Celisusing Chor Leoni’s musicas the starting point forhis first work for BalletBC – a rare creationmade outside his owncompany,Saarlän-dischesStaat-

stheater. His piece willbe accompanied by theCanadian premiere of SoloEcho, a wintry work byVancouver-based choreog-rapher Crystal Pite, and thereturn of 2014’s criticallylauded Twenty Eight Thou-

sandWaves by residentchoreographerCayetano Soto,making it a nightof three very dif-ferent works ofdance.At half an hour,

the Chor Leonicollaboration is

an unusually longpiece for the Ballet BCdancers, but accord-

ing to Lichte it givesthe music a chanceto see its naturalsonic narrative –from darkness tolight – all the waythrough.

“You don’twant to makeanythingtoo literal

because

most dance doesn’t work inthat way – dance is mostlyan abstraction – but ifyou’re going to programalmost a half-hour ofmusic, you’ve got to giveyourself some kind of arc,some kind of storyline,”says Lichte. “I knew thatthe Ešenvalds-Cohen pieceends in this place of shim-mering light and warmth,so I was kind of starting inthe middle with the piece Iknew I wanted to do, andit was finding two otherpieces that added on in theright way.”

To do that he bookendedthe Cohen set, which alsosees the choir playing handchimes and tuned wineglasses to exquisite effect,with music by Carl Orffand a moody Psalm by pol-ish composer Piotr Janczak.

“I don’t know how Idiscovered that piece,” saysLichte. “The beginning of itis almost very chant-like –the vocalism is very smoothbut the musical intervalsare very claggy and angular.And the translation is, ‘Out

of the depths I cry untothee, oh Lord’... If

you’re going tohave this pro-gression from

darkness to light, you betterstart as dark as you can!”he explains with a laugh.

Lichte says watchingCelis and Ballet BC’s ac-complished dancers bringhis selections to life has lefthim with not only a new ap-preciate of the music, but ofhis medium.

“As a conductor, I cer-tainly have my interpreta-tion of how these piecesshould go musically, andStijn has reinterpretedthat in the dance. So, tome, the truth lies some-where in between,” saysLichte. “I think there willbe something really potentabout singing that right atthe dancers. What they’llbe hearing from us is thatunadorned acoustic phe-nomenon, and for me that’swhere choral music alwayshas its magic.” W

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Ballet BC launches its 30th anniversary season with aChor Leoni collaboration Nov. 5-7. Pictured: Ballet BCdancer Racheal Prince. Michael Slobodian photo



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It was the morning after thebrutal attack on 23-year-oldJyoti Singh Pandey aboarda bus in Delhi in Decemberof 2012, thatYaël Farberbegan the process that wouldbecome Nirbhaya; the searingand poignant new work fromthe writer/director, chal-lenging the stigma of silencearound sexual violence againstwomen.

Laws forbid naming thevictims of rape in India, andso until she succumbed to in-juries so horrific they claimedher life, Pandey was knownonly as Nirbhaya; the Hindiword for fearless. Farber has

taken the notion of that wordand elaborated on its themewith this ensemble piece, cast-ing away the idea of shame,that so often silences victims.

Guarding the integrity ofthe story was at the forefrontof the project, and as Farberdelved further into the pro-cess, she says it took on a lifeof its own.

“Overwhelmed is a word inevery theatre maker’s lexicon,”Farber says, when reachedby phone. “There wasn’t aminute in five weeks (of pre-production) that wasn’t spentsoaked in adrenaline.”

Collaborating with PoornaJagannathan, a Mumbai-based actor, Farber travelledto India and armed with

Nirbhaya shatters the silence around sexual violencethe gift of shared experi-ences from the women whoresponded to her call, shebegan to write. An incred-ibly talented cast from India,including Jagannathan, bringthese stories to the stage, aprocess Farber describes as“extraordinarily generous”considering for some, thiswas the first time they spoke

openly about their experi-ences.

“I remember thinking itwas that silence that had re-sulted in allowing this to hap-pen again,” Farber describes.

Much has been made ofthe Indian government’sdecision to ban the BBCdocumentary India’s Daugh-ter, based on Pandey’s story,

and for a variety of reasons.However, the result is furtherstifling the voices of thosewho are fighting for theculture around rape in India,to change.

On the graphic nature ofthe piece, Farber says, “audi-ences arrive to be entertained,but I have always felt mygoal has been to move them;

survival stories are not alwayspleasant, but they’re compel-ling.

“With material of thistender delicacy, they deserveto receive the piece power-fully.” W

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THE SLOTHS Legendary ‘60srock band from the Sunset Strip

in Hollywood bring the hits

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BUCKCHERRY LA-based hardrock act play tunes from their lat-

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DALANNAH&OWEN Vancouver-based blues duo celebrate the

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BALLET BC: PROGRAM 1 An eve-ning of three individual works

by choreographers reshaping

contemporary ballet, including

a world premiere by Belgian-

born Stijn Celis, the Canadian

premiere of Crystal Pite’s SoloEcho and the return of CayetanoSoto’s Twenty Eight ThousandWaves. 8pm at Queen Elizabeth

Theatre. Tickets $30+ at Ticket-

master.ca. Runs until Nov. 7.

PAUL ANTHONY’S TALENTTIME Survey says Vancouver’sfavourite monthly variety show

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game shows with special guests

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THE MOTORLEAGUE Four-piecerock band fromMoncton, New

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AIR INDIA (REDACTED) Five yearsin themaking, thismoving piece

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words andmusic, his inspirations,

conflicts, favourite songs, stories

and instruments and the kind of

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PEOPLEMeet Dorothy Stacpoole,impoverished aristocrat and

owner of a decaying home,

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tion detailing every ambivalent

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CHERUB A fresh new interpreta-tion of the show presented by this

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WINSTON SPEARWith a charismathat endears him to all ages, the

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NIRBHAYA A stirring performancepiece written and directed by

Yaël Farber, centres around the

brutal attack on a young woman

travelling by bus in Delhi in 2012;

MUSIC

MAC MILLER American rapper,on tour in support of his new

release, GO:OD AM, with specialguests Goldlink, Domo Genesis,

and Alexander Spit. 8pm at Vogue

Theatre. Tickets $38 at TicketWeb.

ca. All ages show.

THE STRUTS Glamorous, danger-ous and over the top classic

English rockers take the stage in

support of their new EP, Have YouHeard?,with special guest AndrewWatt. 8pm at Venue. Tickets $18 at

TicketWeb.ca

ODDISEEWashington rapper andproducer, on tour in support of

his latest studio album, The GoodFight,with special guest GoodCompany. 8pm at Fortune Sound

Club. Tickets $17 at Red Cat and

TicketFly.com.

VANCOUVER CHINESE MUSIC EN-SEMBLE Inspired by adventurousand innovative composers, this

unforgettable program of experi-

mental music features new work

from Remy Siu, Sammy Chien,

Alan Lau and others. 7:30pm at

Orpheum Annex. Tickets $15 at

VCME.BrownPaperTickets.com

and at the door.

COMEDY

THE SUNDAY SERVICE A high-energy comedic production that

carries the audience through a ka-

leidoscopic trip, this group builds,

demolishes and builds again in an

absurd patchwork of scenes and

stories favouring discovery over

structure. 9pm at Fox Cabaret.

Tickets $7 at the door.

THEATRE/DANCE

THE DINING ROOM A.R. Gurney’seloquent look at the lives of 50

characters, played by six actors in

18 vignettes, over a stretch of five

decades; all of whom life’s most

important decisions are made

around the dining room table.

2pm at PAL Studio Theatre. Tick-

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until Nov. 8.

MUSIC

TORY LANEZ Toronto hip-hop art-ist and producer returns to Van-

couver on his Swavenation Tour,

with special guest Boogie. 10pm

at Alexander Gastown. Tickets $20

at Red Cat, Zulu, Beatstreet, DIPT

and TicketWeb.ca

FRIENDLY MALES Experimentalpsych-pop band from LA tours in

support of Nopalera, with specialguests the Cut Losses and the

Big Gone. 8pm at Railway Club.

Tickets $7 at the door.

PUSH FESTIVAL LAUNCHPARTY Charlie Demers hoststhe announcement of the 2016

festival programming with live

performances from Geoff Berner,

Theatre Replacement, and Veda

Hille. 8pm at Fox Cabaret. Tickets

$20 at PushFestival.ca

COMEDY

BILLY CONNOLLY Legendary in-corrigible, incomparable Scottish

musician, actor, and comedian re-

turns to Canada for the first time

in five years, for two evenings,

on the High Horse Tour. 8pm at

Queen Elizabeth Theatre. Tickets

$45+ at Ticketmaster.ca

THE LAUGH GALLERY WITHGRAHAM CLARK One of Vancou-ver’s brightest comics hosts this

weekly, wonderfully eclectic show

where you get to laugh AND win a

great prize! 9pm at Havana The-

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QUEER PROV Amy Lucille hoststhis weekly laugh fest with impro-

visers Feral Rizvi, Dan Dumsha, Ja-

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Tolosa, and Aamir Khan. The best

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every word! 8pm at XY. No cover.

this searing new work cracks

open the silence around women

whose lives have been shattered

by violence. 8pm at York Theatre.

Tickets at Tickets.TheCultch.com.

Runs until Nov. 14.

THE AMISH PROJECT A brilliantmediation on radical kindness,

this production tackles our

instincts for justice and revenge

asking, when faced with the most

terrible of atrocities, what do

you do? 8pm at Pacific Theatre.

Tickets at PacificTheatre.org. Runs

until Nov. 21.

A CHRISTMAS STORY: THE MUSI-CAL The classic holiday favouritegets a musical spin on the tale

familiar to anyone who has ever

been a kid. For nine-year-old

Ralphie, only an Official Red Ryder

BB gun will do under the tree, and

this Canadian premiere is a holi-

day gift for the whole family. 2pm

and 8pm at Stanley Industrial

Alliance Stage. Tickets at ArtsClub.

com. Runs until Dec. 27.

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BEST OF THE CITY: DINING@WESTENDERVAN

Almost five years ago, David Hawk-sworth opened up a rather ambitiousroom forVancouver. At a time whenother fine-dining and upscale restau-rants were closing their doors or re-inventing themselves as casual bistros,Hawskworth opened his eponymousrestaurant in the Rosewood HotelGeorgia as an unabashedly elegantventure.

The risk paid off. Multiple ac-colades – including awards for bestnew restaurant, best chef, best winelist, best fine dining – from numer-ous publications (including this one)poured in during its first year. Ma-clean’s called it the restaurant of theyear.The awards haven’t slowed downmuch since then, with the restaurantcollecting golds both for its people andits food and beverage programs.

“I thought we were full when weopened up, but we’ve almost doubledthe volume since then,” Hawksworthadmits.

Hawksworth is quick to give creditto those that have stood behind himsince opening.

“It’s evolving very nicely right now,and it’s really a collaborative effortwith the whole team.”

And, it’s not just the stars like Kris-tian Eligh, Chad Clark, CooperTar-divel and Bryant Mao that he credits.When asked about a beautiful roastedromanesco salad I had for lunch oneday, made with quark cheese, saffronwhite asparagus, watercress, meyerlemon vinaigrette, dukkah, and gratedcured egg yolk, he credited sous chef

Phil Scarfone. “AndWayne Kozinko[pastry chef] just keeps getting betterand better,” he adds.

Another reason for that successmight be the steady focus on the kindof food they’re aiming to create.

“The mandate for what I want tosee is that it feels refreshing.We’reveering away from anything too rich,”explains Hawksworth. “We do havefoie gras and stuff like that on themenu, but it’s more about acidityand freshness of flavours. I think it’sheaded in the right direction.”

That direction also includes thenoted use of Asian flavours like yuzuand black sesame, among others.

“I think incorporating Asian fla-vours, to a degree – and Asian couldmean Indian,Vietnamese,Thai, influ-ences; we have such a melting pot hereinVancouver – is pretty indicative ofwhere we live.”

Also indicative of place is the factthat for such an upscale restaurant,neither the atmosphere nor prices arestuffy.

