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Re:“Black Lives Matter criticizesVancouver Pride Society ‘performative tweaks’,” May 19, 2017.

Why are queer communities disproportionately policed to begin with? It’s crazy! Pride has become a ridiculous spectacle for corporations and straight/ CIS people to acquire their “pink feels points” and “live on the wild side.” How embarrassing to want to be part of a community that you mistreated for centuries, and you’re surprised that they don’t want you at their party/protest?

Unreal that anyone would even question BLM on this position. Systems of police have historically (and still do!) brutalize POC [people of colour] and queer people; why would anyone want this violent institution, which serves to protect corporate interests, to gain good PR for supposedly protecting us, when mostly they just disregard and belittle the fears and legitimate concerns queer people and POC have of them?

Leave our space so we feel safe, so we feel we can trust you. And if you won’t, we’ll take it back.We had to fight for this space to begin with, and the VPD have eroded its relationship with this community even further.

Police do not need to march in uniform at Pride.

Period. If the cops want to support LGBTQ folks, they should do their damn job and protect us from homophobes and racists, not clamour to swing their overcompensating batons as if they are just friends with big violent sticks that want to show how friendly they are.

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WHALE OF A CONTROVERSY

Re:“Park board made right decision banning whales,” May 25, 2017.

Bravo to Westender for stating the facts eloquently and succinctly.That’s extremely refreshing, after reading so much Vancouver Aquarium-perpetuated propaganda, BS and outright

lies; drivel that so much of the mainstream media just can’t wait to gobble up – hook, line and sinker!

–Errol P. “It was the right thing to do.You know it and I know it.”This piece starts Donald Trump-ish and, like Trump, doesn’t let science get in the way of an opinion.

–Ian Boothby Wonderful succinct article. Thank you! As a former employee of the Vancouver Aquarium and volunteer at the Marine Mammal Rescue Centre, I can’t tell you how appalled I was to read/hear about John Nightingale’s dramatic criticism of the park board decision.

I was working each of the occasions when three baby belugas died. I quit because I couldn’t support these beautiful and intelligent beings being born in a concrete tank only to die sometime soon after. Thank you again for setting the record exactly straight.

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I was walking my dog on Georgia, near Cardero, when I met a young man obviously under the influence of alcohol/drugs. He kept insisting that he was OK and just wanted to get home to Hastings and Main.

I stopped him, twice, from stepping into traffic and stopped him from crossing, with the help of another concerned citizen, against the light at Cardero. I offered bus/taxi fare but he insisted he had bus fare. Once we crossed Georgia, with the other concerned citizen and me holding the young man’s arm, the concerned citizen offered to walk him to the nearest bus stop. I was so grateful because my dog was a bit agitated. I didn’t catch the man’s name, but he had an accent (Australian, New Zealand, English?).While others had stepped back from me and this young man, there was a man who stepped up to help. Many thanks for your compassion.

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Victoria Day, Canada Day, BC Day, Labour Day: these are the long weekends of our summer. These are the times we live for, the weekends we pine after while getting

drenched at the bus stop at 7:20am in the cascading rains of a pitch-black November morning. These are the summer vacation weekends of our dreams.

Until they actually happen.

Those hazy summer fantasies can quickly become a nightmare when you (try to) head out of town, or (try to) come home, and you dare to count up your

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precious hours of those long weekends that you spend… sitting in your car… at a BC ferry terminal.

Believe me, I speak from years of experience. It’s completely possible that I’ve spent roughly half my life waiting in line at a BC ferry terminal, also known as vacation purgatory.

And hey, don’t get me wrong, I actually have a lot of respect for BC Ferries.

It’s the largest ferry fleet in the world, which winds us through some of the most picturesque ocean passages on the planet. And most of the staff are remarkably nice, even when you arrive way too late for your reservation and miss the boat.

During my childhood, after we’d miss the ferry, my parents would be forced to clean up the copious amount of vomit I’d spew during my dad’s non-stop and ultimately fruitless Cannonball Run to the terminal.

That tradition has now officially been hurled down.

My most recent May long

If there’s one thing that unites us as British Columbians, it’s the collective purgatory that is the ferry lineup. iStock photo weekend involved a combined eight throw-ups and three shitting of pants between my two young kids. After we missed the ferry, my wife and I cleaned it up. It was really gross. I get it now, Mom and Dad. Sorry and thanks.

In recent years, I’ve tried to beat the ferry system on long weekends, in a vain attempt to avoid the crowds and circumnavigate the wait.

What’s that Einstein saying?

Something about repeating the same behavior over and over again and expecting a different result? That’s me, in my car, cursing, cleaning up vomit, lined up at the BC Ferry terminal no matter what trick I try.

For the last three years running, I’ve taken off an extra day of work on the long weekend, returning with my family from the Sunshine Coast on Tuesday instead of the holiday

Monday.That is absolutely pure BC ferry travel planning brilliance, right?

Wrong.

It turns out that, shockingly, I’m not the only person with this brilliant idea. It turns out that thousands upon thousands of people and their kayaks have the exact same idea. In fact, so many people have the same idea as me that we’ve all been stuck for hours waiting for the ferry at the Langdale terminal… on Tuesday! The boat is always running late, with sailing waits due to high traffic.

And here’s the rub: the ferries add extra sailings on holiday Monday, meaning the crush that I’m trying to avoid is actually relatively smooth sailing. There’s no added sailings on Tuesday, a regular workday, so we’re screwed again, spending several more hours of our precious long weekends waiting for a ferry. Ah, summer.

Anyway, see you at the ferry terminal on the Canada Day long weekend. I’ll bring the wipes! W

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You’d be hard-pressed to spot a feral cat roaming the streets of Vancouver today, but there was a time when our city was home to as many as 9,000 free-roaming felines that hunted and bred in colonies.

“There were so many feral colonies,” recalls Vancouver resident Maria Soroski, 58, who volunteered with the BC SPCA Vancouver Animal Hospital on East 7th Avenue starting in the 1990s.

After taking over running the hospital’s program to place cats in foster homes, Soroski discovered that many kittens were being dropped off from the same addresses, but without their mothers.

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kittens were part of larger colonies of cats born on the street – feral cats, which are very afraid of humans, difficult to catch and often not suitable for adoption.

To help stem the growth of the feral cat population, Soroski and another BC SPCA volunteer, Karen Duncan, co-founded the Vancouver Orphan Kitten Rescue Association (VOKRA) in 2000.

“No cat deserves to be homeless and fending for itself on the streets; it’s just not right,” says Soroski, who is also a retired registered nurse.

“Cats are to be our companions and have responsible caretakers, and not to be searching for food and running down lanes.”

The work of VOKRA – along with the BC SPCA and other community organizations and volunteers – has since reduced the number of free-roaming cats in Vancouver to less than 300, and most of the colonies are either under control or have died out.

The reason for this shift, says Soroski, is because feral cats were spayed or neutered.

Soroski and VOKRA were pioneers of trap-neuter-return (TNR) in Vancouver, a protocol where a feral cat is caught humanely in a cage; sent to a vet to be sterilized, tattooed, vaccinated and treated for any medical issues; and then returned to its colony, where volunteers ensure it has shelter and is given food and water daily. Kittens and tame strays are placed into a foster home and then put up for adoption.

VOKRA doesn’t operate an animal shelter, but instead

relies on a system of around 350 foster homes for cats suitable for adoption. In 2016, volunteers took in 1,428 cats and 1,254 were adopted.

Cats that are too wild to be adopted and who cannot be returned to their colonies because of construction or other changes to their former living environment may be placed on horse farms, where they become professional mousers, says Soroski. Some that are too old or unwell are placed into long-term foster homes.

“The whole idea of what constitutes animal welfare has exploded since about 1998,” says Dr. James Lawson, a veterinary advisor with the BC SPCA. Lawson remembers when volunteers in the early 2000s would bring in 60 to 100 cats to be sterilized in a day.Within the past couple of years, he says, “it’s got to the point where people didn’t have cats to bring in.”

Many policy changes have improved outcomes for cats in shelters, Lawson adds, such as requiring a minimum of 11 square feet of kennel space per cat, something that has substantially reduced upper respiratory disease among sheltered cats. Improved treatments and aggressive TNR practices have also resulted in a dramatic drop in euthanasia rates, to a point where the BC SPCA “no longer euthanizes animals that are adoptable,” Lawson says.

“We spend often several thousand dollars on an animal to get it to the point that it can find a home.”

Around 400 volunteers

and countless donations from individuals are the backbone of VOKRA’s operation, which raises money for trapping supplies and, mostly, veterinary bills for spaying and neutering cats. It’s a labour of love, and one that many residents seem more than happy to take on.

East Vancouver resident Tania Hennessy, 34, became a foster family for VOKRA cats in 2008, after she and her husband arrived in Vancouver from New Zealand and realized they were missing a furry friend in their lives.

“When we first arrived, my husband and I didn’t know how long we’d be able to stay in the country, so fostering was a perfect fit,” Hennessy recalls.

“It allowed us to care for cats and kittens in need and enjoy feline companionship when we couldn’t commit to adopting. By the time we got residency and knew we were staying in Vancouver, we were hooked on fostering and how it suited our lives.”

The couple has fostered 150 cats and kittens through VOKRA to date, including “a sweet little three-legged amputee,” a semi-feral cat, “three tiny kittens who were found without their mother” and a pregnant cat that “gave birth to five kittens in our bathroom.”

