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INSIDE THIS WEEK and asked if she could have some. I actually had to say to her – a grown woman – “What’s the magic word?” People are free to act any way in which they like, but I’m equally free to ignore someone when the person asking doesn’t have the common decency to ask for it politely. My 2017 NewYear’s resolution?To ensure that I preface my requests of friends and strangers with “please” (which should be easy, as I do it already) and to ignore any impolite requests that are directed at me. A friend of mine says please is implied. (Nancy, that’s a bogus, lazy attempt to excuse rudeness.) And, for those who are unaware, it’s usually followed, around these parts, by, “Thank you.” –John M.

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She repeated to me at least three times, in a rather demanding tone, that she needed “two toonies and four quarters.” (I understood that the ﬁrst time, ma’am.) When I handed her the change, she asked if it was two toonies and four quarters then she counted it. After counting the money, she proceeded to pay her fare, then left me standing near the front of the bus and didn’t even acknowledge me, let alone say thank you. WTF?!

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Architect Joe Wai dies NAOIBH O’CONNOR @naoibh

A visionary architect, an activist and a gentleman.That’s how mourners are remembering Joe Wai, who died last week at age 76. It was only last November that Wai earned a Lifetime Achievement Award from

the Architectural Institute of BC – one of many accolades throughout his career. And it was only last week, shortly before he passed away, that he attended an open house for the controversial rezoning proposal for 105 Keefer St. in Chinatown. Wai’s death surprised many people, including HenryYu.

“He was at an open house for 105 Keefer on Tuesday night.That’s why it’s shocking. People knew that he had health challenges but he was up for going [to the meeting] to speak out and stand up for what he believed. And I was on a conference call with him the day before,” he said. Yu, a UBC history profes-

sor, grew up in Vancouver so he was aware of Wai’s fame as an architect long before he met him 15 years ago – Wai and architect Don Vaughan designed the Chinese Garden in Chinatown,Wai was also behind the Chinese Cultural Centre Museum-Archives in 1998, the Heritage Alley-Han Dynasty Bell in 2001, the Joe Wai died last week at age 76. File photo Rob Newell

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Chinatown Plaza Parkade in 2002, the Chinatown Millennium Gate in 2002 and the Chinese Freemasons Building restoration in 2006.Wai fought the freeway expansion that would have destroyed Strathcona and he’s known for infill houses dubbed Joe Wai Specials in Strathcona. When Wai was on UBC’s Board of Governers between 2000 and 2002, he called attention to the need for a focus on Chinese history. Then-UBC president Martha Piper immediately created a position, whichYu now holds in the history department. Wai’s death promptedYu to write a heart-felt blog about their friendship and Wai’s significant impact on Vancouver. “I cannot count how many meetings I have had the privilege of being at with him, and I can hear clearly in my mind at this very moment the sound of his voice, persuasively articulating what needed to be done or explaining with clarity the history of why things had become the way they were,”Yu wrote. “Although his professional life was as an architect, and in particular as a defining presence in heritage architecture, his most profound effect for me and I am sure for many others has been in his longstanding involvement in the civic life of Vancouver.” Yu described Wai as being outspoken, yet with a low, quiet voice. “He was not a shouter. He was incredibly humane. He did not demonize his opponents. It was the gravity and the content of what he said that made him powerful.

It wasn’t the volume of his voice,”Yu said. “That kind of civility and grace and generosity was what made him revered and respected — even by those who disagreed with him. He was a gentleman in that sense of the word.” Wai also avoided becoming cynical or frustrated by the slow pace of change, according toYu. “He’d gone through a lot of victories and defeats over his decades of being involved in political life, so to speak, so he was very humane about not becoming angry, frustrated, not demonizing people and, in some sense, always being gracious and a gentleman… The phrase I use is he was a bulwark against cynicism. That’s why you see such an outpouring now.” BillYuen, manager of Heritage Vancouver, didn’t know Wai well but called his death “sad news.” “In addition to all the buildings he put up, and the [Millennium] gate and the [Dr. SunYat-Sen] garden, he really embodied the spirit and values of Chinatown – the emphasis on community and helping out the community,” Yuen said. “That’s a really salient value in Chinatown, which he represented.” Yuen also cited the importance of Wai’s activist work such as ﬁghting the freeway, and his reputation for building the so-called Joe Wai Specials. “But what stands out is he really spoke out for community and what’s best for community,”Yuen said. • Story courtesy of the Vancouver Courier

Trump hotel to open around inauguration day

TheTrump International Hotel andTowerVancouver will open to the public at a date around Jan. 20, which is the day set forTrump Organization founder DonaldTrump to be sworn in as US president. The hotel’s general manager, Philipp Posch, said that his hotel is taking reservations starting on the weekend that follows Friday, Jan. 20. He said that he has not yet nailed down a date for a soft launch but that when that day comes, the hotel will quietly open its doors to the public without a ribbon-cutting event

or a glitzy ceremony. A grand-opening launch party will take place in February and may include a visit from one of theTrump family members, he said. TheTrump Organization will not only oversee the 147room hotel. It will also oversee room service to 214 residential units and both theTrump Champagne Lounge and the Chinese ﬁne-dining restaurant Mott 32. Those restaurants will also open concurrently with the hotel, Posch said. –Glen Korstrom, BIV

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Saying “Yes” to an unimaginable rock ’n’ roll reunion Grant Lawrence Vancouver Shakedown

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It’s amazing what can happen when you say yes. After years of dormancy, my rock ’n’ roll band recently agreed to its first gig in over a decade. The Smugglers formed back in 1988, when my suburban high-school friends and I were inspired to start a band after sneaking into Club Soda, a downtown venue on Homer Street, to see Montreal garage-rock stars the Gruesomes. Our first gig happened a year later, at Chicago Pizza Works. (Anyone? It was also on Homer Street, kitty corner to Club Soda, and both businesses have since been Vancouverized; which is to say, they’re long gone). From there, we played more and more shows all over Vancouver, at other hallowed, nowdefunct clubs like the Town Pump, the Starfish Room, and the Cruel Elephant. The

Smugglers were a mainstay at Nardwuar’s legendary series of all-ages gigs. Soon we began to venture out of town, to places like Victoria and Calgary, and we started releasing records. By the end of our 16-yearrun, we’d played hundreds of shows in such far-reaching places as Japan, New Zealand, and all through Europe and North America. When the band ﬁnally wound down like an old dog, in 2004, our problem was saying yes to just about everything. One of our founding members ﬁnally said no. And so began a very long hiatus that, for band members and fan(s?) alike, seemed liked a permanent break-up. When anyone asked, I told them I didn’t think the Smugglers would ever play another show. Then, this past summer, I received an email from a 19-year-old promoter named Alex Botkin, asking if the Smugglers would consider a performance. I was reminded of my own teenage self, when I would cold-call our favourite bands to ask

Grant Lawrence and his band, the Smugglers, on stage at their first gig in 13 years. Aaron Rubin photo them if they would come to Vancouver to play a show. Alex wanted the Smugglers to reform and play with several of our former Lookout Records label-mates for the 30th anniversary of 924 Gilman, a legendary allages punk club in Berkeley, California. We had played it many times, and it was con-

sidered the epicentre of the pop-punk explosion of the 1990s, led by Green Day, a band that practically formed within its walls. I sent an email to the rest of the Smugglers.To my surprise, everyone said yes. Suddenly, we were back in action, booking practices, ﬂights, hotels, and a rental

van – all for one performance. At our rehearsals, despite the epic time lapse, everything clicked.Therein lies the magic of rock ’n’ roll:There’s a special alchemy that occurs when you reassemble the exact people and parts who wrote and performed songs together. I had forgotten how exciting it could be.

The days and months passed, and suddenly we were on stage in front of a packed crowd in Berkeley. Our drummer took a deep breath and gave his drumsticks three quick clicks. Just like that, we threw ourselves into our first live performance in almost 13 years. People still danced, people still cheered, and our unique five-way chemical reaction bubbled over into 45 minutes of exhausting fun. We couldn’t help but try to capture the energy of our past, which many times had me gasping for air and wondering if Gilman had a defibrillator on hand.When we bowed to the crowd at the end of our final song, it felt like I had been repeatedly smacked in the chest by a baseball bat. But I was happy. Really happy. I don’t know if we’ll ever play again, but here’s to the magic of rock ’n’ roll, and to the power of saying yes one more time. • Grant Lawrence’s memoir of his touring years with the Smugglers, Dirty Windshields, will be out this spring. No word on aVancouver show yet. W

Vancouverites to participate in Women’s March on Washington March planned for day after president-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration MIKE HOWELL @howellings

Three Vancouver women feel so strongly in their opposition to US presidentelect Donald Trump and his series of offensive comments directed at women that they’re going to Washington, DC this week to tell him about it. Helesia Luke, her 21-year-old daughter Thea Sample and Michelle Fortin will join thousands of women from the United States and around the world in the Women’s March on Washington set for Jan. 21, the day after Trump is inaugurated as America’s 45th president. “What he said about women in 2016 is pretty unbelievable,” said Luke, referring to Trump’s lewd and sexist remarks during and prior to his campaign. “The other piece that is so shocking is that I don’t think there’s been an election in history where people have known more about the character of the candidate, yet they still elected him.” Luke, a longtime activist who works as a coordinator for Green Jobs BC, and her

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daughter agreed to travel to Washington after Fortin, the executive director of Downtown Eastside non-proﬁt Watari Counselling and Support Services Society, challenged friends to participate in the march. Luke said she’s not a spontaneous person but bought her plane tickets one week after Trump’s victory in November’s presidential election. “It was a pretty discouraging outcome to the election and I really wanted to lend support to not just our American friends, but also to speciﬁc groups of people who are very fearful at this point – more fearful than myself,” she said referring to non-white American citizens who were maligned by Trump in his campaign. The idea for the march began with a Facebook page created by US organizers in the hours after Trump beat Democrat leader Hillary Clinton to win the White House. That idea quickly became a movement and has inspired organizers in other cities, including Vancouver and Seattle, to host marches. Those marches were organized after the Vancouver trio bought their tickets to Washington but none regrets the decision.