“It’s not that ‘fine-dining’ here, tobe honest,” Hawksworth states. “Ipurposefully didn’t use tablecloths.I never wanted to open a restaurantwhere people go only one time, andthere are some people that we’vetracked who have been here 300 timessince we opened. Our prices aren’tthat much different from places likeCactus Club.”

When asked about his plans for thenext few years, he replies, laughing,“To still be here!” On a more seriousnote: “I think we’ve built somethingfairly sturdy.We’re in a beautiful hotel,in a great spot.We have a great team.

I don’t want to make it too fussyhere, but I still want to make this thekind of restaurant that, if there’s onerestaurant that you have to go to whenyou’re in theVancouver, I want this tobe the place.”

You would think that runningthe restaurant would be enough tokeep him busy, especially with hisnew partnership with Air Canada,supplying their business lounges andfirst-class passengers with signaturedishes, but apparently rest is for thelazy. A second, more casual restaurant

is in the works and while Hawksworthwouldn’t divulge the name, he didlet slip that it’s based on a children’sfable. As for the food, “it’s really moreof an Italian-Mediterranean-Califor-nian focus, with small share plates.”Think Fresno chilli, a pizza oven, andhigh-quality olive oils. Opening isslated for March 2016. W

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The view from the top

DavidHawksworth:

WINNER: BEST RESTAURANT

WINNER: BEST FINEDINING

WINNER: BEST CHEF(DAVIDHAWKSWORTH)

WINNER: BEST SERVICE

WINNER:MOSTROMANTIC

WINNER: BEST INTERIORDÉCOR

WINNER: BESTWINE LIST

SECOND: BEST SOMMELIER(BRYANTMAO)

SECOND: BEST BARTENDER(COOPERTARDIVEL)

SECOND: BESTDESSERT

SECOND: BEST CATERING

SECOND: BEST PRIVATEDININGROOM

SECOND:BESTDOWNTOWNRESTAURANT

SECOND: BESTDOWNTOWNBAR

THIRD: BESTWEST COAST

THIRD: BEST COCKTAILS

THIRD: BEST COCKTAIL BAR

THIRD: BESTDOWNTOWNBAR

THIRD: BEST CATERING

David Hawksworth was named Vancouver’s Best Chef inWestender’s 2015Best of the City: Dining readers’ poll. His eponymous restaurant picked up19 awards in total, more than any other Vancouver eatery. Dan Toulgoetphoto

ANYA LEVYKH@foodgirlfriday

When it comes to the Caesar game,no one comes close to Score on Da-vie. So it’s little wonder that theWestEnd bar was this year’s winner forBest Sports Bar and finished thirdfor BestWest End Bar.

Of course there’s the huge patio,awesome staff, and hugeTVs towatch the game. But no trip to Scoreon Davie is complete without a leg-endary Checkmate Caesar.

This diabolical culinary monstrosityis not for the weak of heart (or liver).

“We got called out online,”floor manager Mitch MacDougallexplains. “We had a line of specialtyCaesars, and someone called us outsaying their Caesar was bigger.

“So this is our mic drop on theCaesar game.”

Checkmate, indeed.Four ounces of vodka. An entire

Cornish game hen. A Score burger. A

pulled pork slider. Half a dozen hotwings. Half a dozen onion rings. Ahot dog stuffed with pulled pork andmac ‘n’ cheese. And to top it all off, abrownie for dessert.

“Substantial engineering goes intothis,” says MacDougall. “It’s not easyto get this to the table without drop-ping it.”

Cooking and assembling theCheckmate can take more than 20minutes, so be patient. And makesure to bring a friend (or two): withfour ounces of alcohol, the Check-mate is intended to be shared.

Not surprisingly, the legend of theCheckmate has spread online, andmany make the trip to Score on Da-vie just to challenge the world’s mostridiculous Caesar.

“Lots of people visitingVancouverfor the first time will make us theirfirst stop to try the Checkmate,”MacDougall says.

But while that might get themthrough the door, what keeps people

coming back is the staff, he says.“The atmosphere is great, because

it’s a great group of friends here,”says MacDougall. “That’s what keepseveryone around.” W

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Score on Davie’s floor manager Mitch MacDougall shows off the bar’simpressive Checkmate Caesar. Dan Toulgoet photo

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BEST OF THE CITY: DININGWESTENDER.COM

Hot dogs have long beenheld back by the ketchupmafia. Every once in a while,mustard and onions wereallowed in on the action, butfor the longest time the sweetred sauce ran the show.

Enter Matt and JennaHagarty, husband and wifehot dog… connoisseurs? Itcertainly seems that way,with their 25-seat, punk rockhangout in Hastings-Sunriseoffering nearly a dozen dif-ferent versions of the classicdugout snack.

You’ve got the best-sellingMatt and She’s, a dog soloaded down with mac ’n’cheese, bits of bacon andgreen onion that you needa fork to slay the beast;you’ve got the Reuben, acorned beef, swiss cheeseand sauerkraut creation thatcan proudly call itself oneof What’s Up? Hot Dog!’soriginal three; and you can’tforget the Hanzai, the pick-led ginger, cucumber, wasabiand sriracha party that rollswith a tempura-and-black-sesame-seed entourage.

They pickle their own on-ions, smoke their own pork,and all their dogs – made

with all-natural Two Riversbeef or Field Roast veggie –run from eight to 11 bucks.

“We put a lot of time andwork into the ingredients,”says Matt proudly fromone of the red vinyl booths.“There’s no space cheese oranything on top.”

So, it’s no surprise thatwithin seven short monthsof opening, the couple, whoalso both play in local bands,now hold silver for Best HotDog in our Best of the City:Dining readers’ choice poll.They also won Best CheapEats, Best Diner/GreasySpoon (city wide AND EastSide), and bronze for BestBurger.

Not bad for a couple whodidn’t really want to do arestaurant in the first place.

“My goal wasn’t necessar-ily to create a restaurant,”admits Matt with a laugh.“Our food is really good andit’s gotten a lot better sincewe started, but my goal wasjust to create another placewhere we could hang outthat wasn’t just a bar.

“Vancouver is so satu-rated with sports bars andthere’s a lot of places I loveto go to see bands,” hecontinues, “but in betweenthose two things I didn’t

feel like there was a lot ofspaces that had more thanjust drinking.”

Inspired by tour stopsat Tubby Dog in Calgary,a place where all-ages liveshows and hot dogs are amatch made in heaven, thewalls at What’s Up? HotDog! are lined with postersfrom Vancouver’s punk rockpast while tunes by Weezer,Bad Sports, Protex and TheMonks blare over the speak-ers. And true to their goal tohave more than just booze,the bar became a Blue Jayshot spot in the summer,has a well-played pinballarcade, and is building onits popular Simpson’s trivianight with impending NHL’94 tournaments and TapeJam – a VHS and Betamaxmovie night that will seecustom hot dogs to matchthe movies.

Matt adds that they wantpeople in the neighbourhoodto know it’s also a place tojust come by with a laptop towork. Fair warning though:those keys will be a molesauce magnet. W

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What’s Up? Hot Dog!co-owner Matt Hagartyhunkers down for somedelicious dogs.Dan Toulgoet photo

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BESTRESTAURANT

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2. L’Abattoir217 Carrall604-568-1701LAbattoir.ca

3. Forage1300 Robson604-661-1400ForageVancouver.com

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3. BoulevardKitchen&Oyster Bar845 Burrard604-642-2900BoulevardVancouver.ca

BESTMID-PRICE

1. Cactus ClubVarious locationsCactusClubCafe.com

2. Yaletown L’Antipasto1127 Mainland604-558-1174YaletownLAntipasto.com

3. The Flying Pig102 Water604-559-7968TheFlyingPigVan.com

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1. What’s Up? Hot Dog!2481 East Hastings604-879-8364WhatsUpHotDog.ca

2. La Taqueria322 West Hastings604-568-4406LaTaqueria.com

3. Sal y Limon701 Kingsway #5604-677-4247SalYLimon.ca

BESTWORKING LUNCH

1. Cactus ClubVarious locationsCactusClubCafe.com

T-2. Central City871 Beatty778-379-2489CentralCityBrewPub.com

T-2. Meat & Bread370 Cambie604-566-9003MeatAndBread.ca

T-3. Hawksworth Restaurant801 West Georgia604-673-7000HawksworthRestaurant.com

T-3. Sciue Italian Bakery CaffeVarious locations604-602-7263Sciue.ca

T-3. Yaletown L’Antipasto1127 Mainland604-558-1174YaletownLAntipasto.com

BEST BREAKFAST

1. Medina Café780 Richards604-879-3114MedinaCafe.com

2. Yolk’s1298 East Hastings604-428-9655Yolks.ca

3. Red Wagon2296 East Hastings604-568-4565RedWagonCafe.com

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3. Chambar568 Beatty604-879-7119Chambar.com

BESTDESSERT

1. True Confections866 Denman604-682-1292TrueConfections.ca


T-2. Thomas Haas2539 West Broadway604-736-1848ThomasHaas.com

T-3. The Acorn3995 Main604-566-9001TheAcornRestaurant.ca

T-3. Bella Gelateria1001 West Cordova604-569-1010BellaGelateria.com

T-3. Sweet Obsession2611 West 16th604-739-0555SweetObsession.ca

T-3. Thierry1059 Alberni604-608-6870ThierryChocolates.com

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JasonYamasaki has come along way since his humblebeginnings as a busboy atthe White Spot. He nowruns the wine program atChambar, one of Vancou-ver’s hottest restaurantsand has earned a couple ofwell-deserved feathers inhis cap. After triumphing atthe Canadian Associationof Professional Sommeliers(CAPS) competition in BCin November 2014, he wasnamed the 2015 Sommelierof theYear by the VancouverInternational Wine Festival,and was voted the Best Som-melier in the city by readersof Westender.

I caught up with Jasonafter three days of judgingtogether for the VancouverMagazine Wine Awards justhours before he was to dueto fly off to Australia. Godforbid we should do aninterview without drinking,so Jason thoughtfully pouredme a glass of the 2014Muscadet-Sèvre-et-Mainefrom Château du Coing deSaint-Fiacre.

Why wine?Wine arrived completely

unexpectedly and organicallyout of an obsession to getbetter in restaurant hospital-ity.Wine was part of the jobbut honestly I never paidmuch attention to it. I real-ized that I was surroundedby individuals who werespeaking passionately aboutsomething that I didn’t havethat much experience with.So just by subtle, lengthyosmosis of their influence, Idecided one day I would givethis a shot.

Is there a particular wine thatwas a turning point for you?

The most memorable bot-tles have always been pairedwith a certain occasion. I canpick out a Meo-CamuzetChambolle-Musigny from ahumble 2004 off-vintage thatwas my first big introductioninto Burgundy and the firsttime I was willing to spendmore than a couple of buckson a bottle of wine.

What are you drinking whenyou aren’t drinking wine?

Fernet-Branca. It is themagic cure-all for creatinghunger and appetite in addi-tion to having restful diges-tive properties. It is quite

remarkable. (Note: Jasonkept all of us wine judgeswell medicated with Fernet-Branca.)

Is there a wine that sharesthese same properties?

We are drinking it rightnow. It’s Muscadet as pureas Muscadet could possiblybe. Neutral at the same timecapturing the quintessentialnature of what to me whitewine should be all about. It’samazingly accessible to drinkand unbelievably surprisingand magical with food.

How do you approach foodand wine pairing?

At Chambar I am com-pletely willing to suspendmy notions about certainproteins going with certainstyles of wine and certainsauces going with otherstyles. So many of our saucestake a traditional protein andturn it on its head. I havebeen surprised on way toomany occasions to have anysort of manifesto of prin-ciples. As long as there isacidity in the wine somethingwill happen.

It’s the question we all hate,but what is your desert islandwine?

Muscadet would be ex-tremely high on the list. Butits soulful, more complexcounterpart, Chablis wouldprobably be number one.As a much broader answer;Chardonnay, in all of itsforms.

What off-the-beaten-trackgem are you currently excitedabout?