VOKRA, which is also the subject of an OUTtv show called Kitty 911, runs several fundraising events throughout the year, including a Walk for the Kitties in September.The organization posts information about volunteering, becoming a foster family and caring for cats on their website and Facebook page. W

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Vancouver’s bike route growing pains Cycling isVancouver’s fastest growing form of transportation, but bike paths remain controversial SARAH RIPPLINGER @sarahripplinger

Bike routes – like the recently approved 10th Avenue bike lane – bike share, bike racks and bike-friendly intersections continue popping up around Vancouver like wildflowers. It’s a boon to many cyclists who have long looked to places like Amsterdam, Copenhagen and Portland as model bikefriendly communities. And it’s a source of concern for some residents who wonder about the impact all these changes are having on automobile parking and traffic.

“I try to avoid it [downtown Vancouver] like the plague” because of snarled traffic, particularly near the new Nelson and Smithe street bike infrastructure, says Fairview resident Rob DuMont, 40, who supports promoting cycling in the city (he also cycles) but not at the expense of motorists.

DuMont’s normal commute to work was recently cut off by the construction of two cul-de-sacs along the 7th Avenue bikeway that borders Oak Street, and he’s concerned that money spent on bike infrastructure is only adding to traffic congestion in his neighbourhood and downtown. Three parking spaces at the front of his building were recently removed to install a new Mobi bike share station, something that also came as a complete surprise to DuMont who says he received no notification by mail or email about the impending changes to road infrastructure near his home.

DuMont says he feels like Vancouver City Council is using the growth of the city’s population and number of commuters as an excuse “to take out vehicle lanes, make it more difficult for cars,” in the interest of bikes.

SHIFTING GEARS

Walking, biking or taking public transit represented around half of commuter trips in Vancouver; and, the new goal set by the city’s Transportation 2040 report would see that figure increase to two thirds. Part of achieving that target is to make cycling more comfortable for all ages and abilities, says Paul Storer, manager of transportation and design with the City

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The City’s 2017 budget allocates more than 40 per cent of its new transportation infrastructure spending towards walking, cycling and transit, making this “a big year for transportation investment,” according to Storer. And he understands that these changes, including earmarked upgrades to the Granville and Cambie bridges, are raising concerns.

“Our goal is to continue to better manage congestion throughout the city because it really is important to us to keep our arterial network working really well,” says Storer.

“We’re not trying to lower the number of motor vehicles on the road,” he adds. “Our 2040 plan is clear that we might, in 2040, see a small reduction in the number of motor vehicles on the street, but, for the most part, where we’re reallocating space is where we can do that without having big impacts on the arterial network.”

That said, he admits “it’s a challenge in places.”

For bigger projects, Storer says the city provides many opportunities for the public to get involved in the consultation process, but realizes that, “every once and a while we hear from someone that hadn’t heard about it, and we’re trying as much as possible not to make that happen. […] Our goal is to talk to everyone who might have an opinion on the matter.”

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West End BIA executive director Stephen Regan has some concerns about being included in decision-making processes regarding new bike infrastructure in the West End. “Business and BIAs like to be part of the discussions,” he says, adding that the West End BIA hasn’t taken a hard line on bike lanes and bike share either way, but notes that the needs of all road and sidewalk users should be considered when putting in new infrastructure, as it can impact other uses, such as patio space for businesses.

On the other hand, the Downtown Vancouver BIA has become a proponent of bike infrastructure, such as bike parking spaces.

President and CEO Charles Gauthier notes that several building owners are seeing cycling infrastructure, including the Mobi bike share stations, as a value-added.

Having the option to take multiple modes of transportation, Gauthier opines, “enhances the desirability of downtown as a place to live, work and do business… it makes us much more competitive and provides us with an advantage that other employment centres don’t necessarily have.”

because their step-through design is much easier to manage with her belly than her personal commuter bike.

She also appreciates how it fits into the city’s vision to make cycling more comfortable for all ages and abilities.

“Cycling is a really helpful way to move more people with less space and cost,” she

states. Separated bike lanes and intersections designed with cyclists in mind improve safety and increase the number of cyclists, particularly children and those who may have concerns about riding near parked cars and traffic.

As a driver and cyclist, Caitlin Hanna, 27, supports upgrades to the cycling network so long as they don’t trump the needs of other road users. The controversy around access to Vancouver General Hospital for people with disabilities was particularly poignant for the UBC occupational therapy masters student.

“I don’t want my rights as a cyclist to overtake someone’s fundamental rights to access health care,” she says.

However, Hanna also appreciates having access to separated bike routes that keep her away from opening car doors and traffic – which can provide a safeguard against collisions.

“I don’t think I would have been riding every day to North Vancouver if I didn’t have designated bike lanes,

VANCOUVER’S SEPARATED LANES “Cycling is the fastest growing mode of transportation in Vancouver,” according the City of Vancouver’s website. Ridership for the month of August along Vancouver’s separated bike lanes is a case in point, as outlined in the city’s Engineering Services department estimates: • Burrard Bridge 130,000 in 2009 to 182,000 in 2016 • Dunsmuir Street 48,000 in 2010 to 69,000 in 2016 • Hornby Street 54,000 in 2011 to 75,000 2016

especially through Stanley Park and across the Burrard Bridge through downtown,” admits the Kitsilano resident who commuted to the North Shore for a work placement recently. “Being [in a] protected [bike lane] there is an incredible asset.” W

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Erin O’Melinn, the executive director of HUB Cycling, a cycling advocacy group, endorses the Mobi bike share system for a few reasons. Currently in her third trimester of pregnancy, O’Melinn uses the bikes

Bicycling represented 10 percent of trips to work in Vancouver in 2016, according to a 2017 update from the Director of Transportation report, compared with 6.6 per cent in 2013. In total, there were an estimated average 128,100 daily cycling trips in 2016, up from 50,000 to Vancouver destinations in 2006.

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Yes,Vancouver’s beer renaissance has come and gone, and the result is a wonderful collection of craft, artisan, micro and even nano breweries that have changed Vancouver from the champion of Molson into the defender of the seasonal IPA. It’s been a long time coming, and it’s a wonderful thing to see, especially during the annual Vancouver Craft Beer Week, which is currently celebrating its eighth year and is running for 10 days until June 4.

My focus, however, has always been on what goes best with beer. Or wine. Or cocktails. Or whisky.You hear me. Point me to the food, to the plate of delicious pretzels, gooey poutine, juicy ribs, grilled asparagus.

Yeah, that’s right, asparagus.

If that doesn’t seem to fit the standard notion of what constitutes appropriate beerfriendly fare, you might want to visit Six Acres in Gastown and have a leisurely chomp through the menu.

Six Acres sits on some prime real estate; the corner where Powell Street morphs into Water Street and intersects with Carrall.

The decent-sized patio isn’t as large as Chill Winston’s, but it’s not as loud, either.

The inside is cramped and tiny, although the upstairs offers some breathing room – unless you need to visit the facilities.The tiny fivefoot-tall girl ahead of me complained about her knees knocking against the stall door. Standing at five-footnine, I didn’t much enjoy becoming human origami for a tight moment, but that’s a heritage building in Gastown for you.

The patio, however, is perfect for people-watching and sipping endlessly from the excellent list of brews and whiskies.There are nine or 10 rotating taps, plus a long list of bottles.The former mainly focuses on BC, while the latter ranges from Hawaii to the Czech Republic, and everywhere in between. I mentioned the whisky, yes?

Scotland and Ireland are

well-represented, but the US bourbons, like the ultra-light Basil Hayden or the darker Four Roses, are worth a taste.

But, I digress. After all, it’s the food that’s important, amirite? There are dishes to admire here.The lightlycrunchy exteriors of the cheddar corn fritters ($7) hide the massively cheesey polenta inside. Served in a skillet lined with some honey and drizzled with a barelyspicy cream, this is a hearty bar snack that is excellent washed down with a decent Pimm’s Cup ($5.50 happy hour special) one night.The poutine ($11) is a middling dish made better with the addition of mushrooms (+$2), but the raw slices of shallot seem sadly out of place.This dish screams for caramelization. Instead, the sharp bitterness of the onion simply detracts from the rather good stout-laced gravy.

The mini-burgers, served as a trio without sides, are much better.While the classic patty ($13) with the housemade ketchup is tasty, I prefer the rock crab version ($13).The patty is flaky and buttery, the pickled daikon and carrot give a pleasant crunch, and the chilli mayo offers some nice – if slightly underserved – heat.You have to order fries separately, which seems a bit

steep, but that housemade ketchup is really good, full of tomato-ey flavour without being excessively sweet.

Some of the standout dishes, though, were items like the aforementioned asparagus ($7.50). Drizzled with lemon and topped with grated pecorino, sautéed garlic and diced walnuts, it’s beautiful all on its own.

Likewise, the beet salad ($8.50), with its roasted red and pickled yellow beets, feta, pistachio and fresh mint, in a sherry vinaigrette, was a lovely plate. A pan-roasted chicken ($15.25) with a rosemary-infused mash of cannellini beans is juicy and flavourful, as are the lamb meatballs ($14.50) in a dark red molé with crumbled egg and pickled onions.

The best dishes here aren’t necessarily the standard pub grub items and that’s okay.

There are plenty of places for chicken wings in the city.

