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Are you a critical thinker looking to meet with like minded individuals to share information and good conversation? Are you a self-righteous windbag who knows it all and is looking for real-world validation over your usual Internet diatribes? Well ge...

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It s a little self-indulgent, but then, the filming of the CW show, Life Unexpected, is literally across the street from my place; I don t know if a post about it is indulgent or unavoidable.The people across the way basically got their house overhau...

topics: olympics, show

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Senses and Style was at the previously mentioned Indie I Do and reported on it, complete with some great pictures. If you weren t able to make it, or if you were and want to share with others, check out their post! ...

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I remember way back when, after first moving to Vancouver, buying books meant one of two things; Granville Books or the Duthie Books at Hornby and Robson. I also remember when the big chains showed up, Amazon.com went online, and Duthie started closi...

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Vancouver, at least to a larger degree than most cities in Canada, isn t a traditional wedding kind of town. And by traditional, I mean, the consumerized* traditional . Tuxes and white gowns and cake and flowers, etc. Not that these aren t fine opti...

topics: indie, show

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Remember how I said my brain turned to mush after all the fare weirdness we ll see during the Olympics and I couldn t sort through all the bus route changes and how to get to Whistler options, etc? Well, Miss 604 did the heavy lifting for us already ...

topics: downtown, olympics, vancouver-2010, whistler

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Besides Twitter, I have become mildly interested in using Four Square rather, I am using it now, occasionally, but I don t feel like I m using it to its full capacity. Too few friends in the service, it seems masturbatory. Too many, and it might be...

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The gang at Sense and Styles has some excellent suggestions for yummy things to do this month. Here are the short versions;The titular Long TableThe Irish Heather s Long Table SeriesRunning every evening between January 11th and February 11th, come...

topics: bar, rb, restaurants, wine

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With the Olympics about to begin, the city including those who saw the international games as a boon as well as those that originally expressed concerns is starting to ask, What effect, exactly, will the games have on the day-to-day living in th...

topics: downtown, olympics, richmond, translink, whistler

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There has been talk for awhile now that Pixar was looking to open a studio here in town. It s not a bad idea at all, given the high concentration of local tech and art talent. And it s looking like those burbles are turning into action, as Pixar has ...