I have had such amazingsuccess introducing staff toChinon. It can reliably findsomething compatible withnearly every dish. I put LesPensées de Pallus Chinonon by the glass and it hasbecome one of our absolutebest sellers. It’s totally ap-proachable for an individualwho is more used to drinkingCabernet Sauvignon yetit still has the soul and at-tachment to what CabernetFranc/Chinon is.

What do you believe is themost important aspect ofyour job?

Teaching staff and usingwine as a way to improveand inspire people in therestaurant. W

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3. Lucy’s Eastside Diner2708 Main604-568-1550

BEST PRIVATEDININGROOM1. L’Abattoir217 Carrall604-568-1701LAbattoir.ca


3. Central City871 Beatty778-379-2489CentralCityBrewPub.com

BEST SERVICE1. Hawksworth Restaurant801 West Georgia604-673-7000HawksworthRestaurant.com


T-3. Bistro Wagon Rouge1869 Powell604-251-4070BistroWagonRouge.com


BESTVIEW1. Cactus ClubVarious locationsCactusClubCafe.com

2. Seasons in the ParkWest 33rd at Cambie604-874-8008VancouverDine.com/seasons-park

3. Cloud 91400 Robson604-687-0511Cloud9Restaurant.ca

BEST PLACE TOTAKEVISITORS1. Cactus ClubVarious locationsCactusClubCafe.com



T-3. Edible Canada1596 Johnston604-682-6681EdibleCanada.com

MOSTROMANTIC1. Hawksworth Restaurant801 West Georgia604-673-7000HawksworthRestaurant.com



BEST PATIO1. Tap & Barrel1 Athletes Way604-685-2223TapAndBarrel.com

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3. Dockside1253 Johnston604-685-7070DocksideVancouver.com

BEST LATE-NIGHT EATS1. The Naam2724 West 4th604-738-7151TheNaam.com

2. Lucy’s East Side Diner2708 Main604-568-1550

3. Denny’s1098 Davie604-689-0509Dennys.ca

BEST LOCALLY-SOURCED FOOD1. Forage1300 Robson604-661-1400ForageVancouver.com

2. Farmer’s Apprentice1535 West 6th604-620-2070FarmersApprentice.ca

3. Fable1944 West 4th604-732-1322FableKitchen.ca

BEST CATERING1. The Lazy Gourmet1605 West 5th604-734-2507LazyGourmet.ca

T-2. The Butler Did It620 Clark604-739-3663ButlerDidItCatering.com

T-2. Emelle’s177 West 7th604-875-6551Emelles.com

T-2. Hawksworth Catering801 West Georgia604-605-3325 ext. 1HawksworthRestaurant.com/events/catering

3. Culinary Capers1545 West 3rd604-875-0123CulinaryCapers.com

BEST CHEF1. David Hawksworth -Hawksworth Restaurant801 West Georgia604-673-7000HawksworthRestaurant.com

2. David Gunawan -Farmer’s Apprentice1535 West 6th604-620-2070FarmersApprentice.ca

3. Chris Whittaker – Forage1300 Robson604-661-1400ForageVancouver.com

BEST SOMMELIER1. Jason Yamasaki – Chambar568 Beatty604-879-7119Chambar.com

2. Bryant Mao – Hawksworth801 West Georgia604-673-7000HawksworthRestaurant.com

T-3. Alex Thornley - L’Abattoir217 Carrall604-568-1701LAbattoir.ca

T-3. Andrea Vescovi -Blue Water Café1095 Hamilton604-688-8078BlueWaterCafe.net

T-3. Steve Edwards - Boulevard845 Burrard604-642-2900BoulevardVancouver.ca

BEST BARTENDER1. Dani Tatarin - The Keefer135 Keefer604-688-1961TheKeeferBar.com

2. Cooper Tardivel – Hawksworth801 West Georgia604-673-7000HawksworthRestaurant.com

T-3. Shaun Layton - L’Abattoir217 Carrall604-568-1701LAbattoir.ca

T-3. Lauren Mote – Uva900 Seymour604-632-9560UvaVancouver.com

BEST INTERIORDÉCOR1. Hawksworth801 West Georgia604-673-7000HawksworthRestaurant.com



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3. Le TigreLeTigreCuisine.ca

BEST COOKING SCHOOL1. Dirty Apron540 Beatty604-879-8588DirtyApron.com

2. Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts1505 West 2nd604-734-4488Picachef.com

3. Vancouver Community College1155 East Broadway604-871-7000VCC.ca

BESTFOOD/DRINKEVENT1. Eat VancouverEat-Vancouver.com

2. Vancouver International WineFestivalVanWineFest.ca

3. Dine Out VancouverDineOutVancouver.com

BESTWINE LIST1. Hawksworth801 West Georgia604-673-7000HawksworthRestaurant.com


T-3. Boulevard Kitchen& Oyster Bar845 Burrard604-642-2900BoulevardVancouver.ca

T-3. CinCin1154 Robson604-688-7338CinCin.net

T-3. Jules Bistro216 Abbott604-669-0033JulesBistro.ca

T-3. L’Abattoir217 Carrall604-568-1701LAbattoir.ca

BEST COCKTAILS

1. The Keefer Bar135 Keefer604-688-1961TheKeeferBar.com

T-2. The Diamond6 Powell604-568-8272di6mond.com




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BESTAFRICAN

1. Simba’s Grill825 Denman604-974-0649SimbasGrill.com

2. Harambe Ethiopian2149 Commercial604-216-1060Harambes.com

3. Jambo Grill3219 Kingsway604-433-5060JamboGrill.ca

BEST CANADIANCUISINE

1. Edible Canada1551 Johnston604-682-6681EdibleCanada.com


3. The Oakwood Canadian Bistro2741 West 4th604-558-1965TheOakwood.ca

BEST CARIBBEAN

1. The Reef4172 Main604-874-5375TheReefRestaurant.com

2. Calabash Bistro428 Carrall604-568-5882CalabashBistro.com

T-3. Jamaican Pizza Jerk2707 Commercial604-876-3343PizzaJerk.ca

T-3. Riddim and Spice1945 Commerical604-215-9252

BEST CHINESE

1. Bao Bei163 Keefer604-688-0876Bao-Bei.ca

2. Kirin Restaurant1172 Alberni604-688-2812KirinRestaurants.com

3. Peaceful Restaurant532 West Broadway604-879-9878PeacefulRestaurant.com

BEST EASTERNEUROPEAN

1. Ukrainian Village815 Denman604-687-7440UkrainVillage.Vix.com/canada

2. Acacia Fillo Bar1103 Denman604-633-3884AcaciaFilloBar.com

3. Bernie’s Bureks5737 Battison604-336-6581

BEST FRENCH

1. Le Crocodile909 Burrard604-669-4298LeCrocodileRestaurant.com

2. Les Faux Bourgeois663 East 15th604-873-9733LesFauxBourgeois.com


BESTGREEK

1. Stepho’s Souvlaki1124 Davie604-683-2555

T-2. Apollonia Greek Restaurant1830 Fir604-736-9559ApolloniaGreekRestaurant.com

T-2. Taki’s Taverna1106 Davie604-682-1336TakisTaverna.com

3. The Greek by Anatoli1043 Mainland604-979-0700TheGreekByAnatoli.com

BEST INDIAN

1. Vij’s1480 West 11th604-736-6664VijsRestaurant.ca

2. Siddharta’s Indian Kitchen2066 Commerical604-215-7556SiddharthasKitchen.com

3. Rangoli1488 West 11th604-736-5711VijsRangoli.ca

BEST ITALIAN

1. Ask for Luigi305 Alexander604-428-2544AskForLuigi.com

2. Italian Kitchen1037 Alberni604-687-2858GlowbalGroup.com/ItalianKitchen

3. Cin Cin1154 Robson604-688-7338CinCin.net

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BEST JAPANESE

1. Tojo’s Restaurant1133 West Broadway604-872-8050Tojos.com

2. Miku Restaurant200 Granville604-568-3900MikuRestaurant.com

3. Guu Izakaya1698 Robson604-685-8678Guu-Izakaya.com

BESTKOREAN

1. Sura Korean Royal Cuisine1518 Robson604-687-7872SuraKoreanCuisine.com

2. Damso Modern Korean Cuisine867 Denman604-632-0022MainMenus.com/Vancouver/Damso

T-3. Kyo Korean BBQ& Sushi House2993 Granville604-739-8868KyoBBQ.com

T-3. Ma Dang Goul847 Denman604-688-3585

BEST LATINAMERICAN

1. Chicha136 East Broadway604-620-3963ChichaRestaurant.com

2. Baru Latino2535 Alma604-222-9171BaruLatino.com

3. Boca1513 West Broadway604-620-1262Boca2Go.ca

BESTMEXICAN

1. Las Margaritas1999 West 4th604-734-7117LasMargaritas.com

2. La Taqueria2549 Cambie604-558-2549LaTaqueria.com

T-3. La Casita101 West Cordova604-646-2444LaCasita.ca

T-3. La Mezcaleria1622 Commercial604-559-8226LaMezcaleria.ca

T-3. Sal Y Limon701 Kingsway #5604-677-4247SalYLimon.ca

BESTMIDDLE EASTERN

1. Nuba207 West Hastings604-688-1655Nuba.ca

2. East is East3243 West Broadway604-734-5881EastIsEast.ca

T-3. Afghan Horsemen1833 Anderson604-873-5923AfghanHorsemen.com

T-3. Medina Café780 Richards604-879-3114MedinaCafe.com

T-3. Tamam2616 East Hastings604-620-7078TamamPalestinianCuisine.com

BEST SINGAPOREAN/

MALAYSIAN

1. Banana Leaf820 West Broadway604-731-6333BananaLeaf-Vancouver.com

2. Kaya Malay Bistro1063 West Broadway604-730-9963KayaMalay.com

T-3. Hawker’s Delight4127 Main604-709-8188

T-3. Tropika2975 Cambie604-879-6002

BEST SPANISH

1. Espana1118 Denman604-558-4040EspanaRestaurant.ca

2. Bodega on Main1014 Main604-565-8815BodegaOnMain.ca

3. The Sardine Can26 Powell604-568-1350TheSardineCan.ca

BEST THAI

1. Thai House1766 West 7th604-737-0088

2. Sala Thai888 Burrard604-683-7999SalaThai.ca

3. Maenam1938 West 4th604-730-5579Maenam.ca

BESTVIETNAMESE

1. Mr. Red Café2234 East Hastings604-710-9515

T-2.PhoExpressAnkorNoodleHouse1745 Robson604-689-8399PhoExpressAnkorNoodleHouse.com