A good chicken with bean mash or rock crab burger is slightly less common and just as welcome. W Food: ★★★★★ Service: ★★★★★ Ambiance: ★★★★★ Value: ★★★★★ Overall: ★★★★★

Vancouver Urban Winery’s new Reliance wine series. Vancouver Urban Winery photo 6pm, each featuring a different group of wines. wosa.co.za

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@FoodGirlFriday Vancouver Urban Winery has launched a new premium, in-house wine series titled Reliance. The Reliance Red and Reliance White are both sourced from single vineyards in the Okanagan and crushed and aged at Vancouver Urban Winery’s Railtown facility. Both small-lot wines will be available at VUW’s The Settlement Building, which was originally home to Reliance Metal Works in the 1920s. vancouverurbanwinery.com On Monday, June 5, The Cascade Room will play host to the bi-annual Main Street Cup, a cocktail tournament open to any bartender within a one-block radius of Main Street, from Crab Park to Marine Drive. A maximum of 10 area bars will participate and competitors must “forage” an ingredient from anywhere on Main Street. mainstreetcup.com On Thursday, June 8, BCLDB’s Cambie and 39th Signature Liquor Store will host a free consumer tasting of select South African wines paired with sausages, cheeses, and pâtés from Oyama Sausage Co.There will be two unique tastings, 2pm to 4pm, and then 4pm to

Italian Day on the Drive returns on Sunday, June 11, from 12pm to 8pm. Enjoy live entertainment, attractions and vendors, and don’t forget the food! Try the fried Italian donuts, cannoli, pasta, panini, meatballs, gelato, arancini, pizza, panzerotti, coffee and espresso-based drinks, and more! Please note the street will be closed to traffic. italianday.ca On Wednesday, June 21, Cibo Trattoria will host a four-course Chianti dinner from chef Josh Gonneau featuring the Tuscan varietal.

Menu includes cured halibut on cannellini beans with charcuterie-stuffed olives, wild boar and mushroom ragu, grilled lamb loin and belly with potato puree, and crème fraîche panna cotta. Each course will be paired with a different Chianti label.Tickets $89 per person, plus tax and gratuity. cibotrattoria.ca On Friday, June 23, Hart House at Deer Lake will host a long-table dinner featuring wines from Blue Mountain Vineyard and Cellars. The four-course dinner will be served al fresco at a shared long table, with a canape reception to begin.

Vintages served range from 2012 to 2016. Tickets are $139 per person. harthouserestaurant.com W

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DiageoWorld Class winner Kaitlyn Stewart brings her cool consistency to the global stage Joanne Sasvari The Alchemist

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If there were any lingering doubts that Vancouver has become a world-class cocktail city, Kaitlyn Stewart has just laid them to rest.

The bar manager of Royal Dinette has won the Diageo World Class Canada 2017 cocktail competition, following the Fairmont Pacific Rim’s Grant Sceney in 2014 and Bittered Sling’s Lauren Mote in 2015.

“Honestly, it’s a very humbling title to accept,” Stewart says. “I just wanted to show them who I am as a bartender, and be consistent in putting good drinks out there and treating the judges like they were sitting at my bar at Royal Dinette.”

This August, Stewart will compete in Mexico against the winners from 58 other countries for the international World Class title. If she wins, she’ll be considered the best bartender in the world.

Kaitlyn Stewart, bar manager at Vancouver’s Royal Dinette, is the 2017 winner of Diageo’s World Class Canada.

Fred Fung/Royal Dinette photo “Kaitlyn will be the third Vancouver bartender in the past four years to represent Canada on the global stage,” Sceney says. “It’s clear now that Vancouver’s cocktail scene is full of energetic, creative, passionate, hospitable bartenders and this is being recognized not just within Canada, but globally.”

The Diageo World Class competition first began in 2009 with a handful of countries. Since then, more than 30,000 bartenders have competed, and new countries have been added, with Canada joining the group in 2013. Impressively, in the years they competed, Sceney

placed sixth and Mote placed 12th worldwide, making Canada – especially Vancouver – a serious world contender.

This is not an easy contest to win, or even to enter.

It starts with an online submission of an original cocktail recipe, followed by a Skype interview. Judges then narrow the selection down to 24 bartenders – 12 from each coast – who take part in regional competitions showcasing creativity, skill, knowledge and, of course, well made cocktails.

A dozen regional winners go on to the national finals, which this year were held

in Toronto on May 17 and 18. That winner goes to the world finals.

It is a huge commitment of time, energy and personal pride. Little wonder, then, that Stewart says it was a hard decision to make. “But Lauren Mote gave me some good advice,” says Stewart: “‘One drink can change your life, and if you don’t try, you’ll never know.’”

In Toronto, Stewart faced four difficult challenges, including one where she deconstructed a classic Corpse Reviver No. 2 by making her own gin, Lillet and Cointreau, and another where she created a drink honouring Toronto, called Road to the 6, made with Tim Hortons coffee syrup and garnished with a Drake statuette.

“What I wanted to accomplish was being 100 per cent my authentic self,” she says.

“This shows that putting yourself out there and being yourself, nothing beats that.”

And now, she’s starting to prepare for Mexico.

“I’m a visual person, so I like to map things out,” Stewart says. “And I’m lucky that I have the World Class alumni to help me.”

Those alumni can tell her that one thing is for sure: the competition will have a lasting impact.

“World Class really has

Top Picks from Top Drop Michaela Morris By the Bottle

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Somehow, I’ve built a career that involves attending various wine events around the world.

Last week, though, I didn’t even have to get on a plane!

The draw to stay home was Vancouver’s very own Top Drop (topdropvancouver.com) on May 22-24. Co-directors Kurtis Kolt and Jeff Curry founded the trade and consumer festival just four years ago. “We’re still making this up as we go along,” jokes Kolt.

Adding a couple of last-minute events leading up to the twoday festival meant it spilled over into a third day.

New this year was a keynote address. California-based wine writer Elaine Chukan Brown (wakawakawinereviews.com) set the tone, highlighting the cornerstone of Top Drop, which is authenticity. “Wines that have clear links to their origins,” she explains. Participating wineries are family owned – some bigger, some smaller.

The festival encompasses trade seminars, wine dinners and even a Wine Séance Rave.

Then there is the main event:

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a walk-about, freestyle tasting for all. In the casual setting of the Roundhouse inYaletown, it has an intimate, unpretentious feel.This year,Top Drop managed to attract iconic wineries like Vietti from Barolo and Chappellet from Napa Valley, hip new BC ventures such as Synchromesh and Roche Wines, as well as lesserknown curiosities like Luxembourg sparkling wine producer Caves Bernard Massard. And every table was manned by engaging personalities – often the winemaker, winery owner or family member.

“This is not a moneymaking venture, but a passion venture,” Chukan reminded us. Proceeds from Top Drop support the BC Hospitality Foundation (bchospitalityfoundation.com) and Kolt estimates the event raised more than $5,000.

I didn’t make it to all 30plus tables simply because the conversations at each were far too interesting, and I ran out of time. Nevertheless, here are a just a few standouts.

n/v Calmel & Joseph,

Brut, Blanquette de Limoux AOC, France, $28.99 at BC Liquor Stores Limoux is a southern French region producing sparkling wine based on the obscure Mauzac grape. Scents of apple blossoms and pastry dough lead to lots of fresh orchard fruit and zippy acidity.

2016 Alta Alella, Pansa Blanca, Alella DO, Spain, $2225 at private wine stores Pansa Blanca is the local name for Xarel-lo, one of the white grapes traditionally blended to make Cava. Here, you get to taste it on its own, in a still wine.White pear, anise and almond notes with a driving minerality and salty edge.

2014 Truchard, Roussanne, Carneros, California, $43-45 at private wine stores Looking for something different from California?

Truchard is one of the few producers that has embraced Roussanne, a beautiful but

changed my life,” Sceney says. “It encouraged me to push my own boundaries, both professionally and creatively. I surprised myself in a lot of ways.”

“World Class is an incredible platform for bartenders and professionals in our industry to learn and develop from the world’s best curriculum,” adds Mote. “For a bartender willing to put themselves out there, the potential

win is not just a title or an award, it’s belonging to a global community, developing friendships and education with likeminded individuals.”

So, whatever happens in Mexico, the experience has already been a life-altering one. “The entire experience was very unique and very memorable,” Stewart says.

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lesser-known Rhône Valley variety. Apricot, cantaloupe and hyacinth meet citrus zest and vanilla in this judiciously oaked, rich but juicy white.

2014 Yangarra Estate, Old Vine Grenache, McLaren Vale, Australia, $32.99 at BC Liquor Stores While raspberry and boysenberry notes jump from the glass, this ain’t just a simple fruity Grenache. Nuances of cocoa, thyme and laurel add complexity and intrigue. I love the dry, savoury, lingering finish.

2013 Masseria Li Veli ‘Askos’ Malvasia Nera IGT Salento, Italy $35-37 at private wine stores Puglia’s Malvasia Nera di Brindisi grape usually plays a small supporting in blends but Askos is a rare example where it shines on its own. Fragrant lilac, cherry, tobacco and licorice flavours ride the wave of soft layered tannin.

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Vancouver Craft Beer Week dos and don’ts Robert Mangelsdorf The Growler

@TheGrowlerBC The Vancouver Craft Beer Week Festival is back for its eighth edition this Saturday and Sunday (June 3 and 4) at the PNE Fairgrounds.

More than 100 breweries and cideries will be pouring 300-plus different delicious adult beverages. Whether you’re a festival veteran or a total rookie, make sure you’re prepared for the gloriousness that is VCBW with these handy hints.