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For the record, the three women are Canadians with no direct connections to the United States. So why

go? It’s a question Sample has been asked and her response is women’s rights have no borders and should be supported regardless of where a person lives. “I want to go to represent Canada and stand in solidarity with the men and women marching there,” said Sample, who is studying history at Langara College, where she might publish an article on her experiences from the trip. As a young person, she said, the conversation about Trump and the forces behind his victory has people her age feeling badly for the millions of Americans who voted for Clinton, who would have been America’s ﬁrst woman president. “All these horrible hateful things he’s saying are truly horrible and awful,” Sample said, but acknowledged Canadians should not feel smug about the country’s cohesion, noting problems related to race, sexism and conservative voices espousing similar views to Trump exist in Canada. For Fortin, who rearranged a planned trip to Florida to march in Washington, the need to be among other like-minded people and show solidarity is central to her belief system. Fortin is a member of the Pride board, has participated in Black Lives Matter vigils, helped organize the vigil in Vancouver to remember the 49 people

Helesia Luke, Michelle Fortin and Thea Sample are heading to Washington, DC this week to participate in the Women’s March on Washington. Marches are also planned in Vancouver and Seattle. Dan Toulgoet photo slain in an Orlando nightclub and has marched to support First Nations. “I really feel like this is a place and time that I get to put my money where mouth is and put my feet on the ground, and that for me is inspiring,” Fortin said. “I think I’m going to get an amazing hit of energy and optimism an opportunity out of this.”

TRUMP’S INAUGURATION

During her interview, Fortin purposely avoided using Trump’s name in

conversation, referring to him as the president-elect or by the hashtag she uses on Twitter, #45isnotworthy. “I won’t say his name ever again,” she said, noting her father and friends know not to mention Trump’s name in her presence. “It’s to kind of take away some of his power because I think that language – words – have a lot of power, and his name has garnered too much attention for me.” That decision explains why she, Luke and Sample will not attend Trump’s inauguration, even though

they’ll be in Washington and understand the event will make for a big piece of American history, regardless of a person’s politics. Luke: “I think we’ll go do something educational.” Sample: “When I’m there I might change my mind and be spontaneous to be there to witness history. But at the moment, I just ﬁnd it so incredibly insulting that he’s going to be inaugurated. I think it would be hard standing there, witnessing it.” • Story courtesy of the Vancouver Courier

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Dine Out: bigger and better than ever Anya Levykh Nosh

@FoodgirlFriday It’s been well over a decade sinceTourismVancouver launched a tiny little food event called Dine OutVancouver. The premise was twofold: help the restaurant business by ﬁlling its rooms at a traditionally quiet period, and, in the process, showcase the diversity of the city’s dining scene.This year, Dine Out is celebrating its 15th anniversary, and the little event that could has grown into the largest of its kind in Canada, attracting chefs, mixologists and guests from around the globe. Part of what has made Dine Out such a success is its focus on the complete dining experience, says celebrated restaurateur Vikram Vij. “Last year, we did one event with Dine Out, and I was so impressed with Tourism Vancouver,” he says. “They had done a great job of creating an actual experience for people, not just a cheap-eats menu.” This year, having settled into its new, larger space on Cambie,Vij’s is participating full-on in Dine Out, offering a $40 three-course menu in the upstairs rooms. (First come, ﬁrst served, as per the restaurant’s standard no-reservations policy.) “It’s not just about putting bums in seats. For that, I could just reduce my prices and quality,”Vij continues. “Tourism Vancouver has done a great job of evolving with the times. It’s about giving people the Vij’s experience, to realize this is an extension of our homes and fully appreciate what we’ve created. And I’m in good company this year. Hawksworth and Bishop’s are also part of Dine Out this year. The scope and quality of this event has really evolved.” Robin Kort, owner of Swallow Tail Culinary Adventures, agrees. “Being part of a festival gives you something to be excited about at a slow time of year.”

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Shane Taylor, wine director at CinCin Ristorante, has won the 2017 BC Sommelier of the Year competition. Taylor will be competing in the National Sommelier Competition in September. Read all about it on pg. TK. Juniper Kitchen & Bar has a new executive chef. Josh Gale, formerly of Nicli’s Next Door and Wildebeest (as well as NewYork City’s Café Boulud and Gramercy

Top: Vij’s co-owner and chef, Meeru Dhalwala. Above: Vij’s spicy keema (ground lamb). Dan Toulgoet photos Kort, who organizes “underground” supper clubs, sources unusual venues and then partners with chefs, mixologists, brewers, wineries and distilleries to create an interactive experience that goes beyond just a good meal. Previous sites have included a police museum, antique stores, and the Bloedel Conservatory. Guests are whisked around to multiple locations in a single evening on a trolley, and are encouraged to dress up in Prohibition-era attire. “It’s a great way to meet people and have fun,” says Kort, laughing. “You dress up in your zoot suits and ﬂapper dresses, and because of the long-table-style seating and format, you end up meeting

people and making friends.” Kort ﬁnds new venues and partners every year, to make sure the experience is fresh each time.This year, she is again working with chef Jacob Deacon-Evans, who helped her create sold-out events last year. Expect to see partners like Odd Society Spirits, Lakebreeze Winery and Luppolo Brewing added into the mix. The months of preparation, however, aren’t just limited to special events. “We started talking to our suppliers back in November,” says chef Jack Chen of Royal Dinette, a downtown restaurant with a strong farm-to-table ethos. “We wanted to work with what was abundant and could be used up.We do a lot of

Tavern), has taken over from departing chef Sarah Stewart. Gale plans to build upon Juniper’s Paciﬁc Northwest and Cascadian focus. His new winter menu will be featured during Dine Out Vancouver. JuniperVancouver.com

Vancouver. The brunch will be in a stand-up, grazing format, with seafood-focused canapés alongside wine stations from seven top BC wineries, including Haywire, Church & State, and Howling Bluff. Tickets $56.50. DineOutVancouver.com

Sadly, Sunset Grill, a Kitsilano all-day-breakfast legend, is closing its doors this month after 28 years. Get in one last Irish Breakfast while you can. SunsetGrillVancouver.com On Saturday, Feb. 4, Boulevard Kitchen & Oyster Bar hosts a special BC wine brunch as part of Dine Out

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Also as part of Dine Out Vancouver, Café Medina is holding a special Australia Day Wine Dinner on Thursday, Jan. 26. Chef Adam Perrier will be cooking ﬁve courses, each of which will be paired with a different Australian wine chosen by Café Medina manager and sommelier Jenna Briscoe,

preserving, so that’s also being heavily used.” Chen has also used the event as an opportunity to play with new ideas. “It’s such a busy event, but it also gives us time to plan and experiment with our spring menus,” he explains.Those experiments not only shape the new menus, but have enticed first-time customers to become loyal guests. (Chen is leaving the restaurant to pursue other opportunities, but his long-time sous chefs, TomYamasaki and Alden Ong, will be holding down the fort until an official replacement is announced.) Even those restaurateurs who are not participating in Dine Out see the value of the event. “It’s a great advertisement for a restaurant,” says David Gunawan, owner of Farmer’s Apprentice and Grapes and Soda, and the opening consultant for Royal Dinette. “It’s a way to attract a new demographic – customers who might not have tried a place before.” “Best foot forward” seems to be the watchword for most chefs who are participating in Dine Out this year.The new price points of $20, $30 and $40, plus the leeway to offer optional add-ons, gives chefs the flexibility to create value-based menus that still accurately reflect their menu during the rest of the year. And the plethora of events to choose from (which are selling out, FYI, so get a move on) can make for a riotous couple of weeks. Here are some of this year’s can’t-miss restaurants and events.

$40 MENUS Vij’s Restaurant Vij’s famous no-reservations policy means you might be waiting a while, but the friendly lounge is a great place to enjoy a cup of chai and complimentary pakoras while you wait for your table.The menu is loaded with delicious options, like braised “vegetarian lamb” (AKA jackfruit) in ground-cardamom-and-cumalong with JasonYamasaki, sommelier for Joey Restaurants Group.Tickets $106.68. DineOutVancouver.com Julia Smith, co-founder of Urban Digs Farm, was seriously injured over the holidays in an accident involving her 1,000-pound boar. As a purveyor of ethically raised meats and eggs, Smith has been supplying top restaurants and devoted customers for many years. Her injuries have put her farm in jeopardy, so a GoFundMe campaign has been launched to help her sustain the business and her animals while she undergoes an extended recovery period.

in curry, braised beef shortribs in Punjabi-style curry, and almond rice pudding.

Royal Dinette Locavore, farm-to-table, and eminently West Coast, the choices here run the gamut from glazed Humboldt squid with kohlrabi and Thai pesto to Wagyu beef tartare, kasu-marinated pork loin with fermented barley grits, ling cod with potato gnocchi, and black-pepper fusilli with squash carbonara. A trio of desserts to choose from includes Bosc pear tart, elderﬂower sorbet with rumpreserved berries, and celeriac mousse with celery sorbet and candied walnut.

$30 MENUS Campagnolo Chef Robert Belcham’s rustic Italian fare includes highlights such as crispy chickpeas, “Nonna’s” meatballs, carnaroli risotto with Dungeness crab sabayon, and classic Margherita pizza. Maenam One of the best restaurants in the city and the tops for Thai food, chef Angus An is serving up hot-and-sour halibut soup, braised beef cheeks in green curry, chicken cashew stir-fry, and banana roti.

$20 MENUS Gyoza Bar Offering lunch and dinner menus, as well as a separate vegetarian menu, Goya Bar specializes in dumplings and bowls with a pan-Asian focus. Don’t miss the chicken ramen and the Korean-spiced pork rib bao board. Rocky Mountain Flatbread Co. This perennial family favourite sticks to its organic, locavore roots and serves up pizzas, pastas and soups that will warm the cockles and the palate. Don’t miss the smoked bacon and threecheese penne, or the basil and blackberry salad. W Those wishing to donate can do so at GoFundMe.com/ JuliaGoredByABoar. Learn more about Urban Digs at UrbanDigsFarm.com. Holt Renfrew’s Holts Café has joined up with the Vancouver Aquarium’s Ocean Wise program to offer 100-per-cent sustainable seafood at every location nationwide. HoltRenfrew.com Trufﬂes Café is offering a special Valentine’s Day takeout dinner for two people.The three-course menu includes baby lettuce and snow pea salad, a choice of chateaubriand or squash ravioli, and