T-2.PhoLinhVietnameseRestaurant325 East Broadway604-875-6443

3.HaiPhongVietnameseRestaurant1246 Kingsway604-872-3828HaiPhongRestaurant.com

BESTWEST COAST

1. Coast1054 Alberni604-685-5010GlowbalGroup.com/Coast/

2. Blue Water Café1095 Hamilton604-688-8078BlueWaterCafe.Net

T-3. Edible Canada1551 Johnston604-682-66841EdibleCanada.com


BEST BAR

1. Alibi Room57 Alexander604-623-3383Alibi.ca

2. Pourhouse162 Water604-568-7022PourhouseRestaurant.ca

3. Hawksworth Cocktail Bar801 West Georgia604-673-7000HawksworthRestaurant.com/bar

BEST BREAKFAST


2. Nelson The Seagull315 Carrall604-681-5776NelsonTheSeagull.com

T-3. The Elbow Room Café560 Davie604-685-3628TheElbowRoomCafe.com

T-3. Deacon’s Corner101 Main604-684-1555DeaconsCorner.ca

BEST BRUNCH


2. Nelson The Seagull315 Carrall604-681-5776NelsonTheSeagull.com


BEST COFFEE SHOP

1. Revolver Coffee325 Cambie604-558-4444RevolverCoffee.ca

2. Bel Café801 West Georgia604-673-7000BelCafe.com

3. StarbucksVarious locationsStarbucks.ca

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BESTDINER/GREASYSPOON

1. Save on Meats43 West Hastings604-569-3568SaveOnMeats.ca

2. Deacon’s Corner101 Main604-684-1555DeaconsCorner.ca

3. Acme Café51 West Hastings604-569-1022AcmeCafe.ca

BESTRESTAURANT


2. Hawksworth801 West Georgia604-673-7000HawksworthRestaurant.com

3. Blue Water Café1095 Hamilton604-688-8078BlueWaterCafe.net

BEST TAKE-OUT /DELIVERY

1. Tacofino Burrito Bar15 West Cordova604-899-7907Tacofino.com

2. Urban Thai Bistro1119 Hamilton604-408-7788ThaiHouse.com

3. Incendio Pizza103 Columbia604-688-8694Incendio.ca

BESTWEEKDAY LUNCH

T-1. Nelson the Seagull315 Carrall604-681-5776NelsonTheSeagull.com

T-1. Medina Café780 Richards604-879-3114MedinaCafe.com

2. Hawksworth801 West Georgia604-673-7000HawksworthRestaurant.com

3. Meat & Bread370 Cambie604-566-9003MeatAndBread.ca

BEST BAR

1. The Cobalt917 Main778-918-3671TheCobalt.ca

2. Shameful Tiki4362 Main604-999-5684ShamefulTikiRoom.com

3. The Keefer135 Keefer604-688-1961TheKeeferBar.com

BEST BREAKFAST


2. Red Wagon Café2296 East Hastings604-568-4565RedWagonCafe.com

3. Slickity Jim’s Chat ’n’ Chew3475 Main604-873-6760SlickityJims.ca

BEST BRUNCH


2. La Mezcaleria1622 Commercial604-559-8226LaMezcaleria.ca

T-3. Burdock & Co.2702 Main604-879-0077BurdockAndCo.com

T-3. Ask for Luigi305 Alexander604-428-2544AskForLuigi.com

BEST COFFEE SHOP

1. Matchstick Coffee Roasters639 East 15th604-558-0639MatchstickCoffee.com

2. JJ Bean CoffeeVarious locationsJJBeanCoffee.com

3. Gene Café2404 Main604-568-5501GeneCafe.ca

BESTDINER /GREASY SPOON


2. Lucy’s East Side Diner2708 Main604-568-1550

3. Red Wagon2296 East Hastings604-568-4565RedWagonCafe.com

BESTRESTAURANT

1. Bistro Wagon Rouge1869 Powell604-251-4070BistroWagonRouge.com

2. Tacofino Commissary2327 East Hastings604-253-8226Tacofino.com

T-3. Les Faux Bourgeois663 East 15th604-873-9733LesFauxBourgeois

T-3. Mamie Taylor’s251 East Georgia604-620-8818MamieTaylors.ca

T-3. Via Tevere1190 Victoria604-336-1803ViaTeverePizzeria.com


1. Siddartha’s Indian Kitchen2066 Commercial604-215-7556SiddarthasKitchen.com

2. ChongQing Szechuan Cuisine2808 Commercial604-254-7434cqrestaurant.com

3. Budgies Burritos44 Kingsway604-874-5408BudgiesBurritos.com

BESTWEEKDAY LUNCH

1. Finch’s Market501 East Georgia604-558-1644

T-2. La Grotta del Formaggio1791 Commercial604-255-3911LGDF.ca

T-2. Burgoo3096 Main Street604-873-1441Burgoo.ca

T-3. Sweet Cherubim1105 Commercial604-253-0969SweetCherubim.com

T-3. Tacofino2327 East Hastings604-253-8226Tacofino.com

BEST BAR

1. 11811181 Davie604-687-39911181.ca

2. Three Brits1780 Davie604-801-6681DonnellyGroup.ca/three-brits

3. Score on Davie1262 Davie604-632-1646ScoreOnDavie.com

BEST BREAKFAST

1. Joe’s Grill3048 Main604-879-6586


3. Denny’s1098 Davie604-689-0509Dennys.ca

BEST BRUNCH


2. Left Bank751 Denman604-687-1418LeftBankVancouver.com

3. Milestone’sVarious locationsMilestonesRestaurants.com

BEST COFFEE SHOP

1. Greenhorn Espresso Bar994 Nicola604-428-2912GreenhornCafe.com


3. Delany’s Coffee House1105 Denman604-662-3344DelanysCoffee.com


1. Joe’s Grill3048 Main604-879-6586

2. Hamburger Mary’s1202 Davie604-687-1293

3. Red Umbrella Café1707 Davie604-688-7818RedUmbrellaCafeBC.com

BESTRESTAURANT


2. Tavola1829 Robson604-606-4680TavolaVancouver.com

3. Left Bank751 Denman Street604-687-1418LeftBankVancouver.com

BEST TAKE-OUT /DELIVERY1. Nook781 Denman604-568-4554NookRestaurant.ca

2. Stepho’s1124 Davie604-683-2555

3. Hon’s Wun Tun House1339 Robson604-685-0871Hons.ca

BESTWEEKDAY LUNCH1. Cactus ClubVarious locationsCactusClubCafe.com

2. Banana Leaf1096 Denman604-683-3333BananaLeaf-Vancouver.com

3. The Dish on Davie1068 Davie604-689-0208

BEST BART-1. The Marquis2666 Granville604-568-0670TheMarquis.ca

T-1. Grapes & Soda1541 West 6th604-336-2456GrapesAndSoda.ca

2. Anza Club3 West 8th604-876-7128AnzaClub.org

3. Local Public Eatery2210 Cornwall604-734-3589LocalKits.com

BEST BREAKFAST1. Paul’s Omelettery2211 Granville604-737-2857PaulsOmelettery.com

2. Sophie’s Cosmic Café2095 West 4th604-732-6810SophiesCosmicCafe.com

3. Jethro’s Fine Grub3420 Dunbar604-569-3441JethrosFineGrub.com

BEST BRUNCH1. Nook1525 Yew604-734-0099NookRestaurant.ca



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It’s official: Brassneck Breweryis the best.The popularMain Street brewery wontop honours at the BC BeerAwards last month, takinghome the Best in Show prizefor their OneTrick PonyImperial IPA. Combine thatwith tying with 33 Acres forVancouver’s favourite tastingroom in Westender’s Best of theCity: Dining readers’ choicepoll, and you have a mightycompelling case.

Not that Nigel Springthor-pe would ever admit it.TheBrassneck – and Alibi Room –co-owner has earned his statusas a local legend for both hisexceptional taste in beer andhis unwillingness to accept hislegendary status.

I sat down with Nigel todiscuss the recent wins, thebrewery and his influence onthe local beer culture, twoyears after Brassneck openedits doors.

Howdo you account for thepopularity of Brassneck? Theway that I’ve seen it, it’s likethe craft beer thingwas kind of

happening, and thenParallel49 opened in 2012,which letVancouver’s industry lift offa little bit. But I don’t thinkBrassneck or 33 Acres get duecredit for backing that up. It’salmost like the three brewerieselevated the industry together.

I actually don’t know howmuch one thing has to dowith the other thing.There’sdefinitely some overlap.Whenyou talk to the St. Augustine’sdudes [who later opened Par-allel 49], they always wanted abig brewery and, y’know, geteverybody.They took a biggamble with a homebrewerwho ended up being excellent.They’ve got this really goodcombination of drive andquality, and those guys aredriven to be big.They’re doinga really good job of it. I thinkthe beer, as they’ve grown, hasgotten better. Some peoplethink that when things getbigger they get worse, but thequality control’s there.

I mean, Brassneck tookthree years of planning tomake.We wish we had beenopened the year before, but itjust didn’t happen. 33 Acres isa brewery that I didn’t knowanything about – nobodyknew anything about it – andthey’ve really carved their ownniche in a very busy market

place by being absolutely,completely, totally and utterlydifferent. If you could putParallel 49 and 33 Acres on aspectrum of breweries, they’dbe on opposite ends in somany ways.

That’swhat I’mgetting at. Youthree don’t havemuch to dowith each other, and aren’t allthat similar, but because youall openedwithin a year ofeach other, you’ve educatedthe local consumer base aboutwhat craft beer is. As result ofthat, these three brewerieshave allowed the industry totake offwithout intending to,

based purely onwhat yourpoints of vieware. Togetheryou’re representative ofwhatcraft beer can be.

Yeah. I think Brassneck ismuch more about the experi-ence of the tasting room andseeing what else is availablebeer-wise. I think 33 Acres fo-cuses on the overall experience,and Parallel 49 is all aboutthe brand.Their tasting roomis scruffy. Anything goes, in alongshoreman kinda way.Thoseare the dudes that are hangingout there during the day. I’msure 33 Acres and Brassnecklook a little precious comparedto those guys, you know?

But we have to be moreabout what happens when youwalk through the door. I don’tknow if one would’ve survivedwithout the other one or any-thing.There was a new waveof stuff that happened at thattime in 2012, 2013, but thebreweries that started poppingup at that time – Bomber,Main Street, even StrangeFellows – they were planningthose for a long time.

Right. I know it all happenedby accident, but it just got sopopular, and it’s not simplybecause brewerieswere pop-ping up. I’m just trying towrapmyhead aroundhow thishappened. Everythingwas justhappening at the right time.The consumer basewas readyfor it and getting educatedabout it, because of the popu-larity of these three breweries.

You had these companiesthat had the beer scene by theshort and curlies for a longtime. Mark James Group hada few brewpubs. Steamworks.Central City. So you’ve gotbrewers, working a long timefor those guys, who are nowgetting older. Iain Hill’s in his40s, Conrad’s in his 40s,VernLambourne, who’s now goingout on his own. It’s this perfectstorm of guys who were work-ing for other people, gatheringtheir own wealth, they’re get-ting older and looking at whatthey’re going to be doing.

That might have had some-thing to do with it – an oldergeneration of brewers wantingto go out on their own. Butthen that doesn’t explain howyou get Powell Street andDave [Bowkett], who came

Q&A with Brassneck’s Nigel SpringthorpeStephen SmysnuikTheGrowler@TheGrowlerBC

Brassneck Brewery co-owner Nigel Springthorpe at his MainStreet tasting room. Dan Toulgoet photo

WINNER: BEST CRAFT BEER

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out of nowhere – absolutelynowhere.They were reallysuccessful.The Doans areyoung guys.

The other thing is you haveme, Nigel Pike, Don Farrionand the guys at St. Augus-tine’s – we were all guys thathad beer-focused restaurants,and we were seeing this thinghappening, and it felt like thenext logical step to be actuallymanufacturing.

What do you think’s going tohappen in the next five or 10years?

When you go to a liquorstore and you pick up a coupleof bombers off the shelf, itfeels expensive at the moment.It feels daunting becausethere’s so much product andit feels expensive. Now that’sa combination of the pricechanges and just the fact thatit’s more expensive, especiallywith American imports.

For us, we’re small – sosmall that things that affect usare new developments hap-pening across the street.We’realways going to have a beerbar on Main Street, and that’svaluable in itself, for sustain-ability at our level and our size.I think what you might see ismore of this thing, sort of moreneighbourhood-size breweries,where they don’t need to playthat packaging game, which iswhere things are going to getreally competitive.

The price changes havebeen good for us. People arecoming in and getting theirtwo litres. A two-litre growleris almost [the same as] threebombers. Our Brassneck Aleis $10. Compare that to walk-ing into a cold beer and winestore and picking up a bottle.The other thing is, you cantaste it before you buy it. It’s anicer experience.