DO!

Drink water! Lots of it! It’s

going to be a long day and you don’t want to end up dehydrated. For every glass of beer you have, try to have an equal amount of water.

Your liver will thank you.

DON’T!

Wear pretzels around your neck. Seriously? Is this what we have been reduced to?

Are we so incapable of be-

having like civilized human beings that we need to tie food to our necks so we can find it later. Leave the pretzel necklace at home, and if you get hungry, there are tons of food trucks that will take care of you.

ing to be hot (probably), so a hat is a good idea.The whole lederhosen and dirndl thing is cool, but in the middle of July at an outdoor festival, it might be a bit much (I assume, I’ve never actually worn a dirndl).

DO!

DON’T!

Wear sunscreen! Lots of it!

It’s summer, it’s going to be hot, and melanoma sucks.

DON’T!

Attempt to try every brewery. There are more than 100 breweries pouring and if you think you can hit them all, you’re going to be heading home in handcuffs or an ambulance. Don’t be that guy/ girl/person.

DO!

Make a plan. Grab a map of the festival grounds (we even included one for you on this page!) and pick your favourite breweries you want to try. Don’t bite off more than you can chew (or drink, anyways).

DON’T!

Jump the queue. If you think you can bypass the lineup by sneaking up the side of the booth, you’re not a genius; you’re an asshole.

DO!

Bring cash.You don’t want to spend half your day lining up at the one ATM.

DON’T!

Drive or bike to the festival.

Walk, take transit, a taxi, or the shuttle bus.We’re going to file this one under “Duh.”

DO!

Dress appropriately. It’s go-

Pour out a beer in front of a brewer. If you don’t like a beer, fine, no one is forcing you to drink it. Go around the corner and dispose of it discreetly. But don’t be a jerk and make a big deal about it.

DO!

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Brewers get hip to new hops

When most folks think of hops, they think bitterness.

What comes to mind are the bitter hops used in classic northwest IPAs; hops like Columbia and Centennial that emphasize the bitter profiles and can include floral, piney, herbal, and spicy notes. Not everyone enjoys the bold, bitter flavour, and that’s legit.

But hops are in every beer, so to say you don’t like hops but you like beer is fundamentally inaccurate. It would be more apt to say that you don’t like bitter hops. Over the last year or so, many breweries have pivoted from heavily featuring bitter hops in their IPAs to using juicy, citrusy hops. Citra, Azacca, Galaxy, El Dorado, and Amarillo are examples

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of hops with juicy notes that can include mango, nectarine, melon, and pineapple profiles.

Basically, this new guard of hops taste tropical AF. So to understand hops better, let’s start with alpha and beta acids.These acids are responsible for the bitterness of the beer and also much of the aroma. Hop suppliers test for alpha and beta acids to determine what percentage of the hops’ weight each acid makes up. Brewers apply that data to get a better sense of what a certain hop will do in their brew.

There are five types of alpha acids, but the ones to note are called humulone and cohumulone. Humulone acids bring out gentler bitterness, like that in Citra hops. Citra hops can measure high in alpha acids but don’t have that classic bitter flavour because the hu-

mulone percentage is relatively high. Cohumulone is responsible for harsher bitterness and is about twice as potent than humulone acids.

Ultimately when beers are measured for International Bittering Units (IBUs), these acids are what are being tested.Therefore a juicy IPA with a melony profile could end up with similar readings to a classically bitter IPA with a pine and herbal profile – if all else is constant. Juicy IPA recipes are crafted to balance the perceived bitterness with the perceived sweetness in order to highlight the less bitter flavours of the beer. Everything from the yeast, malt, and hops factor in to these perceived tastes.

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VANCOUVER CRAFT BEER WEEK The timing of when the hops are added to the beer is significant as well. Hops used during the boil will release alpha acids and highlight bitter notes while hops used to dry hop (added during a later fermentation stage) will add to the aroma of the beer.

Beta acids break down over time and will change the taste profile of a beer.This is why it’s best to drink IPAs as fresh as possible, since the full, desired taste profile is evident within the first number of weeks.You may not notice

these changes in taste profiles of lagers and pilsners, by comparison, because lagering slows down the process of beta acids breaking down.

In the last couple of years, a trend of single-hopped beers has emerged that really showcases what each hop tastes like. Big Rock has Citradelic Single Hop Citra IPA, Brassneck has an IPA with Mosaic hops called One Trick Pony and Strange Fellows has a single hop IPA series called Cyclhops that features a new hop every time it’s brewed.

Hop farmers are getting more playful with their delivery methods as well. “Hop hash” is a new product hop farmers like Chilliwack Hop Farms are making and breweries are experimenting with.

If you haven’t figured it out from the name (or are new to BC), hop hash is a condensed version of a hop, just like marijuana bud can be condensed into marijuana hash.

Faculty Brewing Co. made a white IPA with Amarillo and Mosaic hop hash from Chilliwack Hop Farms, while Big

Rock celebrated 420 this year with a hemp infused hop hash that Chilliwack custom-made for the brew.

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Looking forward, looking back

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@Sabrinarmf Vancouver is Awesome founder Bob Kronbauer has been nominated for his first Leo Award.

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The Maestro of Awesome SABRINA FURMINGER @sabrinarmf

Bob Kronbauer is a connoisseur of awesome.

As founder and editor-inchief of the award-winning blog site Vancouver Is Awesome, Kronbauer has spent much of the last decade connecting Vancouverites with all that is awesome in our city: aiming to, according to the website, “inspire you to enjoy your city as well as getting out and making it even more awesome than it already is.”

Vancouver Is Awesome’s patented heralding-of-awesome has extended beyond the blog to radio (a weekly slot on 102.7FM), social media sites, books (2013’s Vancouver WAS Awesome:A Curious Pictorial History – an alternative history tome that climbed to number two on the BC Bestseller list), and, most recently, to the world of screen-based entertainment via BCWas Awesome: Uncovering Our Curious History, a web series that follows Kronbauer as he pulls the thread on weird, wacky, and (you guessed it) awesome incidents from our province’s rich history.

Kronbauer is nominated for a 2017 Leo Award for Best Host in an Information, Lifestyle or Reality Program or Series for BCWas Awesome.

The web series – which airs on TELUS Optik andYouTube – grew out of an idea for

a book that will be published

by Arsenal Pulp Press later this year.

“We’re not making this show for nerds like me,” says Kronbauer, who crafted BC Was Awesome’s first season with directors Jem Garrard and Greg Crompton from Artaban Productions. “We’re making this for everybody, for people to go, ‘Oh, that’s a cool history story.’”

BCWas Awesome packs a ton of awesome history from the distant and recent past into its initial 10 episodes (an impressive feat considering each episode clocks in at five minutes or less). In one episode, Kronbauer shares the story of a group of daring female pilots in the 1930s, and, in another, he interviews the great-granddaughter of a former slave who put down roots on Salt Spring Island in the 1860s. He introduces viewers to the Sasquatch hunters of Harrison Hot Springs, tells us about camels that were shipped over from Egypt during the Cariboo gold rush to work in the mines, and takes us to the grounds of an unfinished Okanagan amusement park that’s bizarrely connected to the armed occupation of an embassy in Lebanon.

And then there are episodes that must be streamed in order for their weirdness to be fully appreciated, like the one about Kronbauer’s quest to hug Expo Ernie, and another

Poem of the week Poetic Licence

@westendervan WHAT IF What if one year from now We run into each other in the airport.

My heart races Our memories flood with those times We sat on airport floors together Laughing and planning our adventures.

What if five years from now

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Welcome to Poetic Licence – a weekly poetry forum, hosted by us, featuring words by local poets. This week? Storyteller Kara Bezuko.

I meet you at the supermarket My palms sweaty when our eyes meet My heart drops into my stomach and I remember that letter I wrote to you Saying I thought you were the one.

But the one Doesn’t let you walk away.

What if ten years from now I see you in a cafe

entitled “Fishing with John Candy,” about Kronbauer’s quest to find the lost pilot episode of a 1980s fishing series starring broadcaster Terry David Mulligan, former Vancouver Canuck Tiger Williams, and comedy icon John Candy.

When deciding what stories to tell, Kronbauer says he gravitated towards those that were “weird and quirky.”

Those descriptors certainly apply to the episode for which Kronbauer is nominated for a Leo: “The Pirate Mayor,” about Frank Ney, the longtime mayor of Nanaimo who organized bathtub races across the Georgia Strait.

Kronbauer’s fellow Leo Award nominees in the Best Host category are all broadcast industry veterans: Sophie Lui, Fiona Forbes, Jillian Harris, and Todd Talbot. “I’m just kind of shocked,” marvels Kronbauer. “I feel like I’m stumbling into this going, ‘Hey, this is fun, let’s do this!’

It’s an honour just to be next to those professionals.”

Kronbauer and co. are hard at work on the second season of BCWas Awesome.The next block of episodes will zero in on weird and wonderful stories in Northern BC and the Kootenays. “Geographically, we hope to reach every corner of BC,” says Kronbauer. “There are weird stories everywhere.There’s no shortage.” W

Your hair is dusted with silver, Our faces weathered by the demands of life.

You tell me you still dream of me sometimes Wondering what our life would have been, If we never parted ways.

What would’ve happened, If you had never let me walk away?

What if ten years from now You realize that letting me go, Was the biggest mistake You’d ever make.