Robin Kort of Swallow Tail Secret Supper. Dan Touloget photo

EVENTS Secret Supper Soirée Hosted by Swallow Tail Culinary Adventures, this gastronomic road trip will see you picked up in a 1930s trolley and whisked off to multiple secret locations for drinks and a multi-course meal. $125. Multiple dates. Vancouver World Chef Exchange: Mexico City Join Cacao chef Jefferson Alvarez as he welcomes Mexico City’s Jair Tellez and Miami’s Nidal Barake for a collaborative dining experience. $196.50. Two seatings on January 21. Robbie Burns Celebration and Dinner Award-winning mixologist Lauren Mote and chef Jonathan Chovancek are bringing their popular Bittered Sling Bistro pop-up to Yew Seafood + Bar for a collaborative whisky master class and dinner with Yew chef Weimar Gomez, along with special guest and James Beard awardwinner Charles Joly from Chicago. $135. January 24-25. • For full details on all events and participating restaurants, visit DineOutVancouver.com. W

dessert.The dinner for two is $85; orders must be placed no later than Thursday, Feb. 9, and can be picked up at any of Trufﬂes’ four locations. TrufﬂesFineFoods.com A new ready-to-blend smoothie company has launched in Vancouver. The Good Stuff offers pre-portioned and prepared smoothie ingredients in multiple combinations that are delivered to your door. Recipes are designed by a local dietitian, and ingredients are locally sourced and quickly frozen to preserve freshness and nutritional value. TheGoodStuffCo.com W

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Cocktails add the finishing touch to Dine Out Joanne Sasvari The Alchemist

@TheAlchemistBC As everyone knows, cocktails make a good party even better – and this also applies to Dine Out Vancouver. “It just adds more of what Vancouver excels at,” says Lucas Pavan, coordinator of the annual festival. “Dine Out is not just about food and wine. It’s your whole culinary experience.” This year’s 15th edition kicks off Jan. 20 and continues through Feb. 4, with a whopping 284 restaurants offering three-course prixﬁxe meals for $20, $30 or $40 – many with BC VQA wine pairings at an additional cost. The festival was originally designed to generate business for the city’s dining establishments during the January doldrums. But it has become so much more than that, and cocktails are an important part of its evolution. “The vision is a self-sustaining festival that is recognized around the globe as one of those must-attend culinary [events],” says Pavan. “And

Lauren Mote’s Duke of Kildalton. Dan Toulgoet photo having people like Sabrine and Lauren, it just escalates Dine Out even further.” Pavin is referring to Sabrine Dhaliwal and Lauren Mote, two of Vancouver’s most acclaimed cocktail wizards.This year, Dhaliwal, bar manager at Uva Wine & Cocktail Bar, is offering three-course cocktailpaired dinners. “It’s a fun way of dining – food and cocktails. It’s something that has gained a lot of momentum in the city,” says Dhaliwal. “People are excited to try new things. We’re not trying to replace the glass of wine at dinner, but simply adding to the Rolodex for our guests’ palates.”

Most of Dine Out’s cocktail programming is in the hands of Mote, co-proprietor of Bittered Sling bitters; cocktail consultant to, among others, Yew Seafood + Bar at the Four Seasons; and winner of the 2015 Diageo World Class Canada bartending competition. Over the next 17 days, she’ll be offering master classes in cognac, tequila, bitters and whisky. But ﬁrst, she’s kicking things off with the best excuse to enjoy a wee dram: a pair of Robbie Burns dinners on Jan. 24 and 25 at the Four Seasons. In 2015 – the ﬁrst year

Mote and her partner, chef Jonathan Chovancek, offered the dinner – it was named that year’s best Dine Out event. “Last year, it sold out in four hours,” says Mote. “It’s always been really fun. It’s a really whimsical look at Robbie Burns. Jonathan is really playful about it, with interesting food that is West Coast-inspired, but without any haggis.” This year, the event will be a cocktail/culinary collaboration: Chovancek and Mote will be joined by Charles Joly, the Chicago-based winner of the 2014 Diageo competition, as well as Weimar Gomez, the new executive chef at Four Seasons Vancouver. “There’s always a master class at the beginning, and Jonathan will do a tasting plate based on the tasting notes of all the single malts,” says Mote. “The dinner itself will be paired with cocktails, just as we always do at our Bittered Sling popups. We’re going all-out. It will be over-the-top and just awesome and cool.” Mote’s master classes also feature a tutored tasting of the theme spirit, as well as cocktails, food, a recipe booklet and a gift pack of

RECIPE // DUKE OF KILDALTON This cocktail, created by Lauren Mote, celebrates the region of Kildalton, on the Scottish isle of Islay, home to the elegant but powerfully smoky Lagavulin 16-year single-malt whisky. • 1 oz (30 mL) Lagavulin 16 Year Old Islay Single Malt • ½ oz (15 mL) green Chartreuse • 3/4 oz (22 mL) sage syrup (recipe below) • 3/4 oz (22 mL) lemon juice • 2 dashes Bittered Sling Western Haskap bitters • Ginger beer (preferably Grace or Fentimans) Place all ingredients (except ginger beer) in a cocktail shaker with ice, and shake well. Strain over fresh ice in a tall Collins Bittered Sling bitters. The master classes are designed for consumers who want to learn more about spirits and cocktails – approachable enough for novices, but still interesting enough for those who know their way around

glass. Top with ginger beer, then swizzle gently to combine. If desires, garnish with a bouquet of fresh winter herbs (rosemary, thyme, mint and sage), tied together with butcher twine. Serves 1. Sage Syrup • 1 1/2 cups (375 mL) hot water at 140°F (60°C) • 1 ½ cups (375 mL) white sugar • 3/8 oz (10 g) dried sage tea leaves, about 2 tbsp (30 mL) Pour the hot water over the tea and steep at room temperature for 30 minutes. Add the sugar and stir to dissolve. Remove the herbs and store in a clean bottle in the fridge for up to 7 days. Makes about 2 cups (500 mL). a shaker. “Her master classes are brilliant because you’re right at the bar and you get up-close and personal,” says Pavan. Book your table before it’s too late. For full info, visit DineOutVancouver.com. W

Pruning and removing hazard trees and plants Vancouver Protecting our power lines When: January 2 to March 31, 2017 Time: 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. As important as they are, trees and other plants can cause signiﬁcant power interruptions. Contact between trees and power lines can be very dangerous, which is why over the next few months, we’ll be pruning and removing trees and other plants in Vancouver. Project boundaries: North: East: South: West:

False Creek and English Bay Oak Street West 33rd Avenue Arbutus Street

At BC Hydro, we ensure trees and plants are pruned using the best arboriculture (tree care) practices possible. We employ skilled workers— trained in both electrical safety and plant care—who only use proper techniques to eliminate safety hazards. To learn more about this work, please contact Joe Taaﬀe at 604 528 3297. For more information about our vegetation management practices, please visit bchydro.com/trees.

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A beer lover’s guide to Dine Out Robert Mangelsdorf The Growler

@TheGrowlerBC It’s an almost absurd premise. More than 280 restaurants offering deeply discounted prix-fixe meals for 17 days straight.Thanks to Dine Out Vancouver, what was once the slowest time of year for many restaurants is now a non-stop gastronomic gold mine. Yet while Dine Out bills itself as “Canada’s largest food and drink festival,” the vast majority of restaurants taking part have been slow to embrace craft beer as a legitimate culinary component. Most restaurants in Vancouver barely acknowledge the existence of beer, with few bottle options and draught taps a rarity. While the recent resurgence in craft spirits and cocktails has found it way onto the city’s menus, beer, it seems, still can’t get any respect. So, unless the restaurant is specifically beer-focused (like, say, BierKraft or Tap and Barrel, both of which are taking part in Dine Out), your pickings are going to be slim. And that’s a damn shame, because craft beer pairs with food just as well, if not better, than wine. It’s true! But don’t take my word for it. Chester Carey is Canada’s first certified Cicerone, a certified sommelier, restaurant owner, craft brewer, and beverage educator at the Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts. Suffice it to say, he knows what’s up. “Craft beer lends itself remarkably well to food paring,” says Carey. “The carbonation aspect of beer is excellent for pairing, and the bread-like base flavours that are common across the board in beer pair well with all foods.” There are some dishes that beer pairs with far better than wine; for example, anything with heavy cream, egg, or complex, spicy flavours, like those in South East Asian food. “It’s all about the three

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Big Rock Urban Brewery is among a handful of Dine Out participants that wholeheartedly embrace beer. Contributed photo Cs,” says Carey. “Does it compliment the food, does it contrast, and does it have the cutting effect.” (The “cutting effect” is the ability of beer to cut through fatty or spicy foods, cleansing the palate and leaving the mouth refreshed.) You would think an industry that supports local artisans and is always looking for the next big trend to jump on, would be all over local craft beer. But that’s really not happening, at least not yet. “There aren’t a lot of restaurants doing elevated cuisine that are thinking about beer, pairing it with beer, or even making beer an option,” says Carey. “It’s history and tradition, is what it comes down to. Our concept of ﬁne dining is still mostly Euro- and French-centric, and we’re taught that restaurants have wine, not beer.” Many sommeliers responsible for their restaurant’s beverage program know very little about craft beer, Carey adds, and that’s reﬂected on the beer list. Remember, Carey’s also a sommelier, so I’m going to trust him on this. “It’s going to take a generation of chefs and restaurateurs who have grown up around craft beer to make that change,” he says. Thankfully, while Vancouver’s restaurant scene may be slow to embrace craft beer, the organizers at Dine Out Vancouver are totally on board, which is awesome! They’ve lined up a handful of

events with craft-beer drinkers in mind that look like they’re going to be a lot of fun.

WINTER BEER HALL AND CASK FEST

Sample unique one-off and limited-edition cask ales from some of Vancouver’s best breweries, all paired with a beer-forward three-course meal at Big Rock Urban Brewery. Big Rock is brewing a special Vancouver Festival Ale just for Dine Out that’s only available at the brewery. Also, live music! Jan. 21, 1-10pm; 310West 4th

CRAFT BEER AND TACOS BREWERY TOUR

Tacos and beer?Yeah, this one is a no-brainer.Vancouver Brewery Tours will pick you up from Waterfront Station for four hours of craft beer, tacos and behind-the-scenes brewery tours, with stops at Big Rock Urban Brewery, Strathcona Beer Co. and Tacoﬁno Gastown. Jan. 20-22, Jan. 26-28, Feb. 1-3; 4-7:30pm; departs fromWaterfront Station

GET CRAFTY

Roll up your sleeves and learn to make your own pizza at Rocky Mountain Flatbread Co., paired with a selection of beers from R&B Brewing. Dinner also includes an appetizer and dessert. Jan. 24 (4186 Main), 5-8pm; Feb. 1 (1876West 1st), 5-8pm W

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CinCin Ristorante wine director Shane Taylor, at the 2017 BC Sommelier of the Year comp. Scott Little photo

The road to becoming BC Sommelier of the Year Michaela Morris By the Bottle @MichaelaWine

It’s said the third time’s the charm.That is, if you’re lucky enough to have three chances. For Shane Taylor, wine director at CinCin Ristorante, winning the title of 2017 BC Sommelier of theYear was an exercise in persistence rather than luck. He has participated in the annual competition, hosted by the Canadian Association of Professional

Sommeliers British Columbia Chapter (CAPS BC), since it was established three years ago. After coming in second two years in a row, he finally claimed victory on Jan. 9. This year’s competition played out in the Captain’s Lounge in Rogers Arena. Sixteen of Vancouver’s finest sommeliers sat a “brutally hard” (as Taylor describes it) theory exam. Along with Taylor, top scorers Todd Prucyk (Hawksworth Restaurant) and Matthew Landry (the Stable House Bistro) qualified for the

nerve-wracking practical portion. This service exam is conducted in front of an audience of trade professionals – in other words, their peers. Each of them was assessed on sparkling-wine service, decanting a magnum, foodand-wine pairing, correcting mistakes on a wine list, and an oral blind tasting. Taylor compares the competition to “juggling chainsaws while walking on a tightrope over Niagara Falls.”