So when I see all thesethings happening, and theway things are growing, ouraspirations are not to play thatgame. W

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BEST COFFEE SHOP


2. Milano Coffee Roasters156 West 8th604-879-4468MilanoCoffee.ca

3. Elysian CoffeeVarious locations604-874-5909ElysianCoffee.com




3. Sunshine Diner2649 West Broadway604-733-7717TheSunshineDiner.com

BESTRESTAURANT

1. Farmer’s Apprentice1535 West 6th604-620-2070FarmersApprentice.ca

2. AnnaLena1809 West 1st778-379-4052AnnaLena.ca

T-3. Bishop’s2183 West 4th604-738-2025BishopsOnline.com

T-3. Fable1944 West 4th604-732-1322FableKitchen.ca


1. La Taqueria2549 Cambie604-558-2549LaTaqueria.com

2. Peaceful RestaurantVarious locationsPeacefulRestaurant.com

3. Domino’sVarious locationsDominos.ca

BESTWEEKDAY LUNCH

1. Salade de Fruits Café1551 West 7th604-714-5987SaladeDeFruits.com

2. Tractor Foods1903 West 4th604-222-2557TractorFoods.com

3. Emelle’s177 West 7th604-875-6551Emelles.com

BEST BAGELS

1. Solly’s Bagelry2873 West Broadway604-675-9770SollysBagelry.com

2. Seigel’s Bagels1883 Cornwall604-737-8151SiegelsBagels.com

3. Benny’s Bagels2505 West Broadway604-731-9730

BEST BAKEDGOODS

1. Beaucoup Bakery & Café2150 Fir604-732-4222BeaucoupBakery.com

2. Pure Bread159 West Hastings604-563-8060PureBread.ca

T-3. Bel Café801 West Georgia604-673-7000BelCafe.com

T-3. Lemonade Bakery3385 Cambie604-873-9993LemonadeBakery.ca

T-3. Thomas Haas2539 West Broadway604-736-1848ThomasHaas.com

BEST BARBECUE

1. Memphis Blues Barbecue House1465 West Broadway604-738-6806MemphisBluesBBQ.com

2. Pekinpah2 Water604-681-5411PeckinPahBBQ.com


BEST BURGERS

1. Vera’s Burger ShackVarious locationsVerasBurgerShack.com

2. White SpotVarious locationsWhiteSpot.ca

T-3. Romer’s Burger BarVarious locationsRomersBurgerBar.com

T-3. What’s Up? Hot Dog!2481 East Hastings604-879-8364WhatsUpHotDog.ca

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Spicy: the word that mostoften sums up a neophyte’sknowledge of Korean food.

It’s a simplifier that chefSang-Cho Han and his staffat the award-winning Sura onRobson Street quietly disprovenight after jam-packed night,with nuanced cuisine literallyfit for kings and queens.

Building a menu aroundcenturies-old recipes thatwould have been served onlyto Korea’s wealthiest classes,Sura has won Best Korean inWestender’s Best of the City:Dining readers’ choice poll forthe sixth year in a row.

“Everything is traditional;

there’s no fusion here,” ex-plains Amy Kim, a representa-tive of the bustling restaurant,which opened in 2008.

Seated on silk pillows andsurrounded by traditionalHanok-style décor, more than500 people flow in and out ofSura’s doors each night. And,each night, the restaurant goesthrough more than 20 headsof cabbage in its quest for theperfect kimchi, made in-houseand served complimentarywith each meal as part of arotating trio of stunning sidedishes, or banchan.

Kimchi, one of Korea’smost ubiquitous nationaldishes, is more than just thefermented cabbage mostVancouverites know andlove, though. It encompasses

hundreds of preparations ofdelicious veggies, from pickledradishes and cucumbers topickled seaweed.

But yes, Sura is known farand wide for its baechu kimchi– tall heads of napa cabbage,chopped and coated with ablend of apples, pears, onions,garlic and so many sundriedchili flakes that they form apalate-tingling paste on eachleaf.

“Red kimchi is the mosttraditional type in Korea, andthe whole restaurant theme istraditional, so we try to keepeverything in the original way,”says Kim with a shy smile,scissors and metal chopsticksflashing between shared bites.

Seated next to her at thetable, chef Han laughs at my

kimchi-obsessed question-ing as he offers up succulentbraised beef and pan-stirredseafood alongside delicate,stuffed cucumbers and pillowyseafood pancakes. He knowsthe spicy starter will soon beforgotten in a sea of sweet soyglazes and melt-in-your-mouthmeats.

In fact, this five-courseintroduction dispels anothermisconception decisively.There’s clearly more to Koreanfood than kimchi, and, neo-phytes take note: the country’scuisine gets the royal treat-ment at Sura. W

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BEST CHOCOLATE

1. Thomas Haas2539 West Broadway604-736-1848ThomasHaas.com

2. Thierry1059 Alberni604-608-6870ThierryChocolates.com

3. Minks Chocolate Café863 West Hastings604-633-2451MinkChocolates.com

BEST COFFEE

1. StarbucksVarious LocationsStarbucks.ca

2. Matchstick639 East 15th604-558-0639MatchstickCoffee.com

T-3. JJ BeanVarious LocationsJJBeanCoffee.com

T-3. Milano Coffee165 West 8th604-879-4468MilanoCoffee.ca

BEST CROISSANT

1. Beaucoup Bakery & Café2150 Fir604-732-4222BeaucoupBakery.com

2. Thomas Haas2539 West Broadway604-736-1848ThomasHaas.com

3. Bel Café801 West Georgia604-673-7000BelCafe.com

BEST CUPOFTEA

1. David’s TeaVarious LocationsDavidsTea.com

2. Revolver325 Cambie604-558-4444RevolverCoffee.ca

T-3. StarbucksVarious LocationsStarbucks.ca

T-3. Urban Tea Merchant1070 West Georgia604-692-0071UrbanTea.com

BESTDIM SUM

1. Sun Sui Wah3888 Main604-872-8822SunSuiWah.com

2. Kirin Restaurant1172 Alberni604-682-8833KirinRestaurants.com

3. New Town Bakery3484 Cambie604-876-7288NewTownBakery.ca

BESTDONUTS

1. Cartem’s Donuterie534 West Pender778-708-0996Cartems.com

2. Lucky’s Doughnuts2902 Main604-872-4901LuckysDoughnuts.com

3. Lee’s Donuts1689 Johnston604-685-4021

BEST FISH&CHIPS

1. The Fish Counter3825 Main604-876-3474TheFishCounter.com

2. Go Fish1505 West 1st604-730-5040

3. C-LoversVarious LocationC-Lovers.com

BESTGLUTEN-FREE

1. The Wallflower Modern Diner2420 Main604-568-7554TheWallflowerModernDiner.com

2. Lemonade Gluten Free Bakery3385 Cambie604-873-9993LemonadeBakery.ca

T-3. The Acorn3995 Main604-566-9001TheAcornRestaurant.ca

T-3. Gluten Free Epicurean633 East 15th604-876-4114GlutenFreeEpicurean.ca

BESTHOTDOG

1. JapaDog530 Robson604-569-1158JapaDog.com


3. CostcoVarious LocationsCostco.ca

BEST ICE CREAM/GELATO

1. Earnest Ice CreamVarious locations604-428-0697EarnestIceCream.com

2. Bella Gelateria1001 West Cordova604-569-1010BellaGelateria.com

T-3. La Casa Gelato1033 Venables604-251-3211LaCasaGelato.com

T-3. Mario’s Gelati88 East 1st604-879-9411MariosGelati.com

BEST IZAKAYA

1. Hapa Izakaya1479 Robson604-689-4272HapaIzakaya.com

2. Guu Izakaya1698 Robson604-685-8678Guu-Izakaya.com

3. Kingyo Izakaya871 Denman604-608-1677Kingyo-Izakaya.ca

BEST JUICE / SMOOTHIE

1. The Juice Truck28 West 5th604-719-8861TheJuiceTruck.ca

2. Jugo JuiceVarious LocationsJugoJuice.com

3. Booster JuiceVarious LocationsBoosterJuice.com


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There’s an earnestness to thefood that comes out of chef/owner David Gunawan’skitchen at Farmer’s Apprentice,one that’s founded on a deeprespect for the ingredients usedto create his dishes.

“Local is great, but forme, it’s most important tounderstand where my foodis coming from,” he explains.“First and foremost is quality.We work with 16 differentproducers, each with a uniqueproduct.”

Local food is accessible

food, and working with localproducers means the Gunawancan hold them accountableand ensure he’s getting the bestproducts from which to create.

“We’re always trying to getthe best products.”

The pork used at Farmer’sApprentice comes from a farmon the North Thompson whereGunawan has worked withthe farmer to crossbreed pigsspecifically to produce meat tohis standards and needs.

“We control their diet, wecontrol when they are weaned,and we make sure they areconsistently nourished andhealthy,” he says.

Ninety-seven per cent of theingredients used at Farmer’sApprentice are both organicand traceable, and it’s the onlyorganic restaurant in Vancouverthat completely changes up itsmenu on a daily basis.

That philosophy evenextends to the wine list, whichis 100 per cent organic andbiodynamic.

“We’re very proud of whatwe produce,” says Gunawan.“We only work with producerswho share the same ethos.” W

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Farmer’s Apprentice owner David Gunawan. Fred Fung photo

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Born and raised in Nairobi,Kenya, Kurshid Khan andhis wifeYasmin moved toVancouver in 1997 so theirchildren could have a betterlife. But after a decades-longcareer as a project manager fora construction firm in Kenya,Khan couldn’t find work in hisfield here inVancouver.

If the family was going tomake a go of it in Canada,they’d need a Plan B.

Khan long had a love ofcooking (and eating), so hedecided to turn that passioninto a business and bring theauthentic flavours of EastAfrica toVancouver.

And so, 18 years ago, the

Khan family opened Simba’sGrill at its original location onEdmonds Street in Burnaby.

“It was just a little hole inthe wall,” says Khan of Simba’shumble beginnings.

With few other restaurantsin MetroVancouver servingauthentic East African food,Simba’s Grill became a hitwith the expatriate crowd, andthe locals soon followed.

The East African regionhas long been a crossroads fortrade routes and the cuisine re-flects that, Khan explains.TheIndian influence led to curriesmade with local ingredients,like coconut. Spices came byway of the Portuguese and theDutch East Indies Company,who both operated out of Zan-zibar.And then there are the

Arab influences from nearbyYemen and Oman, evident inthe strict halal preparation ofthe meat.

“The food is very multicul-tural,” says Khan.

Khan says he’s tried to adaptsome of the more traditionalrecipes to make it palatablefor Canadian tastes. Ugali, forexample, is an East Africandish made from cornmeal,traditionally prepared with analmost dough-like consistency.

“We make ours a bit softer,so it’s like corn grits,” saysKhan.

Unlike Indian curries, Khanuses no onions in his curries,and everything on the menuis gluten-free (except the naanbread).

“We don’t use any flour in

our food back home, so wedon’t use any here,” says Khan.

Khan and his wife openedSimba’s Grill’s Denman loca-tion in 2004, and closed theBurnaby location five yearsago to focus their efforts ontheirWest End restaurant.He’s still the first person inthe kitchen every morning,and when it comes to dinnerservice, Khan likes to work thefloor and ensure his customersare enjoying themselves andevery plate comes out perfect.

“That’s why I stay No.1,” says Khan. “It’s easierto be No. 1 than it is to stayNo. 1.” W

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Out of Africa and into the West End

Simba co-owner Kurshid Khan.Dan Toulgoet photo

It’s been three years sinceThe Acorn opened its doorson Main Street, touting“ambitious” vegetarian andvegan fare alongside craftcocktails and local beers andwines. It was a novel conceptfor Vancouver at the time.With less than a handful ofvegetarian/vegan eateries inthe city that rose above thelevel of café, the prospect of“dining out” – with cocktails,to boot – made for a verysuccessful opening for thistiny room. But, buzz can’taccount for its continuingpopularity and still routinely-long line-ups.

When co-owners ShiraBlustein and chef BrianSkinner first opened therestaurant in 2012, the goalwasn’t to create “faux”meats and dishes. No ca-shew “cheese,” no tofurkey.Vegetables, grains and evendairy were celebrated forwhat they were, and thevegan, gluten-free and rawoptions followed the sameplan. Skinner moved onin 2014 to pursue his ownprojects, but the kitchen,now under head chef RobClarke, is sticking to theoriginal ethos and turn-ing out beautiful food thatshowcases a genuine love ofvegetables and what you can

do with them.Beer-battered halloumi

with potato-zucchini pan-cake and smashed peas isa dish that’s been on themenu since day one, and it’sdelicious. New dishes likechestnut and ricotta gnudiget served up with parsnippuree and sunchoke chips.Apple upside-down cakeis drizzled with caramel-ized goat cheese sauce for asweet and earthy combo thatworks perfectly. And, whilesome of the plates won’twin any awards for aesthet-ics, even the most carnivo-rous of diners won’t leavehungry, as both the size andportions give satisfactoryrichness.