Kara Bezuko is a storyteller, poet, wanderer. Her writing is an exploration of cultivating joy and happiness. karabezuko.com W

In an alternate universe – one without community television – Fiona Forbes is probably a lawyer.

Forbes was on the fast track to a career in law when her father encouraged her to volunteer at a local community TV station (then Rogers, now Shaw) as a way to overcome her fear of public speaking.

That volunteer gig led to an on-air career at Shaw that’s spanned nearly two decades, the bulk of it as co-host (with Michael Eckford) of Urban Rush and The Rush, and more recently at the helm of Fiona Forbes and WhereYou Live.

She’s conducted a staggering 30,000 interviews over the course of her award-winning broadcasting career, and is nominated for 2017 Leo Award for Best Host in an Information, Lifestyle or Reality Program or Series for a Burnaby-focused episode of WhereYou Live.

The nomination comes at a sad moment for community television in Canada. In April, Shaw announced that it would be ceasing community television operations in Vancouver, Calgary, and Edmonton on Aug. 15, and bolstering local news coverage at Global News

Leo nominee Fiona Forbes. Dennys Ilic photo stations in those cities.

“I think everybody in the TV industry saw this kind of thing coming, because the writing has been on the wall with the changing landscape of how people consume television,” says Forbes, who also serves as editor of Living Magazine and is developing multiple screen projects through LadyPants Productions, the burgeoning production company she founded with Mary Zilba in 2015.

“We’ve kind of known something like this would happen in the past year because we’ve been paring down and haven’t been doing as much programming, so it wasn’t a huge shock, but it’s huge, because when did we not have a community channel?”

Still, Forbes is profoundly nostalgic as she prepares for a life without Shaw (“I imagine myself sweeping the floor like Carol Burnett,” she says) – and profoundly grateful, too, because of the people she’s met along the way. Chief among them: long-

time co-host Eckford (“He and I auditioned together 20 years ago and got paired up, and he’s still one of my best buddies. I always call him the brother I never wanted.”) and Zilba, who, long before she was Forbes’ BFF and business partner, sang one of her pop hits on Forbes’ show.

The Leo nomination is “icing on the cake,” says Forbes. She found out about the nomination the same week Shaw announced that it would be going off the air, and so her time at Shaw is “ending on a high note,” she says.

“For us to get nominated for something at the end? That’s a good way to go out.” W • The Leo Awards take place June 3 and 4 at the Hyatt Regency Vancouver and recognize achievements in the BC film and TV industry.

The Leos aren’t broadcast, but Reel People will be live-tweeting the festivities (@sabrinarmf). Check Westender.com for recaps and red carpet exclusives.

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A total of 13 scholarships will be awarded by the LOUD Foundation, which was created in 2009 by the Gay Lesbian Business Association of BC to help out budding community leaders in full-time education.

The LOUD moniker — which stands for Leadership, Opportunity, Unity and Diversity — is now used for all of the organization’s community activities, which are centred around an online hub at loudbusiness.com. It’s a resource for community events, activities and networking among members from both business and not-for-profit sectors.

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High school: the best years of our lives. Not.

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THE HUNGER ROOM

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In this world première by Vancouver-based actor/writer Scott Button, a teenaged, high school threesome is seriously screwed up.Tyler (Matt Reznek), orphaned when both parents died in an accident, is obsessed with blood and dead bodies. As long as he stays on the meds prescribed by his shrink,Tyler functions – just.

Caitlin (Camille Legg) smokes cigarettes, carries a mickey of vodka in her bag and hates almost everyone. After her mother died, Caitlin’s father started touching her inappropriately.

She threatened him with a kitchen knife. She and Tyler hang out. She lies about the sex they’re having.

Anna (Raylene Harewood), Caitlin’s only friend, is an anxious over-achiever who pops Ritalin and Ativan that she steals from her

mom. Her mom knows.

These are three super-smart but messed up kids with messed up or absent parents.

When threatening or pornographic notes, written in what looks like blood, start being handed to targeted girls under the door of stalls in the school washroom, the thriller element of The Hunger Room kicks in. Who is stalking these girls and why?

Playwright Button, not long out of his own teenage years, has a perfect ear for young adult dialogue. Referring to the first of the notes, Caitlin dismisses it with, “It’s fucked but it’s not that bad.”

And later, when telling a spooky story about a couple of kids who went to the hunger room, a sort of outof-the-way storage room in the school, Caitlin explains, “They went up there to bone but got locked in.” “Whatever” is used throughout as a verbal screen to hide feelings.

The two adults in the play – Mr. Richards (Evan Frayne) and Mr. Milette (Joey Lespérance) – are types we remember from school.

Richards is the teacher

Camille Legg and Matt Reznek in The Hunger Room. Tim Matheson photo everyone loves, he’s cool and he’s handsome. Milette, the graphic arts teacher, is effeminate, wears ethnic clothing, is weird and is known, behind his back, as Mr. Molester.

We think we remember these types but what you see is definitely not what you get.

The Hunger Room is more than a thriller; it’s an insightful glimpse into what at first

appears to be three badly troubled kids doing the best they can to cope. But it’s probably reflective of more teenagers than we’d like to think: victims of abuse, parental neglect or just the agonies of being a teenager.

Harewood and Legg, recent Studio 58 grads, and Reznek, a UBC BFA (Acting) grad, manoeuver the roles

like pros. As Tyler, Reznek is walking wounded: jumpy, raw and vulnerable.When Tyler makes a pitch to Caitlin for a more permanent relationship and she rebuffs him,Tyler backs off saying, “You don’t have to answer right now.”

Reznek delivers the line with such calculated nonchalance that you can see poor Tyler bleeding inside.

Anna is the least damaged and the most naïve of the trio.

Harewood keeps Anna sweet and almost grounded. But if there’s a heart in The Hunger Room – and there is – it’s Anna.

Legg makes acting look like not-acting. She’s so “there” it’s like watching action in real time. And what a rich role the playwright gives her: childlike yet wordly, vulnerable yet tough, scary yet sad. Legg mixes it all up brilliantly.

Stephen Heatley, directing for Staircase Theatre, uses an alley-style design: two curtained-off rooms left and right with a narrow, empty space between. Sight lines are awkward but it’s interesting.

Playwright Button says he looks for and seldom gets surprises in the theatre.

The Hunger Room has lots of them and while we might suspect something, the end of Act 1 is still a shocker.

If theatre is going to attract young adult audiences, this is a play that will do it.

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Excerpt: ‘The Inheritance of Shame’ by Peter Gajdics Vancouver-based author Peter Gajdics recounts memories surrounding universal themes of childhood trauma, oppression and intergenerational pain in his debut memoir The Inheritance of Shame. The memoir revolves around the six years the Canadian-Hungarian writer spent in a strange form of conversion therapy in British Columbia in an effort to “cure” his homosexuality. Gajdics details his interactions in the cult-like home where patients were controlled by a dominating, rogue psychiatrist who created an exploitative sense of family.Told over the span of a decade, the memoir aims to remind readers of the importance of resilience, compassion and the courage to speak the truth.

My decision to leave Vancouver, to remove myself physically from my immediate environment as soon as possible, appeared inside of me with panicked urgency the morning after the night with the man who paid me money for sex for the first time.

I called the University of Victoria on Vancouver Island, a two-hour ferry from my hometown of Vancouver, and asked for all the paperwork for undergraduate studies.

I told my parents I was moving to Victoria to start my bachelor’s degree in creative writing; then, to assuage their visible concern, added, “maybe journalism.”

Before my first day of classes, I made an appointment to see a new near-retired

general practitioner, referred by my general practitioner back home.When I saw him the next week, I told him that I needed to see a psychiatrist.

“Can you please itemize for me what you’re looking for?” he asked.

“Some sort of therapy where I can do more than talk, although . . . I guess I also need to talk. I need . . .”

I pushed my fist into the pit of my stomach, near my belly button, like I was trying to reach my own umbilical cord.

“Something . . . deeper. I know I need to cry. But I don’t want to take medication.”

“There is one doctor, a Spanish man, who’s just moved to the city from back east. Quebec, I think. He’s also the only psychiatrist practicing psychotherapy that’s accepting new patients. I’ll see what I can do . . .”

••• I was sitting on the only metal chair in a yet-to-be finished waiting room when I smelled his pungent cologne, like the scent of an animal that had laid claim to its territory.

Moments later, his office door swung open with a gust of wind.

“Are you Peter?” he said in a pronounced Spanish accent.

“I’m Dr. Alfonzo.”

The smell was his.

I stood up and smiled, shook his hand, and followed him back through two adjoining doors that opened up inside a large, empty room, a windowless chamber, still being constructed.

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“My furniture’s being delivered next week. Until then, we can sit here,” he said, pointing to two rickety stools.

We sat, and he started writing notes before I’d said a word. Olive skinned and around 50 years old, he was dressed in black, head to toe, with short, graying hair, wild, bushy eyebrows that hung over his long, dark lashes and a closely cropped goatee.

No doubt he’d once been handsome. Now he looked more menacing and slightly disheveled.

“How do you pronounce your last name?” he asked.

“Guy-ditch,” I said. “As in a ‘guy-in-a-ditch.’” I cracked a smile.

He was not amused.

“When I was a kid we actually pronounced it ‘Gay-dicks.’”

He looked up from his yellow, legal-sized notepad.

“Why would you do that?”

“My father Anglicized his name after the war. I guess he wanted to make it easier on North Americans.”

“Which war?”