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F IRST R ELEASE Central City Brewers + Distillers launches

Lohin McKinnon Single Malt Whisky Lohin McKinnon combines brewing prowess of awardwinning Brewmaster Gary Lohin and talents of Distiller Stuart McKinnon

is made from the finest Canadian malted barley and pure B.C. water. Lohin McKinnon is the beginning of Central City’s burgeoning single malt whisky portfolio that includes aged and small batch limited releases using finishing casks and peat-smoked malt.

The Canadian whisky industry has just been redefined with the launch of Central City Brewers + Distillers highly anticipated Lohin McKinnon Single Malt Whisky. One of only a handful of single malt whiskies released in British Columbia, Lohin McKinnon is Central City’s first ever whisky, backed by their legacy of brewing award-winning beers.

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Matured in premium oak barrels, this smooth and refined small batch whisky

Lohin McKinnon has excellent aroma with rich, darker, fruity notes, subtle vanilla, and is pleasantly woody. The liquid is great, with a touch of green apple skins, buttery notes, woody and softly textured mouth feel. Mike Nicholson Canadian whisky expert

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Lohin McKinnon (750 ml bottles, 43% alc./vol) is now available in BC liquor stores.

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Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, Jan. 20-21.

THURSDAY, JAN. 19 MUSIC HOLY FUCK Electronic collective out of Toronto play tunes from their latest release Congrats with special guests Peregrine Falls and Mesa Luna (DJ set). 8pm at Fortune Sound Club. Tickets $20 at Red Cat, Zulu and TicketWeb.ca DIRKSCHNEIDER German heavy metal singer, formerly of Accept, performs with special guests Holocaust, Lord, Turbo Vixen and Iron Kingdom. 7pm at Rickshaw Theatre. Tickets $ at Red Cat, Neptoon, Highlife, Zulu and TuneStub.com MERKULES Vancouver hip-hop and rap artist performs with special guests Muggs, Shot, Pai and Profe-c. 9pm at Red Room Ultra Bar. Tickets $20 at TicketZone.com THUS OWLS Dark velvet sounds from the Swedish-Canadian couple of Erika and Simon A ngell with special guests Marin Patenaude and Handmade Blade. 8pm at WISE Hall. Tickets $15-$20 at BrownPaperTickets.ca TINY KINGDOM LAUNCH PARTY Celebrate the launch of a new local music community with performances from Sadie Campbell, the Wooden Horseman and Andrew Phelan. 8pm at Biltmore Cabaret. RSVP to Do604.com for free entry.

COMEDY THE FIGHTER AND THE KID LIVE The weekly podcast featuring former UFC heavyweight Brendan “Big Brown” Schaub and actor/ comedian Bryan Callen records live uncut and unedited on the Pacific Northwest Tour. 8pm at Commodore Ballroom. Tickets $25 at LiveNation.com

HIGH ON FIRE Heavy metal rockers from California on tour to support the release of Luminiferous with special guests Waingro, Astrakhan, Dead Quiet, Heron and Hedks. 7pm at Rickshaw Theatre. Tickets $25 at Red Cat, Zulu and Ticketweb.ca STEEL PANTHER LA glamrockers and premiere party band embark on the 2017 Girls In A Row Tour with special guests The Wild. 8pm at Commodore Ballroom. Tickets $45+ at Ticketmaster.ca

THEATRE/DANCE MACBETH An adaptation of Verdi’s opera, itself based on Shakespeare’s tragedy, that incorporates African musical idioms and stories, in Italian with English surtitles. 7:30pm at Vancouver Playhouse. Tickets at VancouverOpera.ca. Runs until Jan. 21. THE FIGHTING SEASON Sean Harris Oliver’s searing new play, inspired by his father’s deployment in Afghanistan, investigates the Afghan war through the eyes of a Canadian field medic, a doctor and a recovery room nurse. 8pm at East Vancouver Cultural Centre. Tickets at TheCultch.com. Runs until Jan. 21. LES BALLETS TROCKADERO DE MONTE CARLO Returning by popular demand following Vancouver’s 2015 sold out hit, this sensational evening will see an all-male, cross-dressing troupe apply breathtaking technical prowess and rampant sauciness to a new batch of ridiculously re-interpreted classical ballets, including Swan Lake, La Esmeralda, and Don Quixote. Jan. 20-21 at 8pm at Queen Elizabeth Theatre. Tickets from $29 at TicketsTonight.ca

on his first Canadian tour in support of Time Travel. 6pm at Vogue Theatre. Tickets $55+ at TicketFly.com. All ages show.

guests Full of Hell, Turbid North and Terrifier. 7pm at Rickshaw Theatre. Tickets $20+ at Red Cat, Neptoon and TicketFly.com

BEAR’S DEN British folk-rockers from London tour in support of their latest album Red Earth & Pouring Rain with special guest Gill Landry. 7pm at The Imperial. Tickets at Red Cat and TicketWeb.ca

WINTERLUDE The Vancouver Recital Society presents classical musician Alexander Melnikov on piano in a program of Rachmaninov and Debussy. 3pm at Vancouver Playhouse. Tickets $25 at VanRecital.com

COMEDY

PETER GRAHAM-GAUDREAU A night of original songs of peace, love and action from the singer-songwriter in support of his latest release Feel Everything with special guest Richard Spencer. 7pm at St. James Hall. Tickets $12 at PeterG-G.com

JOHN BEUHLER Canadian stand-up comic with appearances at Just For Laughs, the Seattle International Comedy Competition and star of his own stand-up specials on CBC, CTV and The Comedy Network performs with opening sets from Chris Gaskin and Jane Stanton. 7pm & 9:30pm at Yuk Yuk’s. Tickets $20 at YukYuks.com

CHEAP & FUN BRING YOUR OWN BEAMER The Vancouver instalment of the project from Dutch-Brazilian artist Rafael Rozendaal is a onenight screening where artists display their video and film work using their own projector presented simultaneously across the 2,000-sq-ft walls of VIVO backed by a crowdsourced soundtrack. 8pm at VIVO Media Arts (2625 Kaslo). Cover is $5, free for participants. CHINESE NEW YEAR Celebrate the Year of the Rooster with a Lion Dance performance followed by a Kung Fu demonstration, traditional singing and dancing and arts and crafts, fun for all ages. 10am-12pm at West End Community Centre. Admission is free.

EVENTS MALANKA UKRAINIAN NEW YEAR Celebrate the new year with a performance from the famous Dovbush Dancers and a traditional Ukrainian buffet dinner followed by live music and dancing. 6pm at AUUC Ukrainian Hall. Tickets at AUUCVancouver.ca HARRY POTTERTHON WEEKEND Screenings of all eight Harry Potter films in sequence with trivia, costume contests and of course, butter beer. First four are shown Saturday afternoon and pick up again on Sunday. 12pm at Rio Theatre. Tickets at RioTheatreTickets.ca

SATURDAY, JAN. 21

COMEDY DOUBLE DOWN: SPONTANEOUS COMEDY DUOS You’ve seen structured and methodical improv, now come watch as all the rules are broken and four brand new improv duos are created on the spot with no prep, no safety net and a whole lot of spontaneous fun. 7:30pm at Havana Theatre. Tickets $8 at EventBrite.ca

MONDAY, JAN. 23 MUSIC ADRIANNE PIECZONKA Bramwell Tovey conducts the music of the late-Romantic composer Richard Strauss with the breathtaking Canadian soprano, renowned for her interpretation of the works of Strauss, Wagner and Verdi. 8pm at Orpheum Theatre. Tickets at VancouverSymphony.ca HOT JAZZ JAM Celebrate Django Reinhardt’s legacy on what would have been his 107th birthday celebrating the jazz guitarist with a performance from Don Ogilvie and Djangoesque. 8pm at The Yale Saloon. Cover is $12.

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MUSIC

YOU BIG IDIOT Vancouver punk rock outfit hits the stage with special guests Inhuman Company, Weredogs and Lou Danger and The Thrills. 8pm at Studio Records. Tickets $10 at Ticketweb.ca

SUNDAY, JAN. 22

BEWHY South Korean rapper and member of $exy $treet & Yello Music crew takes the stage

ENTOMBED A.D. Swedish death metal band appears in support of Dead Dawn with special

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BREAKTHROUGH COUNTRY PROJECT Down to the Top 12 finalists with the winner heading to Nashville to write and record, this week’s showcase features The Rowdy Spurs with Dakota Pearl. 7pm at The Roxy. Tickets $7 at MyShowPass.com

PETUNIA AND THE VIPERS The swoonin’, swingin’, croonin’, Vancouver band continues their weekly residency performing everything from jazz to blues, French cabaret and Mexican folk and bluegrass. 7pm at WISE Hall. Admission is by donation.

FRIDAY, JAN. 20

THE PAPERBOYS A fundraising event for St. James Hall featuring a performance from the Vancouver Celtic-Latin band with special guests, the Sarah Wheeler Band. 8pm at St. James Community Hall. Tickets $30 at RogueFolk.bc.ca. All ages show.

BLACK GARDENIA Vancouverbased five-piece band blends vintage jazz with country, folk and blues led by the First Lady of Uke, Daphne Roubini. 8pm at Frankie’s Jazz Club (765 Beatty). Tickets $15 at CoastalJazz.ca

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MUSIC HARD RUBBER ORCHESTRA Composer, bandleader and trumpeter John Korsrud leads the HRO as they take you on a genre-smashing journey through new creations in a program of everything from Peggy Lee to Giorgio Magnanensi. 7:30pm at Orpheum Theatre. Tickets at VancouverSymphony.ca

Talib Kweli, Jan.25

and insults for the ultimate roast hosted by Fatima Dhowre with DJ Hatecrime. 8:30pm at Little Mountain Gallery. Cover is $5.

