Tonight, as I was trying to find my keys in my purse for my front gate, a man came up behind me to call me a “Fucking Bitch! Useless Fucking Cunt!”  Yup, you read it correctly.  Vulgar?  Indeed.  Warranted?  Never.  I didn’t hear the complete list of obscenities, as I still had my earbuds playing [...]

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Friday evening at around midnight, I was walking home, minding my own business, messaging on my iPhone, when I was assaulted.  As I was looking down at my phone, I noticed someone approach me out of the corner of my eye, with a direct line towards me.  As she passed, she gave me a hard [...]

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Finally!  Gastown had its first ever Farmer’s Market yesterday.  This neighbourhood is definitely in need of a market.  I was really happy to enjoy fresh blueberries, perfectly ripened cherries, juicy apricots (yes, they are juicy when picked fresh in their non-straw-like, dry state), huge stalks of corn and a delicious medley of olives, gherkins and [...]

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Neil and I have a good view to many late-night, drunken fights.  There have been man vs man, buddy, vs buddy, woman vs woman, women vs women, man vs woman (police were on-scene).  Today we saw our first gull vs gull.
Our place is a couple of blocks from the ocean; specifically, two blocks from the [...]

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The city will be visited by over 2.3 million people. Visitors will see the Vancouver streets as we have never seen them before. The over 1500 homeless residents (2008 statistic) of the Vancouver streets will be removed to present a sanitary facade for visitors to the city during the Olympic Games. The [...]

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