“World War II. He didn’t really know what he was doing, changing the pronunciation to ‘gay.’ He’s Hungarian; he couldn’t speak English.

Growing up was a cruel joke.”

“Why?” He waited for me to explain what I thought had been obvious. “Well, growing up with the name ‘Gay-dicks,’ and turning out gay.”

“You’re gay?” He raised an eyebrow, scanned me up and down.

“Yes . . .”

“You told your parents?”

“Last year.”

“What did they say?”

“That they’d never accept it, that it was immoral and I should never talk about it again.”

He looked back to his notes and scribbled away. “So. . . why do you want to see a psychiatrist?”

“Why? I guess . . . I want to feel more control in my life.”

“You feel out of control?”

“I feel like I’ve lost everything that matters to me: my parents, their love. I was trying to be honest, telling who I am. And now . . .”

“Yes?” “How do I come to terms with who I am when who I am causes so much pain and suffering to everyone I love?” I started crying.

“We won’t have any of that.”

He motioned with a flick of his pen for me to cease all tears and to get on track. “No crying. Not now. Not yet.” His thick accent shook me from my pain. He looked back to his notes as I closed the door to my tears, something I’d become an expert at since childhood.

“Are you depressed?”

I blushed.The truth was I had lived in the country of depression for so long it felt like my home. “I suppose.”

“Do you have a boyfriend?”

“No.” “Do you want one?”

“I don’t trust men.”

He glanced up again, but this time his eyes seemed to

be photographing my every inch for future recollection: my swarthy complexion, my long black hair tied back in a ponytail, my closely cropped beard and mustache.

“And women?”

“I’ve always had women friends, a girlfriend, even, but . . . sexually, that’s never really worked.”

“You can’t maintain an erection?”

“No. I mean, that’s not it, it’s just . . . I always end up thinking about men when I’m with women. But when I’m with men, I . . .”

“Yes?” “I feel like a crippled heterosexual.”

The words hung between us like an onerous confession.

He turned back to his notepad and scribbled some notes.

I tried to fix my eyes on the upside-down writing, but all I could decipher were arrows and tables and what looked like some kind of shorthand.

“There was also an incident,” I added, almost as an afterthought. “When I was six.”

“Incident?”

“Sexual abuse.”

“You were abused?” His interest piqued. “Who abused you - a family member?”

“A stranger. During a church bazaar in my elementary-school bathroom.”

“Where were your parents?”

“Somewhere in the crowd, I don’t know.”

“How did it end?”

“I don’t remember it ending.”

“Did you tell anyone?”

“No.” “You never discussed it with anyone?”

“Not really.”

“What do you mean, ‘not really?’”

“When I was 13, my mother sat me down in the kitchen after school one day and she told me that there were dirty old men who kidnapped little boys and made them do really bad things that turned them into perverts for life.Then she just stared at me.”

“What did she mean by that?”

“I don’t know. I was too afraid to ask. ‘Beware who you’ve become,’ I guess.”

“Meaning?”

“Like I said, I didn’t ask her, and she never explained. I was too scared.”

“I’m thinking of setting up a group solely for gay men,” he said. “I think you’d be a perfect fit. But we need to take care of what’s really bothering you. It would be a mistake to focus on your homosexuality.

Your sexuality will take care of itself.”

••• Peter Gajdics is aVancouverbased writer with international by-lines in publications including The Advocate, The Q Review, NewYork Tyrant, The Gay and Lesbian Review/Worldwide, Gay Times, The Printed Blog and Opium, where he won the 2009 500-word memoir contest. For more on Gajdics and his debut memoir, visit inhertianceofshame.com W

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WHAT’S ON THURSDAY, JUNE 1 ARTS

Heritage tour peers into Vancouver’s past

Vancouver Craft Beer Week Festival, June 3 and 4 at the PNE Fairgrounds

Do Make Show With choreography from Carolina Bergonzoni, Naomi Brand, and others, this inclusive dance project features performers from all ages and all disabilities. 8pm at Roundhouse Performance Centre. Tickets from $10 at brownpapertickets.com

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MUSIC Music Waste Featuring the city’s independent musicians, artists, and comedians, this 23rd annual festival showcases local talent like Palm Oil and Corner Boys. 9pm at Fortune Sound Club. Tickets $7 for a show, $15 for a pass at musicwaste.ca

tric concert. 8pm at the Orpheum.

Tickets from $21 at vancouversymphony.ca

FRIDAY, JUNE 2 ARTS

SUNDAY, JUNE 4

Goh Ballet Experience Vivaldi’s masterpiece, The Four Seasons, which captures the joys, sorrows, and hope of each passing year.

7:30pm at the Vancouver Playhouse. Tickets $48 at brownpapertickets.com

ARTS

COMEDY Lord of the Schwings: A Tolkien Burlesque Night Burlesque meets Middle Earth in this comedic farce performed by the Geekenders and Kitty Glitter. 8pm at the Rio. Tickets $20 at riotheatretickets.ca

SOCIAL Zajac Nights The decadent 20’s come to life in this nostalgic children’s fundraiser featuring live entertainment, dancing, and jazz.

6:45pm at the Terminal City Club.

Tickets $200 at canadahelps.org

SATURDAY, JUNE 3 MUSIC Soul Gospel II Backed by the Good Noise Vancouver Choir, Warren Dean Flandez leads the impressive 90-member ensemble in an evening of smooth soul hits from Stevie Wonder, Sam Cooke, and Al Green. 3pm and 7:3pm at Christ Church Cathedral. Tickets from $20 at brownpapertickets.com Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Celebrated local Canadian ensemble Hoebig-Moroz Trio is highlighted in this Beethoven-cen-

Splendour of Taiwan In honour of Asian Heritage Month in Canada, this performance showcases striking choreography, music, and costume from the Southern Min, Formosan, and various regions of Taiwan. 7pm at the Vancouver Playhouse. Tickets $15 at eventbrite.ca

SOCIAL Heritage House Tour The fundraising event for historic Vancouver homes and buildings celebrates 15 years of rich local history and captivating architecture. 10am at the Vancouver Heritage Foundation. Tickets $42 at tickettailor.com

FOOD Vancouver Craft Beer Week Festival With over a hundred craft breweries on exhibition and over 300 varieties of beer and cider to try, this weekend event is a beer lover’s dream. 1pm at the PNE Centre Grounds. Tickets $39.99 at ticketleader.ca

MONDAY, JUNE 5 ARTS Screenagers The technology pervasive world of teens is investigated in this documentary film focusing on the impact over mental health and development.

6:30pm at Waterfront Theatre.

Tickets $9 at eventbrite.com

MUSIC Dreaded Soul The perfect blend of funk and groove, this decorated five-piece band plays a collection of guilty pleasures that are perfect to get down to. 9:30pm at Guilt & Company. Tickets are pay-whatyou-can at the door.

TUESDAY, JUNE 6 ARTS Miloon Kothari The social housing expert and former United Nations Special Rapporteur leads this tour and discussion of the Vienna Housing exhibition. 7pm at the Museum of Vancouver. Tickets from $13 at museumofvancouver.ca The Hunger Room Panic engulfs a suburban high school after several female students receive cryptic notes written in blood. As suspicions fly, the dark secrets of students and faculty threaten to be revealed. 8pm at the PAL Studio Theatre. Tickets from $17 at theatrewire.com

MUSIC Bluebird North In this songwriter concert showcase hosted by Shari Ulrich, four writers share and perform their songs for an intimate audience. 7:30pm at the Roundhouse Community Arts Centre. Tickets $18 at the door.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7 ARTS Paint it Black Following the suicide of her lover, a young woman is tormented by his grieving mother and a twisted relationship of need

and hatred begins. Following this screening will be a Skype Q&A with Amber Tamblyn to discuss her film and directorial debut. 6:30pm at the Rio. Tickets $12 at riotheatre.ca

COMEDY Mack Gordon’s Family Feud Come dressed up and ready to feud in this live show hosted by Mack Gordon and featuring tunes from the Gal Pal DJs. 7pm at the Biltmore Cabaret.

Tickets $10 at ticketfly.com

SOCIAL Party with Fluevogs Support the Cultch’s future artistic endeavours in this fundraising evening of style, refreshments, and entertainment.

7pm at John Fluevog Gastown. Free.

THURSDAY, JUNE 8 MUSIC Leora Cashe The hometown world class vocalist performs a concert of swing bebop favourites backed by a jazz band. 8pm at Frankie’s Jazz Club. Tickets $15 and reservations at yelp.com

SOCIAL Blood Sweat and Fear This celebratory book launch from author Eve Lazarus examines the life of Vancouver’s premier forensics expert, John Vance. 7pm at the Vancouver Police Museum. Free tickets at vancouverpolicemuseum.ca The Walrus Talks In this Success in the West edition, a panel of local leading entrepreneurs, scholars, and artists share their perspectives on building success in the future. 7:30pm at the Vancouver Art Gallery. Tickets $15 at thewalrus.ca W

The issue of preserving Vancouver’s character homes has taken on a much keener edge since 2003, when the first Heritage House Tour took place in the city. With the growing pressure of densification and soaring real estate prices, older houses in areas such as Dunbar and Shaughnessy are facing demolition to make way for larger modern homes that don’t always match the character of their respective neighbourhoods. It’s caused a surge of interest in Vancouver’s heritage homes, driven by activists such as writer Caroline Adderson, who documents the disappearance of these unique buildings on her Facebook page Vancouver Vanishes.