The food is matched bythe excellent bar and wineprogram. Signature cocktailslike the Strawberry FieldsForever, with Bulleit bour-bon, Amontillado sherry,housemade strawberryshrub and an absinthe rinse,are food-friendly and in-novative, and wine list smartand well-priced.The onlything missing here, really,is more seating for hungrydiners. W

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BEST PHO1. Pho Linh VietnameseRestaurant325 West Broadway604-875-6443

2. Mr. Red Café2234 East Hastings604-710-9515

3. Pho Express AnkorNoodle House1745 Robson604-689-8399PhoExpressAnkorNoodleHouse.com

BEST PIZZA

1. Via Tevere1190 Victoria604-336-1803ViaTeverePizzeria.com

2. Nicli Antica62 East Cordova604-669-6985NicliPizzeria.ca

3. Pizzeria Farina915 Main604-681-9334PizzeriaFarina.com

BEST POUTINE

1. La Belle Patate1215 Davie604-569-1215WestCoastPoutine.Wix.com/LaBel-lePatate


3. Belgian Fries1885 Commercial604-253-4220BelgianFries.com

BESTRAMEN

1. Kintaro Ramen788 Denman604-682-7568RamenRamenRamen.net

T-2. Benkei Ramen Noodle Shop545 West Broadway604-568-6178

T-2. Hokkaido Ramen Santouka1690 Robson604-681-8121Santouka.co.jp/en

3. Jinya Ramen Bar270 Robson604-568-9711Jinya-RamenBar.com

BEST SEAFOOD

1. Blue Water Café1095 Hamilton604-688-8078BlueWaterCafe.net

2. Coast1054 Alberni604-685-5010GlowbalGroup.com/coast

3. Yew791 West Georgia604-692-4939YEWseafood.com

BEST SOUP

1. Burgoo Bistro3096 Main604-873-1441Burgoo.ca

2. Liquids and Solids1550 West Broadway604-558-0544LiquidsAndSolids.ca

T-3. Bistro Wagon Rouge1869 Powell604-251-4070BistroWagonRouge.com

T-3. Stock Market1689 Johnston604-687-2433TheStockMarket.ca

BEST STEAKS

1. The KegVarious LocationsKegSteakhouse.com

2. Gotham Steakhouse615 Seymour604-605-8282GothamSteakhouse.com

3. Hy’s Steakhouse & Cocktail Bar637 Hornby604-683-7671HysSteakhouse.com

BEST TACOS

T-1. La Taqueria2549 Cambie604-558-2549LaTaqueria.com

T-1. TacofinoVarious locations604-253-8226Tacofino.com

2. Sal y Limon701 Kingsway #5604-677-4247SalYLimon.ca

3. Los Cuervos603 Kingsway604-558-1518LosCuervos.ca

BEST TAPAS

1. Sardine Can26 Powell604-568-1350TheSardineCan.ca

2. Espana1118 Denman604-558-4040EspanaRestaurant.ca

3. Bodega on Main1014 Main604-565-8815BodegaOnMain.ca

BESTVEGAN /VEGETARIAN

1. The Acorn3995 Main604-566-9001TheAcornRestaurant.ca

2. The Naam2724 West 4th604-738-7151TheNaam.com

3. Heirloom Vegetarian Restaurant1509 West 12th604-733-2231HeirloomRestaurant.ca

BEST PUB



3. Mahony & Sons601 Stamps Landing604-876-0234MahonyAndSons.com

BEST SPORTS BAR

1. Score on Davie1262 Davie604-632-1646ScoreOnDavie.com

2. The Kings Head1618 Yew604-738-6966TheKingsHeadKits.com

3. Red Card Sports Bar + Eatery560 Smithe604-689-4460RedCardSportsBar.ca

BEST COCKTAIL LOUNGE

1. The Keefer Bar135 Keefer604-688-1961TheKeeferBar.com

2. The Diamond6 Powell604-568-8272di6mond.com

T-3. Hawksworth Cocktail Bar801 West Georgia604-673-7000HawksworthRestaurant.com/bar


BESTDIVE BAR

1. Jackalope’s2257 East Hastings604-568-6674JackalopesDive.com

2. The Cobalt917 Main604-685-2825TheCobalt.ca

3. Brickhouse730 Main604-689-8645VancouverBrickhouse.com

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2. The Flying Pig102 Water604-559-7968TheFlyingPigVan.com

3. The Cascade Room2616 Main604-709-8650TheCascade.ca

BEST CRAFT BEERSELECTION

1. Craft Beer Market85 West 1st604-709-2337CraftBeerMarket.ca


T-3. Biercraft1191 Commercial604-254-2437Biercraft.com


BESTWHISKEYSELECTION

1. Fet’s Whisky Kitchen1230 Commercial604-255-7771WhiskyKitchen.ca

2. Shebeen Whiskey House212 Carrall604-688-9779Shebeen.ca

3. Irish Heather210 Carrall604-688-9779IrishHeather.com

BEST CRAFT BEERTASTINGROOM

T-1. Brassneck Brewery2148 Main604-259-7686Brassneck.ca

T-1. 33 Acres Brewing Company15 West 8th604-620-458933AcresBrewing.com

T-2. Parallel 491950 Triumph604-558-2739Parallel49Brewing.com

T-2. Strange Fellows Brewing1345 Clark604-215-0092StrangeFellowsBrewing.com


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WHAT’S ON

MUSIC

TWIN RIVER East Van’s rocksupergroup plays a hometown

show to kick off their latest tour

with special guests Failing and

Invisible Ray. 8pm at Fox Caba-

ret. Tickets $12 at TicketFly.com

CARNAGE American rapper-beatboxer-producer from Twin

Cities, Minnesota, and part of Ill

Chemistry and Saltee, makes a

rare Vancouver appearance. 9pm



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MR. LITTLE JEANS LA singer-songwriter Monica Birkenes,

better known by her stage name,

tours in support of her debut

studio album, Pocketknife,withspecial guest Soren Bryce. 8pm

at Media Club. Tickets $13 at Red

Cat and TicketFly.com

YOUSSOU N’DOUR The manwho Rolling Stone hailed ashaving ‘a voice so extraordinary

that the history of Africa seems

locked inside it’ returns to

Vancouver with his exception-

ally talented band to share their

greatest hits of the last several

decades. 8pm at Chan Shun

Concert Hall. Tickets $60+ at

ChanCentre.com

COMEDY

GAD ELMALEHMoroccan French-born, Parisian-based stand-up

comedian, actor, and writer,

performs an entirely English set.

8pm at Rio Theatre. Tickets $25

at Red Cat, Zulu, Highlife and

RioTheatre.ca

THEATRE/DANCE

GASTOWN CABARET: NOVEM-BER FOREVER April O’Peel,Sweet Munish, and Sparkle

Plenty present another edition

of the infamous variety show/

performance art rolled into one

featuring Mr. Diva, Scarlet Lux,

Doc L’Etrange and Ms. Kimmy Chi

along with DJ K-Tel. 8pm at Guilt

& Co. Suggested donation of $10

admission, proceeds directly

going to the artists.

MUSIC

BROTHERS IN ARMS All wars arecivil wars, because all men are

brothers. The uniting effects of

war on families are the focus of

this presentation from Chor Leoni

featuring rising Canadian soprano

Laura Widgett. 1pm at West Van-

couver United Church. Tickets

$10-$40 at ChorLeoni.org

REMEMBRANCE DAY CONCERTThe St. John’s Vancouver Choir

performs a program featur-

ing Maurice Duruflé’s Requiem.7:30pm at Kerrisdale Presbyterian

Church. No cost, but a freewill

offering will be taken.

RODRIGUEZ Detroit folk singer-songwriter and the subject of

the Oscar winning documentary,

Searching For Sugarman, plays thesecond of two shows in Vancou-

ver. 8pm at Vogue Theatre. Tickets

$60 at Red Cat, Zulu, Highilfe and

TicketWeb.ca. All ages show.

BAHAMAS Ontario folk musi-cian tours in support of his latest

release, Bahamas Is Afie, withspecial guest John K. Samson.

8pm at Orpheum Theatre. Tickets

$32.50 at LiveNation.com

TIMMY’S ORGANISM Americanrock band, on tour in support

of their latest release, HeartlessHeathen, with special guestsManic Attracts and the John Frum.

8pm at Fox Cabaret. Tickets $10

at Red Cat, Zulu, Neptoon, and

TicketWeb.ca

REPTAR Athens, Georgia indierockers on tour in support of LuridGlow, with special guest Breath-ers. 8pm at Media Club. Tickets

$13 at Red Cat and TicketFly.com

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HANGINGBYATHREAD This juriedexhibition ofworks fromartists

across the East Side Culture Crawl,

explores the endless possibilities

of thread as an object,metaphor,

or as an action. At Vancouver East

Cultural Centre. Runs until Nov. 28.

CIRCLE CRAFT CHRISTMASMARKETMore than 300 Canadianartisans will showcase their cre-

ations at the 42nd annual Circle

Craft Christmas market. Tickets

$12+ at CircleCraft.net. On until

Nov. 15 at Vancouver Convention

Centre West.

MUSIC

GOOD FOR GRAPES Vancouver-based indie-folk outfit, play a

hometown show in support of

The Ropes. 8pm at The Imperial.

Tickets $15 at Zulu, Red Cat,

Highlife, and TicketWeb.ca

STURGILL SIMPSON Bonafidemountain hillbilly soul from the

American country music singer-

songwriter, with special guest

Billy Wayne Davis. 7:30pm at

Vogue Theatre. Tickets $28.50+

at TicketFly.com. All ages show.

EMANCIPATOR ENSEMBLE Four-piece electronic band from Port-

land, Oregon, plays in support of

Seven Seas, with special guestsBlockhead, Manatee Commune

and Dubconscious. 8pm at

Venue (moved from Commodore

Ballroom). Tickets $28.50+ at

BPLive.Electrostub.com

JOCELYN ALICE Canadian sing-er-songwriter launches her solo

career with the release of her

forthcoming album, appearing

on the Jackpot Tour with special

guest The New Electric. 8pm at

Media Club. Tickets $15 at Red

Cat and LiveNation.com

COMEDY

KATE DAVIS Speaker, actor,writer, comedian andmother

of three, Davis can literally find

the humour in anything, as evi-

denced on her hour long comedy

special on CTV, and appearances

on The Debaters, and NBC’sStand Up For Diversity. 8:30pmat Comedy Mix. Tickets $15 at

TheComedyMix.com

THEATRE/DANCE

RAPTURE, BLISTER, BURN Theintensely witty comedy takes

an unflinching look at gender

politics in the wake of 20th-cen-

tury feminist ideals as it follows

two women down very different

life paths after attending grad

school together. 8pm at Studio

16. Tickets at BrownPaperTick-

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The latest in a long line of’60-’70s psych revivalists cur-rently finding success, Nash-ville’s Promised Land Sounduses the sound popularizedby the likes of the Band,Gram Parsons, and Big Staras a starting point for theirown brand of country-tingedpsychedelic rock.

Promised Land Sound’sinfluences are obvious,but what elevates For Useand Delight beyond a mereanachronistic exercise infalse nostalgia, is the band’searnestness. And whilecontemporaries likeWar onDrugs are content to droneon ad nauseum, the songs onFor Use and Delight are intri-cate and varied, and neverstay in one place for too

long. Album opener “Pushand Pull (All theTime)”, forexample, starts with guitarharmonics (not dissimilarto the intro of Battles’ “IceCream”) before opening intoa galloping beat and three-part harmonies.The chorusslows things down as tripletsgive way to a military marchbefore building back up intoa psychedelic freakout, com-plete with tape effects anddistorted guitars reverbed toinfinity.

