In defense of stuff (or KonMari sucks)
LIVING | Confession: I have never – not once – come across a thrift store, yard sale, flea market, or so-called “junk” pile that didn’t contain at least one thing I’ve ...
Three types of millennials I’d love to stab (jk, jk)
OPINION | I hate millennials. Not all millennials, just those I’ve had the misfortune to know. I’m only half kidding when I say I hate millenials. (Three quarters kidding? 10 percent ...
Nailed it! My life in Pinterest fails
LIVING | Listen, perfection is overrated. When it comes to decorating, homemaking, and the domestic arts, I make a lot of mistakes. This is awkward because as a semi-hermit with ...
This is how fat I am
BODY POLITICS | What’s the first thing you noticed? This is how fat I am. Or rather, this is how fat I was three years ago, on my wedding day. I’ve been both significantly smaller and ...
Vancouver Fringe Fest Reviews, ’05
THEATRE | Vancouver Fringe Fest serves up winners and losers at every level. Expect high-brow, low-brow offerings, and everything in between at the 2005 Vancouver Fringe Fest. Here are just a few ...
Cannibal! The Musical at Vancouver Fringe
THEATRE | Trey Parker’s insane offering, Cannibal! The Musical arrives at Vancouver’s Fringe Festival. Cannibal! The Musical doesn’t need any help to sell out a Fringe Fest venue. ...
Emotional infidelity: cheating of the mind
CULTURE | Could you be cheating and not even know it? Is emotional infidelity a real thing? Experts say emotional infidelity is real, but word on the street is divided. People can’t even agree on ...
Sparkle Bunny at the Vancouver Fringe
THEATRE | Vancouver Fringe Fest offers up Sara Bynoe’s Sparkle Bunny: The Last Raver Dancing Sigh. Rave culture was fun. And Sarah Bynoe’s one woman Fringe Fest show, Sparkle Bunny: The ...
Become a better you with books
BOOKS | Self-help books for the back-to-school season. Forget Bridget Jones and her hook-a-man manuals. Let die the Susan Powter days of your mother. Self-help books have finally jumped into the ...
Chuck Klosterman is tired, and he hates his new book
BOOKS & CULTURE | Chuck Klosterman is tired. He’s been out promoting his new book Killing Yourself to Live for six weeks and the poor man has had enough. He’s tired of travelling and ...
The Sweet Edge review, and Q&A with Alison Pick
BOOKS | The Sweet Edge, by Alison Pick, is a book that would probably appeal to almost anybody – if only they knew it existed. It’s the first prose offering from celebrated Canadian poet Alison ...
A day in Gibsons, BC
TRAVEL | British Columbia is beautiful, but a day in Gibsons, BC isn’t something I’d particularly recommend. City: Gibsons, BC Population: 4,205 Location: A 40 minute ferry ride from ...