The 15th annual Heritage House Tour further underlines the public interest in the city’s architectural history, with as many as 1,500 people forecast to take the self-guided tour of nine lovingly restored and maintained properties.

“It’s always great to see more people interested in heritage,” says Kathryn Morrow of the Vancouver Heritage Foundation, which organizes the fundraising tour.

“That’s a big change in the past couple of years.There seems to be more public support for retaining heritage and telling the city and bylaw makers that it’s important.

“That’s part of the educational part of this event, showcasing what can be done with heritage homes and hopefully encouraging people

to retain them.”

This year’s tour takes in a variety of architectural styles, from vernacular to craftsman, storybook and grand Beaux Arts. The latter is represented by the Shannon mansion, once home to sugar magnate BT Rogers. The tour offers the public a first glimpse of a recent restoration of the mansion’s principal rooms.

It’s an ideal destination for those seeking the “big, grand, splashy homes, the richest of Vancouver’s history,” Morrow says.

Other homes have a cultural significance, such as the Walter and Mary Lee Chan House, the unofficial headquarters of a grassroots bid to stop freeway construction through Strathcona in the 1960s.

It shows that the pressures of development are hardly a new issue in Vancouver.

“If you go back in the history of Vancouver, there are a number of cases where there is development pressure, city pressure to demolish parts of the city or change parts of the city, and the community rises up and says this is important, this is where we live, we like it how it is,” Morrow says.

Tickets include a guidebook that covers each home and its respective neighbourhood. If you want to leave the car at home, limited bus tickets are available for $100, allowing a 20-30 minute stop at each home.

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Get the Look: Alexis Rose of ‘Schitt’s Creek’ Aileen Lalor Style File @AileenLalor

Alexis is not our favourite Schitt’s Creek character – that honour is co-reserved for David and Moira. But, when it comes to summer fashion, neither character cuts the mustard (David is too avant-garde and Moira’s taste is, frankly, bananas). Alexis Rose, the spoilt society princess, has our most wanted warmweather style. It’s your basic rich-girl-goes-to-a-festival look: boho, big sunglasses, lots of leg. It’s also an ideal look for the beach, barbecues and outdoor gigs because it’s chic without being try-hard, and can actually be pulled off with minimal effort.

BIG HAIR, DON’T CARE

Annie Murphy as Alexis Rose in CBC’s hit made-in-Canada comedy, Schitt’s Creek. Contributed photo

OK, so this is not what one might call a campingfriendly look – it requires heat styling and time. But it has that faux effortlessness that Coachella regulars like Sienna Miller and Vanessa

Hudgens do so well. “Start by applying volume spray to damp hair and blow-drying your hair upside down, combing it through with your fingers,” says Gwen Nguyen, a senior stylist with Suki’s. “Apply a heat protector spray such as L’Oreal Professionnel Constructor ($23, at Suki’s), then section your hair.

Holding a 1.25-inch curling wand vertically, wrap each section around the barrel.

Alternate the direction of the curls to create a varied texture, but make sure the pieces at the front are curled away from your face. Finish by raking your fingers through your hair to break up the curls slightly.”

SPECS APPEAL

some distressed detail without being X-rated. $34.99, at H&M.

Ray-Ban sunnies rotate into and out of style every year. After a few summers of the Clubmaster, we’re now seeing Aviators everywhere.

You can opt for the classic Ray-Ban, or instead, choose a luxe twist with Balenciaga’s very cool metal rimless aviators ($495, at Holt Renfrew).

THE BOMB

Summer is probably the last hurrah for the statement bomber (they’re in short supply on fall/winter runways) but this one might have some life beyond September. It has embroidery, an interesting ruffle detail and less volume than the jackets we’ve seen for the past few seasons. $89.90, at Zara.

BOOT UP

Alexis wears fringed booties in suede, but if you are actually going to a festival in Canada in the summer, it makes sense to choose something wipe-clean. Aigle’s Ms Juliette Botillon Lace ($180, at Gravity Pope) will keep you protected from the mud, unless it gets above ankleheight, in which case, you’re on your own. W

SHORT STUFF

You probably have a pair of jean shorts in your wardrobe, but if you don’t, these are perfect: They’re in a nice mid-blue wash and have

My Digs: Fresh digs for the uncommon cafe Jennifer Scott A Good Chick to Know

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This column is usually focused to feature stylish residential spaces within our city – a way to check in and see what our fellow Vancouverites are loving, choosing and using for décor. However, when a family-run, local business feels just like home and opts for a décor revamp, we are definitely keen to see what they’re up to with their digs.

The Uncommon Café, located in the heart of Railtown’s business district on the busy Powell Street corridor, is celebrating two years as a community hub for stellar breakfasts, lunches and coffees for it’s neighbourhood this summer.

Actually, “famous” would be a more suitable adjective for the Uncommon menu items – they have received notable shout outs from the LA Times and numerous local foodies and media outlets.

For many of the regulars, however, the fresh homemade meals and baked goods are just the beginning.

The warm, unpretentious atmosphere and inviting vibe have created a space that people look forward to coming to each day as their “home away from home” to eat. Lisa and Luc Leimanis,

Lisa and Luc Leimanis have created a relaxed and cozy space at The Uncommon Café on Powell.

Contributed photo the married owners and founders of The Uncommon Café, have worked hard together to create a space that not only followed their passions for amazing food at fair prices, but also fits comfortably into the diverse DTES neighbourhood, with a relaxed, cosy décor.

“We’ve always wanted a space for the people in the community to feel comfortable in. We want it to be warm and inviting – a place where anyone can enjoy,” says Lisa, about the café’s practise of using local

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artists and many secondhand scores for their décor.

When everything is brand new, some guests don’t feel comfortable being one of the first few to use or settle into the furnishings; this didn’t fit what the Leimanises saw the neighbourhood needing.

They wanted to be the place where they serve the busy rushes of regulars for morning coffees and lunchtime sandwiches, but also allow other guests to curl up in the lounge chairs with a good book all afternoon.

As the café approaches

two years of bustling traffic, it seemed time to give the space a refresh to brighten things up and allow room for the growing customer base.

The café has a coveted corner location with oversized windows, so a fresh white paint palette was chosen to work well with the ample natural light. Shifting around the furniture layout allowed the café to accommodate the flow that they saw their customers naturally leaning towards, while at the same time allowing space for more seating – getting a spot to sit

at lunch is a hot commodity around this place!

Lisa and Luc wanted to update the rest of their décor with more notable art installations, but didn’t want to lose the “local” vibe they had cultivated, so they decided to feature two emerging local artists to create the life within the space. Forage & Lace was brought in to custom make a number of large macramé wall hangings to add interest, warmth and texture to the walls; meanwhile, to get the pops of colour within the space, the

café asked Spade & Pointer to create planted succulents as the tabletop décor.

Working with local creatives and supporting fellow small businesses was the backbone behind the design vision for the café’s update – every piece created by the artists is available for sale at the café.

If you’re looking for a home-away-from-home the next time you’re hungry, you can find this community hot-spot at 477 Powell St., open 7:30am to 4pm Monday to Friday. W

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SOLD Over Asking 1251 Cardero #2001 English Bay Rarely available SW corner 694 SF ocean view one bedroom at the popular Surfcrest. Sold over the asking price of $439,000.

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Pop it like it’s squat: Old-school calisthenics take off

MEGAN STEWART @mhstewart

Squats and pull-ups are trendier than ever, but no one makes these timeless fitness fundamentals look better than the crew at Second Beach Sundays.

For three years, these athletes have gathered once a week near Stanley Park to tap the primordial nature of human physicality through an exercise philosophy they call original movement. No equipment needed but your own body.

Urban calisthenics is a power-driven mix of gymnastics, aerobics, and even parkour and yoga, using obstacle-course elements such as rings and bars – or just nothing at all but your

Participants at Second Beach Sundays. Contributed photo body – for resistance. A part of CrossFit, calisthenics and bodyweight training ranked for the first time this decade in the global fitness trend survey and, since 2013, have not left the top three.

Just as the best gym teachers and drill sergeants know, going basic means moving for-

ward, and this is where Akeem Pierre is at. As the instigator of Second Beach Sundays, he’s dedicated to optimizing the human body through natural movement and asks big questions about these basics, like, “How does your body function on the daily and how can we make that better?”

Performance is part of everyday life and not just for elite competitors, he says.

“Whether you like to go on hikes, do yoga or just play with your children, I want to see to it that you are able to excel at it and do it pain free.”

They meet at noon on Sundays when the sun is shining, because no one wants to plank in a puddle.This isn’t about punishment. It’s playtime.

“As we get older, we forget about play in general and be-

come strictly business. This made me dislike working out and left me desiring more,” says Pierre, a basketball player recruited by the UBC Thunderbirds whose promising career was cut short by injury. He adds, “In such a beautiful place like Vancouver, I find it crazy we spend so much time inside gyms when we can be training in all this beauty around us.”

Creative play puts the fun in functional, or so the health mag headlines promise us.

It’s a pun and it’s true.

“Once you start to play, you are able to have fun in your training and remember what it feels like to be a kid again,” says Pierre.

“Playing also allows you to integrate all that you have been doing in your training.

It’s fun to do cool movements by themselves, but it’s even more fun to do them For more performance play, take these on:

#TREECLIMB30

For the month of May, people around the world were challenging themselves to climb one tree each day. Many posted their exploits on social media (facebook.com/groups/ treeclimb30/)

ACROYOGA

A combination of yoga and acrobatics, AcroYoga is a partnered practice of balance, coordination and trust. So much trust. You

together.”