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AFI American rockers from California hit the road in anticipation of their forthcoming 10th studio album with special guests Chain Gang of 1974 and Souvenirs. 7pm at Commodore Ballroom. Tickets $36.50+ at Ticketmaster.com DREAM WARRIORS Toronto jazzrap duo composed of King Lu and Q perform on the Legends of the 6ix Tour. 8pm at Fortune Sound Club. Tickets $25 at LiveNation. com

THEATRE/DANCE PORTRAITS IN MOTION Volker Gerling embraces the traditions of the magic lantern and the drawing room raconteur in his flip book, a mode of moving images to capture the human present in stillness as much as in motion. 8pm at York Theatre. Tickets at TheCultch.com. Runs until Jan. 26. BULL Two co-workers bait, lure and manipulate a fellow co-worker in a fast paced game of cat and mouse as the three await the arrival of their boss to terminate one of their positions at a highpowered sales firm in this savage play from Mike Bartlett. 8pm at Studio 1398. Tickets at MadeItMaProductions.com. Runs until Jan. 29.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 25

CUISINE AND CONFESSIONS Montreal-based theatre company Les 7 Doigts return to Vancouver with a delicious medley of theatre, dance and circus in a performance that combines touch, smell and taste with a feast for the eyes and ears, using the kitchen as a cultural and celebratory focal point. 8pm at Vancouver Playhouse. Tickets at TicketForce.com. Runs until Jan. 29.

THURSDAY, JAN. 26 MUSIC DUMBFOUNDEAD Hip-hop recording artist swings through town on the We Might Die Tour with special guests Year of the Ox. 9pm at Alexander Gastown. Tickets $15 at Red Cat, Zulu and Ticketweb.ca PURE PIANO Four contemporary pianists, each with a distinct style, come together for an evening of exploring the outer limits of the keyboard expanding sonic capabilities and combining influences from past eras with various cultures. 8:30pm at Orpheum Theatre. Tickets at VancouverSymphony.ca

COMEDY SCOTT THOMPSON Canadian television actor and comedian best known for his work with comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall performs the first of a three-night stand with opening sets from Kyle Bottom and Erica Sigurdson. 8:30pm at Comedy Mix. Tickets $15 at TheComedyMix.com

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TALIB KWELI Influential American hip-hop recording artist returns to Vancouver on the Seven Tour with special guest K’Valentine. 8pm at Venue. Tickets $35 at BPLive.ca

THE NETHER A detective story set in the future explores the nature of virtual realism, fantasy and morality both in the imagination and the outside world in this Fringe favourite from Jennifer Haley. 8pm at Firehall Arts Centre. Tickets at FirehallArtsCentre.ca. Runs until Jan. 28.

NEW MUSIC FOR OLD INSTRUMENTS I Join harpsichordist Alexander Weimann and special guests for part one of a new and unique concept concert, an exploration of new music on Baroque instruments, presented by Early Music Vancouver. 7:30pm at Christ Church Cathedral. Tickets at UBC.ca

CROSSING DELANCEY An exploration of old age traditional roles of women as expressed through Bubbie, the loveable, feisty, sharp-witted grandma whose notions are challenged by her liberated modern-day granddaughter, Izzy. 8pm at Metro Theatre. Tickets at MetroTheatre.com. Runs until Feb. 11. W

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AIR STRANGER Four-piece rock band meshes funk and progressive rock with special guest Mood. 8pm at Backstage Lounge. Cover is $5.

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VAN DJANGO The four-piece plays music rooted in the gypsy jazz of the Hot Club of France as part of the UBC School of Music’s Wednesday Noon Hours concert series. 12pm at Roy Barnett Recital Hall. Tickets $5 at the door, cash only.

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After 10 years, a lost pop wizard returns U2: From $175 to $1,585 MICHAEL WHITE @westendervan

When I first (and last) met Todd Fancey, more than a decade ago, I found it difficult to reconcile the man sitting in aWest End café – plainspoken, exceedingly humble, so laid back I initially feared I was boring him – with the New Pornographers guitarist who had recently released Fancey and The Magical Summer EP, two marvellous solo records modelled after the exuberance, meticulousness and unashamed romanticism of 1960s and ’70sTop 40 pop. Few people had heard them, variously because the now-defunct American label that released them had no promotional budget, Fancey had no desire to play live unless he could ensure sonic flawlessness (which, it transpired, he couldn’t), and his foremost influences –Todd Rundgren; Rumoursera Fleetwood Mac; one-hit wonders whose songs everyone knows but whose identities no one does (think Seals & Crofts’ “Summer Breeze”) – were between vogues. He followed them up with another album, 2007’s Schmancey, and then, it seemed, he retired the Fancey project, the records consigned

Todd Fancey is back. Johann Wall photo to the second-hand bin of history. Which both is and isn’t true. Fancey continued to make music – with the New Pornographers, of course, and he tried his hand at composing for television, which resulted most famously in “That One Night,” a deliberately hamfisted love song featured in an Emmy-nominated episode of The Office. But attempts to make another Fancey album repeatedly failed: his musical direction was misguided, he couldn’t find musicians who could help actualize the sounds he heard in his head, his per-

fectionism was at odds with his bank account… And then, this past December, it was announced online that Fancey was about to return with Love Mirage – his first album in a decade. A preview track, “Baby Sunshine,” served to prove that it would be worth the ridiculous wait. What finally pulled Fancey out of his creative impasse was one man: Allan Rodger, a producer, musician and former Brooklynite who owns the local Crosstown recording studio. “When I met Allan, I saw what I could do,” Fancey says, in his East Van home, as mellow as memory recalls. “Without him, I never would have been able to make the album.There was a wholeness with him: he plays all the drums, he plays all the bass, most of the keyboards. And then he brought in all this great talent,” including Angela Kelman, whose vocals are often heard in tandem with Fancey’s. As well, Rodger taught Fancey not to question his instincts. “I was still spinning my wheels, finding my direction, and then it was, ‘Duh! I live and breathe 1970s AM music. That’s everything to me.’” This resulted in a com-

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mitment to authenticity that made the recording of the album exponentially harder, but the end result much more satisfying. For instance, Rodger convinced Fancey to forego modern “plug-ins” that mimic the sound of vintage instruments. “I don’t know if you’ve ever looked under the hood of a Rhodes or a Wurlitzer [keyboard] – you can understand why they don’t make them anymore,” he says. “It’s probably the same reason they don’t make pinball machines too much anymore.They’re too complicated, and they all have little quirks – one key is haunted or something like that.” Fancey’s expectations for the commercial success of Love Mirage are characteristically modest (“I hope a few people will like it”), but his return may signal a new period of productivity: an EP of – wait for it – country covers is already being mooted for this year. “It really is about the artistic satisfaction,” he says, becoming uncharacteristically animated. “I love recording. It’s an amazing thing to try to achieve.” • Love Mirage is out digitally on Jan. 27.A vinyl edition follows in the spring. W

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Joshua Tree was the soundtrack to Daniel LaPorta’s life the year he graduated from high school. So when he heard that U2 was coming to Vancouver on May 2, he wanted to share the experience with his daughter. Tickets went on sale this morning (January 17) at 10am.When he arrived at his ofﬁce at Glacier Media, he logged onto TicketMaster and was told he was in the queue to buy tickets. At 10 a.m. precisely, he went onto the site and was told that although ticket sales began at $175, the cheapest one available was $375. He balked. He went out and vented to a co-worker that he wasn’t going to spend that much money. But then he thought about how much he loved the band, how great it would be to see them with his daughter, and re-considered. He hit the tab that said $500. Sold out. $682. Sold out. Scrolling down the options – even though he knew by this time he wasn’t going to buy a

ticket – he hit the $1,300. No seats available at that price. Just for curiosity, at 10:13, he clicked the highest price on his screen. For $1,585 he could get a ticket at the back of the back of BC Place. He clicked. None were available. Thirteen minutes after the tickets went on sale, the worst seats had sold out for $1,410 more than ﬁrst offered. “It’s scandalous,” he says. “I’m almost trying to ﬁnd some humour in it.” The last time he checked? More than $2,000 for a seat in the upper 400s farthest from the stage. Last July, West End MLA Spencer Chandra Herbert called for the province to control online scalping of tickets by powerful bots after an Insights West study said three in 10 Canadians are unable to buy tickets. “It makes people mad,” Chandra Herbert said. “When any big-name artist is in town, people will get upset. And for good reason — people are getting gouged here through unfair practices.” • Story courtesy of the Vancouver Courier

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“The top! Mind-blowing... I have reviewed over 4,000 shows, none can compare to what I saw tonight.” — Richard Connema, renowned Broadway critic

‘A Series of Unfortunate Events’ star Sara Canning. Brandon Hart/Shayne Zwickel photos

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“A visually dazzling tour of 5,000 years of Chinese history and culture.” — San Francisco Chronicle

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Actress Sara Canning’s fortunate event Sabrina Furminger Reel People @Sabrinarmf

Sara Canning is giddy. Or maybe she’s gleeful. It’s difficult to tell the difference over the phone. But when Reel People asks the Vancouver actress about her role on A Series of Unfortunate Events – the locally shot Netflix series based on the popular books about the Baudelaire orphans and their dastardly guardian, Count Olaf – a burst of laughter shoots through the phone. Actually, forget giddiness and glee. That’s the unmistakable sound of unadulterated joy. “I’ve had a lot of joyful projects in my life these last couple of years, but she was so much fun to play,” says Canning of her mysterious character, Jacquelyn, about whom there was much speculation before the series’ Jan. 13 premiere (and around whom, judging by Reel People’s journeys through message boards this past weekend, much mystery remains). “I’m superstoked because there’s a lot of speculation going around about who my character is, because she’s not easy to place within the first book. And I’ve read them, and even I, at this point, am not completely clear on who she might be.” More laughter ensues. “It was the most fantastical experience,” she continues. “Every day I would go to work and I probably seemed totally crazy, because I’d be looking at everyone going, ‘Is this really work? What are we doing?’ I’d be just losing my mind in a corner somewhere. The costumes blew my mind. The sets were unbelievable. Neil Patrick Harris [who portrays Count Olaf] is not of this earth. He’s very funny and so perfectly cast.”