The lush production onFor Use and Delight is per-fectly suited for these songs.The dreamy, laid-back vibe

of “SheTakes MeThere” isreminiscent of LA psyche-delic pioneers Love, while“Dialogue” sees the band goinstrumental as a pair of com-plementary guitars pick awayin a folk-bluegrass reprieve.

Of course, the bandknows how to crank it whenthey want to, and songs like“Otherworldly Pleasures”and “Golden Child” providesome rollicking, rambling fun.

Lead vocalist Joe Scala’spseudo-Dylan warble cancome off as affected as times,but it’s rarely distracting.“When it’s all said and done,you’ll be the one who’ll lose,”he sings on album closer“Within Sight”, invokingRubber Soul-era Beatles.

Promised Land Soundmay not be breaking anynew ground with their mu-sic, but they have the chopsto keep it interesting.

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ROOTSMANUVABleeds (Big Dada)

Bleeds has been a longtime coming for UK hip hoplegend Roots Manuva. Afterreleasing five full-lengthalbums in six years to closeout the aughts, Bleeds isRoots Manuva’s first albumsince 2011’s 4everevolution.

While Roots Manuva’searly work – namely 2002’sMercury Prize-nominatedRun Come Save Me – took aparty-friendly approach todancehall-inspired hip hop,Bleeds, on the other hand, isdark and deeply introspec-tive: these are blistering mis-sives from a man who’s fedup with an uncaring world.

Now 42 years old, theman known to his parents asRodney Smith could be for-given for his crank.There’sa palpable weariness tomany of the songs on Bleeds.Opener “Hard Bastards” de-tails the grim realities of the

cycle of poverty, while on thebrooding “Cargo” he pointsa finger at big business:“The corporate elite remaininvisible / Minority rule tomaintain the illusion”.

Little of the reggae soundthat influenced his earlywork is present on Bleeds,traded instead for bass-heavy, minimalist post-grime beats. On the album’slead-off single, “Facety2:11”, Roots Manuva rapsa mixture of patois andcockney rhyming slang overa 140+ BPM drum ’n’ bassbeat.

Of course, he can still get

groovy when he wants to,as is evident on the sublime“Don’t Breathe Out”, an-chored by a sample of BarryWhite’s “Honey PleaseCan’tYa See.” But thatdoesn’t mean Roots Manuvais lightening up.

“The poor don’t relax,”he states. “The poor dofunky soul claps”

There’s an almost maud-lin feel to many of his verses,and the album is riddledwith spiritual references,no doubt alluding to RootsManuva’s strict Pentecostalupbringing at the hands ofhis Jamaican parents.

Given few rappers canmaintain a career into theirmid-40s, Bleeds may wellserve as a bookend to RootsManuva’s. Fittingly, he hasdecided to bare all, leavingnothing unfinished, andnothing unsaid.

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Down in Mount Pleasant,amidst the coffee shops andbrunch spots, is a nucleusof sorts, containing someof the most talented musi-cians the West Coast has tooffer.True to definition, itconstitutes the beating heartof a handful of rising acts;among them – Twin River,arguably Vancouver’s nextrock supergroup.

Back in 2010, AndyBishop was manning abreakfast joint by day, andplaying guitar in Red Cedarby night. Enter CourtneyEwan, burgeoning singer-songwriter-barista, a swapof some recorded material,cut to a jam session andultimately, the birth of a sideproject.

Five years, one EP, afull-length album, and a fewtours later,Twin River isn’tjust sitting on the sidelinesanymore.

The duo released theirfirst full-length, Should TheLight Go Out, earlier thisyear, and they did it with alittle help from their friends.

And by “friends”, read,“a veritable who’s whoof the Vancouver musicscene”: Malcolm Biddle(Sun Wizard, Capitol 6,and Dada Plan), RebeccaLaw Gray (Chains of Love,Mode Moderne andYukonBlonde), Dustin Bromley(Pleasure Cruise), FrancescoLyon (Sun Wizard), andJordan MacKenzie (WhiteAsh Falls) all lay claim to themagic that is Twin River.

The album, produced byLadyhawk’s Darcy Hancockand recorded by Colin Stew-art (New Pornographers,Dan Mangan, BlackMoun-tain) at the now defunct

Hive Creative Labs, is a rockrecord that is as eclectic as itis creative.

“Should The Light Go Outis a pretty diverse soundingrecord,” Ewan says. “I’mreally proud of that, I thinkit sounds like a completerecord.”

It’s easy to listen to ShouldThe Light Go Out and drawcomparisons to the mysticaland varied feel of FleetwoodMac. Perhaps it’s the band’sever-rotating cast, or Ewan’scatchy, soulful vocals setagainst witchy reverb, spin-ning tales of secret séances in

tunes you can both dance to,or get completely lost in.

“A lot of people need todraw parallels to somethingthey know, to feel comfort-able about it,” Bishop sayscasually taking in stride acomparison to a beast likethe Mac. “I don’t think youcan make music today thatisn’t influenced by some-thing.”

Elements of pop, punk,alt-country, garage, folk,and psych are all there, butBishop breaks it down sim-ply, “I just say rock ‘n’ roll.Labels always bug me, these

terms can mean anything,they’re so open-ended.”

“And limiting,” Ewanadds. “I think people thinkpop is a dirty word, and thatcan be tricky and confusing.”

Sitting over pints at a localbrewery, it doesn’t take longto see why the two work sowell together.They are quickto compliment one another,and often complete eachother’s sentences.

“Should The Light Go Outwas a really honest reflectionof the two of us going froma two-piece, into being aband,” Bishop says. “By this

time, we’ve kind of...”“Learned how to write for

a full band.” Ewan finishes.A band that, by its very

nature of is a rotating cast ofsupporting musicians, andalways in flux.

“You have to look atwhat your concept of whatthis particular band is; is itsomething a bit more free,where people may come andgo if they’re around?” Bishopmuses. “People don’t alwaysfollow the same paths in life.And, I think that’s just thereality of the city we’re in.”

“Or the age we’re at,”

Ewan chimes in – somethingshe knows about firsthand,having relocated to Montrealtemporarily for post-gradu-ate studies.

The ebb and flow of con-stant change is what helpskeeps Twin River alive.

The band is set to headout for the second leg oftheir Should The Light GoOut tour this week, with ahometown stop at the FoxCabaret this Tuesday (Nov.10), this time with Lyon onbass and MacKenzie behindthe drums. A quick ripthrough the east earlier thisyear (with legendary Britishpunk rockers, the Damned),took the band to Chicagowhere they played the famedDouble Door, the venuefeatured in High Fidelity,which Ewan says, “blew mymind.”

The pair has their sightsset on a new album for 2016,but like everything thatseems to happen with TwinRiver, it’s being recorded astime allows. After an initialrecording session this pastAugust, Bishop and Ewandecided to scrap plans foran EP in favour of a full-length release.That meansgoing back into the studionext month, with a hopefulrelease date of early in thenew year.

Bishop is ready for fans tohear the new songs.

“You always say thisabout your new material,but I think it’s our strongeststuff.” W

Twin River changes it up a little; breaks out a lot

Twin River’s lineupmight be in a constant state of flux, but the two constants are Courtney Ewan and Andy Bishop. The bandplays a hometown gig this Tuesday at Fox Cabaret in support of their latest album, Should The Light Go Out. Contributed photo

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If you have ever met me, youknow I love wine. I really,really, really love wine. I lovethe taste, the colour, thetexture. All of it.

Now, I am by no means awine expert, and I can’t tellyou what region of Francemy Pinot Gris was made bysmelling it, but I just reallyappreciate drinking it andhave been happy to find outsome of its health benefitsthrough the years.

It makes me feel goodabout drinking, you know,like I’m doing somethingreally good for my healthindulging in that next glass.

THE HISTORYSo when did it all begin?

When did we humans startturning grapes into deli-ciously fermented goodness?Well, the earliest evidencefor the cultivation of grapesand the purposely-supervisedfermentation of their juicesdates back to 6,000 BC in theancient Middle East. Bottlesof wine were buried withpharaohs in Egypt to takewith them in the afterlife, andyou can even see evidenceof grapes being harvesteddocumented on tomb walls.In ancient Greece it wasconsidered an elite drink,which we can totally relate totoday. But even with all thatrich history, it wasn’t until theRoman era that wine becamepopular throughout society.

Roman cities were lined upwith wine bars on every cor-ner and they exported wineand winemaking to the rest ofEurope.Thanks Romans, yadid good!

As we get a bit closer tohome in the New World, itwasn’t until the 19th cen-tury that the first successfulwinemaking occurred inOhio, being the first regionto successfully cultivategrapes for wine. It waspretty soon overshadowedby California, and now itseems like most places havepulled it together to be ableto produce the awesome-ness that is wine.

HEALTH BENEFITSNow when I say that

wine has many healthbenefits, don’t get allexcited and chug back thatwhole box of Pinot Noir.Everything in moderation.Getting drunk on wine,although fun at times,will give you all the healthdestructive ailments andsymptoms as other alco-hols. So be responsible,after all, wine is supposedto class up your drinkingnights, right?

So what does moderatemean anyway? It is depen-dent on weight, age, healthand other factors. Women

absorb alcohol faster thanmen because we have alower body water contentand different levels ofstomach enzymes. Accord-ing to the USDA, on aver-age woman can consumeone glass of red wine a daywhile men can have two tobenefit from its beneficialantioxidants, such as quer-cetin and resveratrol, whichare major players in thefight against heart diseaseand cancer prevention.

Resveratrol has beenlinked to reducing the riskof inflammation and bloodclotting, both of which canlead to heart disease. Here

are some other awesomebenefits of this fermentedgrape elixir.

ANTI-AGINGComing from the skins

of red grapes, blueberries,cranberries and nuts, resve-ratrol is a great anti-agingagent. Even monasteriesthroughout Europe wereconvinced that red wine gavetheir monks longer lifespans.Drink wine, live forever.

REDUCES RISKOF DEMENTIA

By reducing the sticki-ness of blood platelets,which helps keep the bloodvessels open up and beflexible, wine helps main-tain a good blood supply tothe brain.

LOWERSCHOLESTEROL

Red wine lowers LDL,or “bad cholesterol,” andincreases your good cho-lesterol (HDL). A glass ofwine a day may very wellkeep the doctor away.

CUTS RISK OFCOLON CANCER

Moderate consump-tion of red wine cuts therisk of colon cancer by 45per cent, according to a2005 study published inthe American Journal ofGastroenterology. But again,remember, moderation.

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While his wife Debbiewas sick with cancer, Goadstarted up an affair with afan girl nearly a decade hisjunior who had pursued himthrough letters and zines. Hisrelationship with Debbie wasdying as she did.The newgirl, Anne, had a reputa-tion in Portland as beingan uncontrollable, violentmaniac who fucked throughthe scene like blitzkrieg.Goad and Anne had an affairin secret and slowly becameattached to one another.

The first time Goadpunched Anne was at herrequest. She wasn’t satisfiedwith her General Assistanceallowance and needed morecash. Anne wanted to get aSocial Security Income checkand thought she could playup her diagnosed mentaldisorder to swindle it (Goadsays that Anne planned towrite a book about “milkingthe system” in various ways).She was convinced that ifshe went into her interviewdisheveled and fucked up,she could get the state’s $700per month and live large.She asked Goad to give her ablack eye. He complies, buthis punch only makes a smallknot and not the grandioseshiner Anne desired. Eventhough she shows up to herinterview in piss-soakedclothes she’d been wearingfor two days and answersquestions at an autistic level,her SSI cheque is denied.

The upheaval in theirunion does not stop beforethe 47 pages are up. It’s aturbulent psychosis thatmakes the reader want tohit both of them for beingso codependent.When hefirst tries to break-up withher, the threats start: she’ll

kill herself or him. He files arestraining order against her,but violates it. He continuesto break and go back to her.Even after she leaves dailydeath threats on his voice-mail (which he records).Even after she cuts off all herhair in a rage and chews up apiece of dog shit on the floorto spit in his face. Even aftershe attacks him on a publicbus, biting chunks out of hischest and arms. In fact, afterthe honeymoon period, theyphysically fight almost everytime they are together. It’swild to read. He containshimself and she gnarls intohim, ripping his skin like it’sa turkey leg.