Everyone is welcome at Second Beach Sundays. W can see practitioners at Second Beach Sunday, and in Vancouver, Slava Goloubov and Devon French (vancityacro.com) are at the forefront.

NINJAFIT

Obstacle course champion Allison Tai has trained hundreds of mud runners and Spartan racers, and now she and her mad-genius husband are opening their own gym (vancityocr.com/ ninja-fitness/), fit with all kinds of rigs, beams, and warped walls. They’ll be fully up and running July 1.

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I’m a 29 year-old woman and I’ve got a big problem I don’t know how to even approach.

My parents are very marriage obsessed. Maybe that’s not the right phrase, but it feels like their ultimate goal, for myself and other siblings, is for each of us to get married.

My parents have graciously saved a “marriage fund” for me hoping one day that they could provide the gorgeous wedding they think I have been dreaming of.

Here’s the problem: I have no interest in marriage.

Forget that my boyfriend and I have only been together for a year, but more so, that I don’t want my relationship to be muddled by paperwork and government intervention.

I just don’t see why I would need to get married? I have never dreamed of a big wedding or walking down the aisle in a white dress. I don’t care. I would rather take that money and put it towards something practical, such as a down payment or low risk investments.

The problem is that my parents refuse to release these funds to me. They are

holding out for a wedding and, in my opinion, are being completely ridiculous. How do I shake this marriage insanity out of their heads without offending them?

After all, it is their money.

Help!

Kudos to your parents for being such diligent little savers. Let’s put aside the reason why they saved that money and just give them a round of applause for doing so.

Look, a big wedding may seem like a complete waste of cash to you but for some reason, it means the world to them.Your parents want you to get married because in marriage they see security, partnership and love.Who wouldn’t want that for their children? I can only assume that a big, beautiful wedding ceremony seemingly solidifies all this for your future. Have you asked them why the wedding is so important to them? If you haven’t, do it. Remove all chips from your shoulder, and ask them why the ceremony means so much to them.You may be surprised by the answer. (Talking rarely makes things worse.)

Hypothetical: they refuse to use the money on anything other than your wedding. Brutal. But you are

not entitled to this money.

They are the ones who saved for all those years, so technically it is theirs to spend.Your parents love you, and want it spent on you.

Hopefully after a long talk you can convince them that it would be better invested in the stock market, not Vera Wang.You don’t seem like a dumb ass. It’s not like your plan is to use the money to buy pool toys or a fleet of scooters. A tight financial plan could be a game changer.

I didn’t think I wanted to get married, or have a wedding. But I did both, and I do not regret a minute of either. I’m not saying you are going to change your mind; in fact, I hope you don’t, but it’s surprising how love can stomp the practicality right out of you.

Talk to your parents.The sooner the better. Don’t expect the money to be released by the end of the conversation, but plant the seed so you can reach an agreement before your 45th birthday. W

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By Rob Brezsny Life is in the mood to communicate with you rather lyrically. Here are just a few of the signs and portents you may encounter, along with theories about their meaning. If you overhear a lullaby, it’s time to seek the influence of a tender, nurturing source. If you see a type of fruit or flower you don’t recognize, it means you have a buried potential you don’t know much about, and you’re ready to explore it further.

If you spy a playing card in an unexpected place, trust serendipity to bring you what you need. If a loud noise arrives near a moment of decision: Traditionally it signifies caution, but these days it suggests you should be bold.

From my study of the lost prophecies of Nostradamus, the hidden chambers beneath the Great Pyramid of Cheops, and the current astrological omens, I have determined that now is a favorable time for you to sing liberation songs with cheeky authority... to kiss the sky and dance with the wind on a beach or hilltop... to gather your most imaginative allies and brainstorm about what you really want to do in the next five years. Do you dare to slip away from business-as-usual so you can play in the enchanted land of what-if? If you’re smart, you will escape the grind and grime of the daily rhythm so you can expand your mind to the next largest size.

Your body is holy and magic and precious. I advise you not to sell it or rent it or compromise it in any way – especially now, when you have an opening to upgrade your relationship with it. Yes, Taurus, it’s time to attend to your sweet flesh and blood with consummate care. Find out exactly what your amazing organism needs to feel its best. Lavish it with pleasure and healing. Treat it as you would a beloved child or animal. I also hope you will have intimate conversations with the cells that compose your body.

Let them know you love and appreciate them. Tell them you’re ready to collaborate on a higher level.

“On some hill of despair,” wrote poet Galway Kinnell, “the bonfire you kindle can light the great sky – though it’s true, of course, to make it burn you have to throw yourself in.” You may not exactly feel despair, Scorpio. But I suspect you are in the throes of an acute questioning that makes you feel close to the edge of forever. Please consider the possibility that it’s a favorable time to find out just how much light and heat are hidden inside you. Your ache for primal fun and your longing to accelerate your soul’s education are converging with your quest to summon a deeper, wilder brilliance.

“The most intense moments the universe has ever known are the next 15 seconds,” said philosopher Terence McKenna. He was naming a central principle of reality: that every new NOW is a harvest of everything that has ever happened; every fresh moment is a blast of novelty that arises in response to the sum total of all history’s adventures. This is always true, of course. But I suspect the phenomenon will be especially pronounced for you in the near future. More than usual, you may find that every day is packed with interesting feelings and poignant fun and epic realizations. This could be pleasurable, but also overwhelming. Luckily, you have the personal power necessary to make good use of the intensity.

You’re in a phase when you have the power to find answers to questions that have stumped you for a while. Why? Because you’re more open-minded and curious than usual. You’re also ready to be brazenly honest with yourself. Congrats! In light of the fact that you’ll be lucky at solving riddles, I’ve got three good ones for you to wrestle with. 1.

Which of your anxieties may actually be cover-ups for a lazy refusal to change a bad habit? 2. What resource will you use more efficiently when you stop trying to make it do things it’s not designed to do? 3. What blessing will you receive as soon as you give a clear signal that you are ready for it?

Nobody likes to be scrutinized or critiqued or judged.

But we crabs (yes, I’m one of you) are probably touchier about that treatment than any other sign of the zodiac. (Hypersensitivity is a trait that many astrologers ascribe to Cancerians.) However, many of us do allow one particular faultfinder to deride us: the nagging voice in the back of our heads.

Sometimes we even give free rein to its barbs. But I would like to propose a transformation of this situation. Maybe we could scold ourselves less, and be a bit more open to constructive feedback coming from other people. Starting now.

Meet Birdie: a “torbie” looking for a home. perfectly. According to staff at the SPCA’s Vancouver

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branch, she came from Canada’s north where she lived with other cats. As such, she could be adopted into a home with one or two other calm and gently felines or, alternatively, be perfectly content living on her own.

Shy at first, Birdie is looking for a calm and patient adopter who can teach her to trust humans – the reward, promises her current foster, is plenty of cuddles.

“Birdie would suit a calm adult-only home, though she is not suitable for those with dogs or children,” say staff members at the SPCA, adding that her foster has found her to be a “real gentle and cuddly lady.”

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The lion’s potency, boldness, and majesty are qualities you have a mandate to cultivate in the next three weeks. To get in the righteous mood, I suggest you gaze upon images and videos of lions. Come up with your own version of a lion’s roar – I mean actually make that sound – and unleash it regularly. You might also want to try the yoga posture known as the lion pose. If you’re unfamiliar with it, go here for tips: tinyurl.com/ lionpose. What else might help you invoke and express the unfettered leonine spirit?

“What does it matter how many lovers you have if none of them gives you the universe?”

French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan posed that question. I invite you to put it at the top of your list of hot topics to meditate on. In doing so, I trust you won’t use it as an excuse to disparage your companions for their inadequacies. Rather, I hope it will mobilize you to supercharge your intimate alliances; to deepen your awareness of the synergistic beauty you could create together; to heighten your ability to be given the universe by those whose fates are interwoven with yours.

A typical Capricorn cultivates fervent passions, even to the point of obsession. Almost no one knows their magnitude, though, because the members of your tribe often pursue their fulfillment with methodical, business-like focus.

But I wonder if maybe it’s a good time to reveal more of the raw force of this driving energy than you usually do. It might humanize you in the eyes of potential helpers who see you as too strong to need help. And it could motivate your allies to provide the extra support and understanding you’ll need in the coming weeks.

In accordance with the astrological omens, I invite you to carry out a flashy flirtation with the color red. I dare you to wear red clothes and red jewelry.

Buy yourself red roses. Sip red wine and savor strawberries under red lights. Sing Elvis Costello’s “The Angels Want to Wear My Red Shoes” and Prince’s “Little Red Corvette.” Tell everyone why 2017 is a red-letter year for you. For extra credit, murmur the following motto whenever a splash of red teases and pleases your imagination: “My redhot passion is my version of high fashion.”

“If you want a puppy, start by asking for a pony,” read the bumper sticker on the Lexus SUV I saw. That confused me. Would the owner of a Lexus SUV be the type of person who didn’t expect to get what she wanted? In any case, Pisces, I’m conveying a version of this wisdom to you. If you want your domestic scene to thrive, ask for a feng shui master to redesign your environment so it has a perfect flow of energy. If you want a community that activates the best in you, ask for a utopian village full of emotionally intelligent activists. If you want to be animated by a focused goal that motivates you, ask for a glorious assignment that will help save the world.

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