The year just past has already secured its place in history as the worst of the millennium (so far), but it was a damn good year to be a Sara Canning fan – and even more so to be Canning. Fans of the actress were able to enjoy her work in a smorgasbord of screen projects: Hello Destroyer (which premiered at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival and won big at the 2016 Vancouver International Film Festival); On The Farm, Tank Girl director Rachel Talalay’s stirring drama about Robert Pickton’s victims; and as Flora, Eadweard Muybridge’s determined wife, in Eadweard, the Vancouver-shot biopic that continued a successful run on the festival circuit. And while her films were finding their audiences, Canning – who recurred as Jenna on TheVampire Diaries and was a series lead on Remedy and Primeval: New World – shot two highly anticipated screen projects: the aforementioned A Series of Unfortunate Events and War for the Planet of the Apes, the latter of which hits screens on July 14 (a date that also happens to be Canning’s 30th birthday). Canning plays an ape in the latest of the Ape films; the role required her to slip into a motion-capture suit. To that end, she and her cast-mates received guidance from mo-cap legend Andy Serkis (Gollum in the Lord of the Rings films), who plays the iconic ape Caesar in the summer release. “When us new apes first met Andy Serkis – who is just the epitome of magic, he’s so wonderful – we did a two-hour improv as apes where no one broke character,” marvels Canning. “These apes are very grounded and they’ve been through a lot, and everything is so subtle and specific. It was amazing finding the characters within those parameters.” Canning traces her passion

for storytelling back to her childhood in Newfoundland. (She moved with her family to Alberta at the age of 12.) “We were just in the woods or on the beach all the time, and our imaginations were explosively large,” she says. A graduate of Vancouver Film School’s screen acting program, Canning won a Leo Award for Best Lead Performance by a Female in a Dramatic Series and a UBCP/ACTRA Best Actress Award for her work on Remedy. The Toronto-shot medical drama ran for two seasons on Global. Canning appeared as Dr. Melissa Conner, a brilliant, obsessive-compulsive surgeon and “one of the best roles that’s ever been handed to me. “What was great about working on Remedy was we were built to be like a theatre company,” she continues. “We’d shoot 84-page scripts in seven days, which was an insane pace, and I would rehearse surgical procedures at the beginning of the episode, and then they’d build the prosthetic body and then five days later we’d be shooting them – and I’m dreaming about it in between and watching surgeries on YouTube and suturing bananas at home.” Suturing bananas? “A lot of student surgeons practice on bananas because the elasticity of the banana peel is similar to human flesh,” explains Canning. “I had sutured bananas all over the apartment.” Canning was devastated when Remedy was cancelled in 2015, but she says she’s at a place “in my career where I can make specific decisions about the stories I want to tell, and I think that’s a really powerful thing in any art form.” • A Series of Unfortunate Events is now available on Netflix. Find Sara Canning on Twitter @saradjcanning. Read more from Reel People’s interview with Sara Canning atWestender.com. W

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PATRIOTS DAY

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Filmmaker Laurent Goldstein partnered with inspirational speaker and author Frank Moffatt to create a new doc called ‘Your Second Fifty: Rising above the fears of aging’. Dan Toulgoet photo

Making ‘Your Second Fifty’ as good as your first SANDRA THOMAS @sthomas10

A local documentary ﬁlmmaker and videographer wants the world to know that how we age is up to us. “We have much more control and power to move on in life the way we want to than we think,” says Laurent Goldstein, president of Citrus Pie Media Group. “It’s society and our parents and grandparents who’ve modelled how they think we should age, but that’s only their belief system.” Goldstein says that’s why when he picked up a book about two years ago, titled Your Second Fifty: Rising above the fears of aging, he immediately decided to create a ﬁlm based on its premise.The book was written by Frank Moffatt, who after touring the world while managing his sons in the boy band the Moffatts, launched a multi-media company called Your Second Fifty, which focuses on “inspirational education” developed to enhance the lives of millions of baby boomers. Goldstein notes that as baby boomers age past 50, it’s likely the kids are gone and there might be a career change or a bankruptcy. As well, their parents are getting older

and need care, but boomers are also starting to feel some aches and pain.There’s also the feeling that time is speeding-up, but there’s still so much to do. “It’s a time to think about what life is all about, instead of sitting on the couch,” says Goldstein. The filmmaker advises that in Vancouver a great way get off that couch is to join one of this city’s local community centres, which offer affordable programs. Goldstein is also a huge fan of ping pong or table tennis, which he plays. In the film, one of the doctors interviewed also recommends the sport, touting its physical and mental benefits. “It’s also about your social network,” says Goldstein. “How often do you hear about someone who recently retired and they died? Often they lose that social network.The key is to stay engaged.” Goldstein says that could mean anything from finding a new job to a new love, from learning a new musical instrument to climbing a mountain. “Perhaps, it’s time to step back, take refuge from the ambient noise, and get inspired again,” says Goldstein. “Inspired to believe that we can live the most exciting part

of our lives in our second fifty, inspired to grasp the possibilities that’ll make a difference in our lives and others and do what we’ve dreamed, but never believed possible.That is what the film Your Second Fifty is about.” To be clear, the documentary is not so much about super seniors doing amazing things, but rather it offers information and advice on how to live your next 50 years looking and feeling the best you can. To that end, the film includes interviews with what it calls “Game Changers,” including doctors, plastic surgeons, artists, philosophers, motivational speakers, coaches, athletes and financial advisers. A screening ofYour Second Fifty: Rising above the fears of aging takes place on Jan. 24 at 6:30pm at the Cultch Theatre, 1895 Venables.The event includes a meet and greet with several of the professionals included in the film, as well as a panel discussion and raw food snacks. Some of the local businesses selling tickets to the screening include, Glory Juice Co., Float House, Spectus Eyewear, Qi Integrated Health Clinic and Nucca Spine Clinic. For more information about tickets or the screening, call 778-374-0065. W

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A gripping true story – still fresh in the minds of many – gets a big-screen adaptation in Peter Berg’s recreation of the events surrounding the Boston Marathon bombing. Tragedy struck on April 15, 2013, after two pressurecooker bombs, planted by terrorists near the ﬁnish line, exploded during the annual race, leaving a nation in shock while subsequently galvanizing a city in a dramatic manhunt. Mark Wahlberg stars as Sgt. Tommy Saunders (a composite character based on real police ofﬁcers who worked the case), along with Kevin Bacon as FBI Special

Mark Wahlberg stars as a police officer investigating the Boston Marathon bombing. Contributed photo Agent Richard DesLauriers and John Goodman portraying Commissioner Ed Davis. These players are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to a strong ensemble effort, and each has a chance to shine in respective moments, including Khandi Alexander and Supergirl’s Melissa Ben-

oist in a particularly chilling interrogation scene. Patriots Day marks the third pairing of director Berg with actor Wahlberg, and is arguably their finest work together. The flick eschews a standard paintby-numbers approach in favour of taut, meticulous pacing and an emphasis on character over action. The movie’s sequences of violence are sometimes brief but always effective, and the often delicate subject matter is handled tastefully. The film runs into the inevitable cliché-riddled script problems and suffers from some sentimentality issues. However, given the harrowing nature of the story and Berg’s admirably deliberate reigning-in of sensationalism, Patriots Day represents mature filmmaking rarely seen in its genre, making for one astounding thriller. W

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In addition to the almost 300 individual restaurants offering exclusive menus as part of the 17th annual Dine Out Vancouver Festival (Jan. 20Feb. 5), there are numerous special events vying to sate the city’s appetites. Among them is Art, Eat and Sip, a gastronomic tour around Granville Island that also includes stops at selected art studios and retailers. Presented by Vancouver Foodster, the self-guided walk

takes participants to various Island restaurants, plus beer and spirit producers, including Dockside Restaurant and its namesake brewing company, Granville Island Brewing, Liberty Wine Merchants and Liberty Distillery, Artisan Sake Maker, and more. Art destinations include New Leaf Creative Solutions, Studio 13 Fine Art, and Barbara Arnold, among others. The event takes place Wednesday, Jan. 25, beginning at 6pm; tickets are $55 plus service charges from TicketsTonight.ca.

Hungry for more? Vancouver Foodster is also presenting six neighbourhood brunch crawls from 10am2pm during Dine Out, inviting guests to visit restaurants in the area by way of a foodie “passport”.The featured neighbourhoods are Gastown (Jan. 21), Kitsilano (Jan. 22), East Village (Jan. 28),Yaletown (Jan. 29), Robson and the West End (Feb. 4) and Commercial Drive (Feb. 5). Tickets start at $45 plus s/c from TicketsTonight.ca. For full festival info, visit DineOutVancouver.com. W

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I always love it when I get to take a peek into the home of a fellow interior designer. It’s such a pleasure to check out how a peer created his or her own dwelling. This week we meet designer Kendall Ansell of Kendall Ansell Interiors, tour her ultra-chic condo, and chat about how she brought together the style preferences of herself and her husband to create a beautiful space to call home. What is it? We live in a rental condo in South Burnaby. It’s a beautiful two-bedroom, two-bath space that we share with our six-month-old son, Fraser, and our dog. Occupant: I’m the founder and principal of Kendall Ansell Interiors. I spent most weekends growing up doing construction projects around

the house alongside my dad, which sparked my love for interiors and design. My fond childhood memories of construction led me to pursue interior design and business management as a career, and I absolutely love it.Working in Greater Vancouver as an interior designer and principal of my own boutique design firm is an absolute dream come true – especially since I get to work closely alongside my husband – he works in marketing and helps with that side of things – and my six-month-old baby, who regularly comes to work with me. I love helping clients discover their natural design style while applying my understanding of classical design and construction to help them achieve the home or office of their dreams. Major selling feature: The natural light that streams in from south and west is definitely a major selling feature. My 13-yearold American Eskimo loves the natural light and all of the parks he gets to run around in.

The first thing I changed: The size of the dining room.There was very little space in the living room when we ﬁrst moved in, so we took over some of the dining room to make the place work better for our family.

The feature I brag about: The natural light, of course! A lot of condos have only one direction that natural light comes in from, and ours, because it’s a corner unit, has two, so there’s always some light streaming in. That one conversation piece: My leather chair with chrome sides is always a topic of conversation. We bought it in Montreal, and it’s so comfortable for anyone to sit in, no matter your height. I think of all the pieces in my home, it’s my favourite. The décor: Because I’m a designer, I like the look of neutrals, like clean white and grey, whereas my husband likes it to feel and look cozy and warm. I feel like our home is a great marriage of both.

The story behind the art/ antiques/collectibles: All of the items in our home have a story. I firmly believe that your personality and inner style can and should be reflected in the types of art and collectibles you display throughout your home. My husband and I love to find new things that have meaning for us both.