Then, one day it all comesto a head and he just snaps.Obviously, her injuries aremore severe than his. (Eventhough he only had twoinches on her and about 30pounds.) He went to jail fora few years. She went back toher mom’s.

Battered wives who finallygo nuts and murder theirhusbands usually end upon death row or the mentalhospital.The protocol is she’seither intentionally maliciousor insanely mental. However,every time I watch some 48Hours depicting this type ofscenario my vagina sides withthe woman and that’s bias.(My cunt can be so emo-tional sometimes!) Accord-ing to reports from FBI in1993 to 2002, 73 per cent offamily violence victims and58 per cent of family murdervictims were female. Of thosemurdered women, familymembers were responsiblefor 43 per cent of the deaths.

When we imagine domes-tic violence we see men asthe aggressors and womenand children as the victims(it’s the same way we seesexual predators). It’s likethis for a reason: this is whatgenerally happens.

“You never, EVER hit awoman.”

But what if that woman isthreatening your life? Whatif, like Canadian ElizabethRudavsky, the person youthought was your husband

(and actually turns out to bea woman using a prostheticpenis) beats you daily, so youstab back in self-defense?What if this is not a “normal”situation at all? Why do therules of self defense changewith gender? With sexual ori-entation? With physical size?With repeat offences?

Women commit violence,too.To pretend we don’t is todehumanize us. Everyone hasthe potential to be horrible.

I do not feel sorry forGoad at all. He went backtime and time again to thisperson he knew was crazyand physically abusive. Hedid it because the sex wasintense, he was probably ad-dicted to her obsessiveness,and furthermore, it was bet-ter than being alone. He wasterrified of loneliness.

However, if I flip thegender roles in that previ-ous sentence, do I suddenlydisagree with my own state-ment? Would I extend moreempathy to a woman whokept going back to a manwho abused her?

The bigger question ishow courts will develop toinclude LGBT relationships.Let’s say Goad and Annewere both women? Whentwo people fight, there hasto be a winner and a loserdetermined by the amountof blood and bruises. Femaleviolence is only taken seri-ously when it proves fatal.

While Goad was in jail,one of his super fans starteda website for him “FreeJim Goad”. He promptlydisputed the site, saying thathe was not innocent in hiscrimes.

Anne later ended up serv-ing her own time in jail. Acyclist was riding too close toher car, so she purposely ranhim over screaming, “I hatecyclists.”

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In 1978, BenCohenandJerryGreenfield began selling

their new ice creamout of a refurbishedgas station

inBurlington, Vermont. Thirty-seven years later, Ben

&Jerry’s is among theworld’s best-selling ice cream

brands. Its success stems inpart from itswillingness to

keep transforming theway it doesbusiness. “Mymantra

is ‘Change is awonderful thing,’” says the current

CEO. As evidenceof the company’s intention to keep

re-evaluating its approach, there’s a “FlavorGraveyard”

on itswebsite,where it lists flavors it has tried to sell but

ultimately abandoned. “WavyGravy,” “TennesseeMud,”

and “Turtle Soup” are among thedeparted.Now is a

favorable time for you to engage in apurgeof your own,

Aries.What parts of your life don’twork anymore?What

personal changeswouldbewonderful things?

Before he helped launch Apple Computer in the 1970s,

tech pioneer SteveWozniak ran a dial-a-joke service.

Most of the time, people who called got an automated

recording, but now and thenWozniak answered him-

self. That’s how hemet Alice Robertson, the woman

who later became his wife. I’m guessing youwill have

comparable experiences in the comingweeks, Taurus.

Future alliesmay come into your life in unexpected

ways. It’s as if mysterious forces will be conspiring to

connect youwith people you need to know.

Small, nondestructive earthquakes are common. Our

planet has an average of 1,400 of them every day.

This subtle undergroundmayhemhas been going

on steadily formillions of years. According to recent

research, it has been responsible for creating 80 per

cent of the world’s gold. I suspect that the next six or

sevenmonths will feature ametaphorically analogous

process in your life. Youwill experience deep-seated

quivering and grinding that won’t bringmajor disrup-

tions even as it generates the equivalent of gold de-

posits. Make it your goal to welcome and even thrive

on the subterranean friction!

Here’s theprocess Iwent through to create your

horoscope. First I drewupa chart of your astrological

aspects. Usingmyanalytical skills, I pondered their

meaning. Next, I calledonmy intuitive powers, asking

myunconsciousmind toprovide symbols thatwould

beuseful to you. The response I got frommydeeper

mindwas surprising: It informedme that I should go to a

newcafé that had just openeddowntown. Tenminutes

later, I was there, gazing at amenupackedwith exotic

treats: Banana FlirtyMilk...ChampagneCoconutMango

Slushy...HoneyDewJelly Juice...CreamyWildBerry

Blitz...SweetDreamyGinger Snow. I suspect these are

metaphors for experiences that are coming yourway.

TheBeatles’ song “YouNeverGiveMeYourMoney” has

this poignant lyric: “Oh, thatmagic feeling, nowhere to

go.” I suggest youmake it yourmotto for now. And if you

havenot yet begun to feel the allure of that sentiment,

initiate thenecessary shifts to get yourself in themood.

Why?Because it’s time to recharge your spiritual battery,

and thebestway todo that is to immerse yourself in the

mystery of havingnothing todoandnowhere to go. Put

your faith in thepregnant silence, Leo. Let emptiness

teach youwhat youneed to knownext.

Shouldaprofessional singerbecriticized forher lackof

skill in layingbricks? Is it reasonable tochideakindergar-

tenteacher forhis ineptitudeasanairplanepilot?Does

itmakesensetocomplainaboutacat’s inability tobark?

Ofcoursenot.Therearemanyotherunwarrantedcom-

parisons thatarealmostas irrationalbutnotasobviously

unfair. Is it right foryoutowishyourcurrent loverorbest

friendcouldhavethesame jenesaisquoiasapreviousloverorbest friend?Shouldyoutry tomanipulate the

futuresothat it’smore like thepast?Areyou justified in

demandingthatyourheadandyourheartcometo identi-

cal conclusions?No,no,andno.Allowthedifferences tobe

differences.Andmorethanthat:Celebrate them!

In the mid-19th century, an American named Cyrus

McCormick patented a breakthrough that had

the potential to revolutionize agriculture. It was a

mechanical reaper that harvested crops with far

more ease and efficiency than hand-held sickles

and scythes. But his innovation didn’t enter into

mainstream use for 20 years. In part that was be-

cause many farmers were skeptical of trying a new

technology, and feared it would eliminate jobs. I

don’t foresee you having to wait nearly as long for

acceptance of your new wrinkles, Libra. But you

may have to be patient.

Is it possible to express a benevolent form of van-

ity? I say yes. In the coming weeks, your boasts may

be quite lyrical and therapeutic. They may even

uplift and motivate those who hear them. Acts of

self-aggrandizement that would normally cast long

shadows might instead produce generous results.

That’s why I’m giving you a go-ahead to embody

the following attitude from Nikki Giovanni’s poem

“Ego Tripping (there may be a reason why)”: “I am

so perfect so divine so ethereal so surreal / I cannot

be comprehended except by my permission.”

Regard the current tensions and detours as camou-

flaged gifts from the gods of growth. You’re being of-

fered a potent opportunity to counteract the effects

of a self-sabotage you committed once upon a time.

You’re getting an excellent chance to develop the

strength of character that can blossom from dealing

with soul-bending riddles. In fact, I think you’d be

wise to feel a surge of gratitude right now. To do so

will empower you to take maximum advantage of the

disguised blessings.

You are slipping into a phase when new teachers are

likely to appear. That’s excellent news, because the

coming weeks will also be a time when you especially

need new teachings. Your good fortune doesn’t

end there. I suspect that you will have an enhanced

capacity to learn quickly and deeply. With all these

factors conspiring in your favor, Capricorn, I predict

that by January 1, you will be smarter, humbler,

more flexible, and better prepared to get what you

want in 2016.

American author Mark Twain seemed to enjoy his

disgust with the novels of Jane Austen, who died

18 years before he was born. “Her books madden

me so that I can’t conceal my frenzy,” he said, even

as he confessed that he had perused some of her

work multiple times. “Every time I read Pride andPrejudice,” he wrote to a friend about Austen’s mostfamous story, “I want to dig her up and beat her

over the skull with her own shin-bone.” We might

ask why he repetitively sought an experience that

bothered him. I am posing a similar question to

you, Aquarius. According to my analysis, the com-

ing weeks will be an excellent time to renounce,

once and for all, your association with anything or

anyone you are addicted to disliking.

The Sahara in Northern Africa is the largest hot

desert on the planet. It’s almost the size of the

United States. Cloud cover is rare, the humidity is

low, and the temperature of the sand can easily

exceed 170F (80C). That’s why it was so surprising

when snow fell there in February of 1979 for the

first time in memory. This once-in-a-lifetime visita-

tion happened again 33 years later. I’m expecting

a similar anomaly in your world, Pisces. Like the

desert snow, your version should be mostly inter-

esting and only slightly inconvenient. It may even

have an upside. Saharan locals testified that the

storm helped the palm trees because it killed off

the parasites feeding on them.

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The standing inventoryof completed and unsoldconcrete condominiums hasplunged to just 70 units,despite more than 2,500being completed since Jan-uary. Ferreira added that indowntown Vancouver, onlysix new highrise concretecondos remain unsold.

He said 21,600 newMetro Vancouver concretecondominiums are beingmarketed now for comple-tion in 2018, 87 per cent ofwhich are already pre-sold

at record prices. Averagenew concrete condomini-ums downtown are nowselling for $1,100 persquare foot and can top$825 per square foot alongthe Cambie corridor.

Burrard Place, by Reli-ance Properties and JimPattison DevelopmentsLtd., has sold 350 condo-miniums since its launchthis year, with half the unitsselling for more than $1million and per-square-footprices averaging $1,200.

According to the Col-liers LandShare survey,land prices for potential

highrise condominium sitesin Vancouver’s downtownand west side were in the$175 to $200 per build-able square foot range atthis time last year. Recentland prices are now beingbid up to $300 and $400per buildable square foot.Offshore land speculatorshave been outbidding localcondo developers, Ferreirasaid, and the traditionalpro-forma calculations nolonger apply.

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0519 Jason Bennett, 7043 Nanaimo St., Vancouver, BC

0538 Ann Douglas, 12096 222nd St., Maple Ridge, BC

0539 Machela Landy, 5010 Quebec, Vancouver, BC

0548 Jason Liew, 3481Worthington Dr., Vancouver, BC

0593 Keshia Morrison, 7321 13th Ave., Burnaby, BC

0611 Matthew Levesque, 516 22nd Ave., SW, Calgary, AB

0658 JordanMacDougald, 1045 Haro St., Vancouver, AB

0674 Dwayne Norris, 530West 61st Ave., Vancouver, BC

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1117 Mingda Zhong, 4152 Hazelwood Cr., Burnaby, BC

1121 Ben Affu, #200 - 4170 Still Creek Dr., Burnaby, BC

1594 Justin Truelove, 2615 Lower Rd., Vancouver, BC

2143 StefanMusiej, 1193 East 54th Ave., Vancouver, BC

3015 Behrooz Behbudi, 1055 Groveland Rd., W. Vancouver, BC

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3109 Krystofer Daryl Padilla, 1146 E. 53rd Ave., Vancouver, BC

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3197 Martin Cote, #7 - 6363McKay Ave., Vancouver, BC

3259 Anthony Bamoh Luseni, #404 - 8775 Osler St., Vancouver, BC

3456 Phoenix McTavish, 404 3rd St., Nelson, BC

3676 Christopher M. McLaughlin, #503 - 8988 Hudson St., Vancouver, BC

3802 Ella Ngo, 1942 East 49th, Vancouver, BC

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