Downsides: We’re in a fairly busy neighbourhood – next to Kingsway – and it can get quite loud sometimes. Neighbourhood haunts: Me-n-Ed’s pizza is across the street. So dangerous! Compared to our last place: Our last place was actually a contemporary apartment in Baltimore, Maryland. It was all white and grey, so our stuff worked well to bring some warmth in. Favourite condo activity: Playing with my son and watching Netﬂix at home with a glass of wine. W

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I can’t speak for anyone else, but I’ve rarely had a salon facial that impresses.They’re usually pleasant, but their effects tend to last just a few days – and apart from the (very satisfying) extraction phase, I can do most of the steps at home.Then there are doctor-only aesthetic treatments, such as injectables and Thermage: they deliver visible, long-term results, but for a price, and they aren’t everyone’s cup of tea. Now there’s a middle ground: medi-spa facials. These are given by an aesthetician – not a doctor – using machines, devices and prescription-grade skincare.They promise to give obvious, lasting results on everything from wrinkles to zits. “When it comes to spa treatments, such as regular facials, you may be left with more hydrated skin, or feeling relaxed and refreshed, but you are not going to see any real signiﬁcant change,” explains Natasha Cuzner. Her team at the Vanity Lab is made up of medical aestheticians, certiﬁed to perform treatments such as laser facials and chemical peels, working alongside physicians in the clinic. The presence of physicians at medi-spas is a huge advantage, says Dr.William McGillivray, ‘Artist in Residence’ at Project Skin MD, which recently opened a medi-spa called the Glow Room. “The types of procedures we’re doing are a step up from typical facials, in that since we are a medical facility, we have access to more interventional peel processes, as well as light devices to augment the effectiveness of these procedures,” he says. “If necessary, the patients can be given advice on more assertive procedures, such as the ones I’m involved in, whether they be laser, light or energy devices, or injectables, to suit the particular goals they have in mind with regard to their skin.”

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aches, says Mahsa Ahmadi, the resident registered acupuncturist at Collective Skin Care. Her treatments last 60 minutes or more, including consultation to identify your needs. There can be minor sensitivity during treatment, which dissipates immediately, and no downtime afterward.

The Glow Room Max LED Facial Who it’s for: Anyone. The wavelength of the LED light used in the treatment can be adjusted to treat everything from acne (it kills the bacteria) to redness. What happens: The Max+ Facial is an add-on to any of the Glow Room’s facials, which include cleansing and a mask (and a peel, if you like). After the facial, you lie on a bed and an LED arm automatically passes back and forth over the face, emitting the correct wavelength of light to treat your speciﬁc skin concern. Nothing touches your skin and there is no pain or downtime. Treatment time: 75 minutes for the Max+ Facial with peel. How many treatments: It depends on the initial condition of your skin. Results: Improvements to any of your main skin concerns, from acne to lack of radiance. These can last up to four weeks. Cost: $245 for the Max+ Facial with peel. Where: The Glow Room at Project Skin MD, 1495 W. 11th, 604-732-000, ProjectSkinMD.com.

Ahmadi says results vary according to what you’re treating, but you get immediate temporary reductions in ﬁne lines and, with more treatments, longer-lasting effects – even permanent results on conditions like acne scarring. It’s not suitable for people with colds or ﬂu, active herpes

The Vanity Lab IPL Photo Facial Who it’s for: People with redness, broken capillaries and rosacea, as well as brown pigmentation, sun damage, age spots, discolouration and freckles.The face is the most common area to treat, but intense pulsed light (IPL) can also be used on the décolleté and backs of the hands. People with very dark skin and pregnant women cannot be treated. What happens: After cleansing, goggles are placed over the eyes and ultrasound gel is applied to protect skin.The aesthetician will go over skin with the IPL device while simultaneously blowing cold air to keep you comfortable. The treatment is said to feel like a rubber band hitting the skin. Afterwards, skin may feel sunburned and be swollen. Brown spots can darken as the pigmentation rises to the surface. It’s recommended that you avoid exercise or anything that signiﬁcantly raises your body temperature (for example, saunas or hot yoga) for 24 hours. Skip retinol or salicylic acid products for a week prior to and after treatment, and avoid direct sunlight for four weeks. Treatment time: 30 to 45 minutes.

breakouts on the face, active migraine, or high blood pressure. If you’re pregnant or on blood thinners, check when you book. From $145 for an initial consultation and treatment (75 minutes), at Collective Skin Care, 1268 Paciﬁc, 778-228-4275, CollectiveSkinCare.com. W

How many treatments: Generally, four to six treatments, four weeks apart. Results: Results depend on the individual, but may include a more even complexion, reduced freckles and pigmentation, ﬁner capillaries and less redness.You may also notice your pore size appears reduced and your skin looks smoother and tighter. Effects appear after a single session and last as long as you avoid the sun and look after your skin, though you get more noticeable results the more treatments you have. Cost: $350 per session or $145 per session on Thursdays (for the ‘Throwback Thursday’ special). Where: 1110 Hamilton, 604-669-1001,TheVanityLab.com

Vancouver Medi Spa Nanotechnology Fortified Facial Who it’s for: Anyone, since it’s customized to your main skin concerns. What happens: The clinic uses a quadruple cleansing system to remove impurities and dead skin, after which a lotion that contains amino acids, copper, silver, gold, ceramides and vitamins is applied.These ingredients are nano-sized, so they supposedly penetrate to the deepest layers of skin, where they stimulate fibroblasts (collagen-producing cells). A nourishing, tightening mask is then applied, and finally, an oxygen/serum mix is spritzed over skin. Treatment time: One hour How many treatments: Four at two-week intervals; thereafter, once a month. Results: Reduced fine lines and wrinkles, and increased hydration and radiance. It also soothes acne and rosacea, and minimizes the appearance of dark under-eye circles. Cost: $210. Where:Vancouver Medi Spa, 1060 Hornby, 1-888622-1772,VancouverMediSpa.ca • Aileen Lalor is the resident beauty expert atVITADaily. ca, Canada’s premiere fashion and lifestyle newsletter. For more stories like this, check out the website and subscribe. W

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It may be only mid-January, but we’ve already found the year’s best and most innovative beauty product. On Feb. 1, Clarins will launch its 4-Colour All-in-One Pen ($44, pictured). And, yeah, it’s the makeup version of those four-colour biros we all had in elementary school, except instead of blue, green, red and black pen, this beauty contains eyeliners in blue, black and brown, plus a versatile lip liner shade. Simply slide up the button to get the colour you want, then click it to retract. You get all your basic liners, highly pigmented and long lasting, in one fun package, so it’s ideal for travel and gym bags.So obvious, we wish we’d thought of it (alas, no such luck). –Aileen Lalor There’s a certain look to les femmes de Montréal. An artsy effortlessness; a Cheshire conﬁdence that is as intoxicating as the city itself. And you can now capture the essence with Dynamite, a beloved Quebec-based fashion brand that strutted into its newest home in the heart of Paciﬁc Centre (701 W. Georgia) at the end of last year.Tucked alongside the likes Le Chateau, Nine West and J.Crew, Dynamite makes it easy to stock up on trendsetting satin silhouettes and Millennialfriendly fashions, complete with just the right amount of detail. It doesn’t hurt that the prices are, as the French say, très bon. –Kelsey Klassen

After months behind blue hoardings, Vancouver-based Shoeme.ca’s bricks-andmortar shop is ﬁnally open on Burrard. It’s the second IRL store for the online shoe retailer (its ﬁrst is in Toronto). We went in for a squizz and found a well-curated collection of footwear, from knee-high boots to sneakers, including usual suspects like Converse, and Vancouver faves like Native and People. There’s also a small selection of clothing, and tons of cute, quirky socks. –Aileen Lalor W

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I’ve been in a relationship with my boyfriend for about a year and a half. It’s amazing. We’ve never had a real fight and we’re very patient with one another. However, I have a problem that I can’t seem to get over: I’m addicted to dick pics. I love receiving them and flirting to get them. (For the record, I never send pictures of myself. I use pictures of amateur porn stars I find on the web and pretend it’s me.) I like everything about a dick pic. It’s sick. I’ve even saved them in a folder on my iPhone for years. I’ve never told anyone about this habit – not even my close girlfriends. Recently, I let my boyfriend use my phone to look something up. He stumbled across the folder. We got in a huge fight and he accused me of cheating on him! I tried to argue that it’s not cheating because I don’t know these guys or meet up with them. I tried to explain that I just like receiving dick pics. I need it to feel desirable. He was not accepting any of my explanations. Is my boyfriend right? Is this a form of cheating, even though there’s no physical contact with these men? How do I convince him it’s just a thing I like to do? I’m scared he’s going to break up with me. Help! Reading this question made me feel like I was watching the ﬁrst ﬁve minutes of Intervention.You know, when the addict is shown happily gardening in the sunshine, while her voiceover explains how much she loves tending to her rose bushes.Then the background music changes, the shot zeroes in on the addict, and she’s suddenly in a hotel room, the bags under her eyes visible

BC’S TOP SOMM Continued from page 11 Besides keeping nerves in check, “The blind tasting is, hands down, the most difﬁcult part.” Competitors are given 18 minutes to identify the grape variety, region and vintage of four wines; the base material, origin and producer of two spirits; and the ingredients and name of a cocktail. “It’s also the glamour event, and the part that you want to do well in,” adds Taylor. Having put himself through the gauntlet three times,Taylor clearly likes the challenge. For him, the thrill

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iStock photo and black. “My name is Sandy and I’m an alcoholic.” Cut to Sandy pouring straight gin into a thermos before taking the kids to school and chugging it like water. Dick pics are your thermos ﬁlled with gin. So what? It could be worse. It could be a thermos ﬁlled with gin. Phone-sharing in a relationship is dangerous ground and should be reserved for couples over the age of 50, or those who have been dating so long they’re basically married. There has to be an element of privacy in a relationship. Smartphones have become our most important appendage; they hold our bank information, credit cards, contacts, emails, photographs, social media, grocery lists, work deals, clients, maybe even our ovulation calendars. Your mistake here is twofold. First, you made the error of keeping your secret available in the most obvious place: your iPhoto folder. I remember years ago, when my husband was my boyfriend, and he lent me his clunky, cum-stained laptop when my screen broke and I was on deadline. I ended up using it until I could buy a new one.

He told me I could delete all the photos on it that were taking up space and making that annoying rainbow ball spin every time I typed a word. Obviously, I wasn’t sgoing to just dump the file without taking a peek. Big mistake. The first 20 photos were nude selfies of the chicks from his skank-o-licious past. I didn’t need to know what happened before I came along. I’m not in the business of making myself feel like shit when I don’t have to. Second, you were being naive. Of course your boyfriend took a detour while he had your phone in his hands. You should have known. I can’t tell you the number of times friends of mine have busted their cheating partner breaking into their phone.When you carry around a secret, best not to literally hand it over to the one person it could hurt. Now, your addiction to the dick pics: personally, I don’t get it, but I respect your need for the peen. Moreover, I understand that this addiction is about desirability and fantasy.You’re not even you when you’re flirting with these men.You’re pretending to be some random aspiring porn

star. Fantasy is healthy, but catfishing is cruel.You are catfishing for dick pics.Would you be disappointed if you found out that the pics you were receiving were pulled off of Google, and that the “man” flirting with you was actually a 34-year-old woman? Did you ever see that HBO documentary, Thought Crimes:The Case of the Cannibal Cop? Gilberto Valle, a young, married New York City police officer spent his evenings on sexual-fetish forums talking with strangers about how he planned to abduct, rape, murder and cannibalize women. His wife eventually busted him.Valle claimed it was fantasy, even though he had accessed a federal database to gather information on various women. He was just indulging virtually in something he would never act on in real life. In court, he claimed he had no intention of murdering his wife or deep-frying her nipples, but once the case became public, he found himself at the centre of a moral argument for the modern age. Are the things you say online, behind an alias, still considered real? I don’t know if your boyfriend will forgive you.

outweighs the fear. “It’s a great experience. If I didn’t win this year, I’d do it again next year and I would keep coming back. It also makes me better at my job.” Working in a busy restaurant is obviously great training for the competition, but it’s not enough. “I’m studying theory two to ﬁve hours a day,” says Taylor. He also belongs to a tasting group with many of the other competitors, including last year’s winner, Alistair Veen (of South Surrey’s Tap Restaurant). On what made the difference this year,Taylor believes he was better prepared for the cocktail and spirits testing, and he felt

a greater level of comfort, having previously competed twice. Above all, he credits the advice of guest judge Véronique Rivest, who placed second in the 2013 Best Sommelier in the World competition. At a precompetition seminar, she reminded contestants to relax and take their time. “I took that to heart.The last two years, I always ﬁnished with oodles of time to spare, so this year I really took my time to get set up, and it seemed to work.” Taylor now has his sights set on CAPS’ national competition in September. Before that, in July, he’ll sit the Court of Master Sommeliers theory exam. “It

will be a natural progression,” he says. However, the added challenge of the CAPS competition is that ﬁnalists must compete in two languages. “I’ll need to work on my French, because it’s non-existent. I have six months to become bilingual, basically.” In the meantime,Taylor continues pouring wine at CinCin. His favourite menu pairing is Osso Buco with a saffron risotto and gremolata, and 2012 Damilano ‘Lecinquevigne’ Barolo. “They are dynamite together,” he enthuses. “I don’t think you get a glass of wine when you’re on death row. But if so, I’d have that.” W

You broke his trust and, for most people, that’s what kills a relationship. It takes a lot of work to build back trust and sometimes you never do.You may have completely blown this; however, there is a point in trying. If you really want to be with this guy, you have to prove you can kick the dick pics. Give him space for a few days. In the meantime, wean off the peen: delete your online proﬁles and transfer your dick-pics folder to an external hard drive. (I’m not saying you have to completely get rid of your stash; just put it on a device that’s far out of reach for a while.) And lastly, ask your boyfriend to hear you out. Explain your deepest,

darkest insecurities and why you needed this. If he agrees to give you a second chance, delete the iPhone photos (that you already saved on an external drive) in front of him. Look to him for the conﬁdence you desire instead of from the deep, dark web. He may never forgive you. But at least you tried. And you’ll still have your thermos of dick pics hidden in that external drive. W

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Welcome to the most deliciously enigmatic, sensually mysterious phase of your astrological cycle. To provide you with the proper non-rational guidance, I have stolen scraps of dusky advice from the poet Dansk Javlarna (DanskJavlarna.tumblr.com). Please read between the lines: 1. Navigate the ocean that roars within the seashell. 2. Carry the key, even if the lock has been temporarily lost. 3. Search through the deepest shadows for the bright light that cast them. 4. Delve into the unfathomable in wordless awe of the inexplicable.

ACROSS 1. Short tributary of the Seille 5. Where you sleep 8. Crinkle 12. Regions 14. United States 15. Icelandic poetry books 16. Transferred property 18. Electrocardiography 19. From here 20. Hunting or observation expedition 21. Used to make cabins 22. Containers 23. Famed patriot

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51. Martens 56. Small mammal related to rabbits 57. Airsick 58. Itinerant 59. Has spotted 60. Garland 61. Search engine 62. Former Knick and Bull Curry 63. Student selected components 64. Norwegian island

DOWN 1. Fathers 2. Region 3. The Great Barrier ___ 4. Father 5. Civil War general Don Carlos 6. Bodyguards 7. Knives 8. Member of U.S. Navy 9. English prince 10. Expression 11. Giants great Willie 13. Curving 17. Actress Keaton

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An eccentric Frenchman named Laurent Aigon grew up near an airport, and always daydreamed of becoming a commercial pilot. Sadly, he didn’t do well enough in school to fulfill his wish. Yet he was smart and ambitious enough to accomplish the next best thing: assembling a realistic version of a Boeing 737 cockpit in his home. With the help of Google, he gathered the information he needed and ordered most of the necessary parts over the Internet. The resulting masterpiece has enabled him to replicate the experiences of being a pilot. I suggest you attempt a comparable feat, Taurus: creating a simulated version of what you want. I bet it will eventually lead you to the real thing.

The weather may be inclement where you live, so you may be resistant to my counsel. But I must tell you the meanings of the planetary omens as I understand them, and not fret about whether you’ll act on them. Here’s my prescription, lifted from Henry David Thoreau’s Walden: “We need the tonic of wildness, to wade sometimes in marshes where the bittern and the meadow-hen lurk, and hear the booming of the snipe; to smell the whispering sedge where only some wilder and more solitary fowl builds her nest, and the mink crawls with its belly close to the ground.” And why does Thoreau say we need such experiences? “We must be refreshed by the sight of inexhaustible vigor, to witness our own limits transgressed.”

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Are you more attracted to honing group dynamics or liberating group dynamics? Do you have more aptitude as a director who organizes people or as a spark plug who inspires people? Would you rather be a Chief Executive Officer or a Chief Imagination Officer? Questions like these will be fertile for you to meditate on in the coming weeks. The astrological omens suggest it’s time to explore and activate more of your potential as a leader or catalyst.

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What exactly would a bolt of lightning taste like? I mean, if you could somehow manage to roll it around in your mouth without having to endure the white-hot shock. There’s a booze manufacturer that claims to provide this sensation. The company, known as Oddka, has created Electricity Vodka – hard liquor with an extra fizzy jolt. But if any sign of the zodiac could safely approximate eating a streak of lightning without the help of Electricity Vodka, it would be you Leos. These days you have a special talent for absorbing and enjoying and integrating fiery inspiration.

Eighteenth-century painter Joshua Reynolds said that a “disposition to abstractions, to generalizing and classification, is the great glory of the human mind.” To that lofty sentiment, his fellow artist William Blake responded, “To generalize is to be an idiot; to particularize is the alone distinction of merit.” So, I may be an idiot when I make the following generalization, but I think I’m right: In the coming weeks, it will be in your best interests to rely on crafty generalizations to guide your decisions. Getting bogged down in details at the expense of the big picture – missing the forest for the trees – is a potential pitfall that you can and should avoid.

Czech writer Bohumil Hrabal penned the novel Dancing Lessons for the Advanced in Age. It consists of one sentence. But it’s a long, rambling sentence: 117 pages’ worth. It streams from the mouth of the narrator, who is an older man bent on telling all the big stories of his life. If there were ever to come a time when you, too, would have cosmic permission and a poetic license to deliver a one-sentence, 117-page soliloquy, Libra, it would be in the coming weeks. Reveal your truths! Break through your inhibitions! Celebrate your epic tales! (PS: Show this horoscope to the people you’d like as your listeners.)

When Pluto was discovered in 1930, astronomers called it the ninth planet. But 76 years later, they changed their minds. In accordance with shifting definitions, they demoted Pluto to the status of a mere “dwarf planet.” But in recent years, two renowned astronomers at Caltech have found convincing evidence for a new ninth planet. Konstantin Batygin and Michael E. Brown are tracking an object that is much larger than Earth. Its orbit is so far beyond Neptune’s that it takes 15,000 years to circle the sun. As yet, it doesn’t have an official name, but Batygin and Brown informally refer to it as “Phattie.” I bring this to your attention, Scorpio, because I suspect that you, too, are on the verge of locating a monumental new addition to your universe.

The tomato and potato are both nightshades, a family of flowering plants. Taking advantage of this commonality, botanists have used the technique of grafting to produce a “pomato” plant. Its roots yield potatoes, while its vines grow cherry tomatoes. Now would be a good time for you to experiment with a metaphorically similar creation, Sagittarius. Can you think of how you might generate two useful influences from a single source?

Some guy I don’t know keeps sending me emails about great job opportunities he thinks I’d like to apply for: a technical writer for a solar-energy company, for example, and a social-media intern for a business that offers travel programs. His messages are not spam. The gigs are legitimate. And yet I’m not in the least interested. I already have several jobs I enjoy, like writing these horoscopes. I suspect that you, too, may receive worthy but ultimately irrelevant invitations in the coming days, Capricorn. My advice: If you remain faithful to your true needs and desires, more apropos offers will eventually flow your way.

The word “naysayer” describes a person who’s addicted to expressing negativity. A “yeasayer,” on the other hand, is a person who is prone to expressing optimism. According to my assessment of the astrological omens, you can and should be a creative yeasayer in the coming days – both for the sake of your own well-being and that of everyone whose life you touch. For inspiration, study Upton Sinclair’s passage about Beethoven: He was “the defier of fate, the great yea-sayer.” His music is “like the wind running over a meadow of flowers, superlative happiness infinitely multiplied.”

If I’m feeling prosaic, I might refer to a group of flamingos as a flock. But one of the more colourful and equally correct terms is a “flamboyance” of flamingos. Similarly, a bunch of pretty insects with clubbed antennae and big fluttery wings may be called a kaleidoscope of butterflies. The collective noun for zebras can be a dazzle, for pheasants a bouque. In accordance with current astrological omens, I’m borrowing these nouns to describe members of your tribe. A flamboyance or kaleidoscope of Pisceans? Yes! A dazzle or bouquet or exaltation or charm of Pisceans? Yes! All of the above.

Jan. 19: Dolly Parton (71) Jan. 20: Paul Stanley (65) Jan. 21: Paul Anthony (42) Jan. 22: Diane Lane (52) Jan. 23: Robin Zander (64) Jan. 24: Sharon Tate (74) Jan. 25: Alicia Keys (36)

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