aggregated from: Alex Waterhouse-Hayward

I always prefer to work in the Studio. It isolates people from their environment. They become in a sense symbolic of themselves. I often feel that people come to me to be photographed as they would go to the doctor or a fortune teller to find o...

topics: photography, shaughnessy, ski

aggregated from: Alex Waterhouse-Hayward

I have never really liked smelly cheeses even though I cannot live without cheeses in general and I do adore some strong ones. It is all my mother's fault. In Buenos Aires I remember that her favourite spread for her morning toast was queso tipo R...

aggregated from: Oldtown News

Oldtown NewsVanncouver, BCIS MICHAEL GELLER RUNNING for VANCOUVER MAYOR?Well according to Carnegie Centre's chief Organizer, Wendy Pedersen, she thinks so. Ms Pedersen chatted with me on Thursday at the Carnegie Centre Cafeteria exclaiming she feels ...

topics: councillor, mayor, ndp, shaughnessy

aggregated from: Chinese in Vancouver

CENTURY 21 Canada's HOTTEST 10 NEIGHBOURHOODS in the Lower MainlandREAD also: Langley tops hottest property market, followed by Richmond, VancouverHottest neighbourhoods in Vancouver 2009Hottest neighbourhoods in Burnaby 2009Hottest neighbourhoods in...

topics: abbotsford, burnaby, coal-harbour, coquitlam, crime

aggregated from: Beyond Robson

Lock them up until they're clean. Where is the logic in thousands of people taking drugs that turn their lives into a miserable shuffle toward death? Where is the logic in warehousing addicts in a neighbourhood where drugs are sold on every block? W...

topics: business, coal-harbour, federal-government, gastown, kerrisdale

aggregated from: Price Tags

My Business in Vancouver column on an old favourite &Bridging the transportation gap requires experimenting with the status quoIt might be asking too much, but it would be nice if we could avoid a culture war over the Burrard Bridge.Yes, I know, cycl...

topics: business, downtown, false-creek, federal-government, shaughnessy

aggregated from: Alex Waterhouse-Hayward

Around 1972 my friend Jorge Urrechega sold me (cheap) a new transistor (one of the first in those days) Acoustic Research amplifier with an accompanying and lovely Acoustic Research turntable. The turntable was a beauty of design and the amplifier ha...

topics: artist, design, opera, park, shaughnessy

aggregated from: Downtown Eastside Enquirer

On Friday, Karen O'Shaughnessy, Executive Director of the LookOut Shelter, was given the CKNW Unsung Hero award as part of the Pheonix Project for her work combatting homelessness. There was no mention of the fact that O'Shaughnessy gets a regul...

aggregated from: Downtown Eastside Enquirer

On Friday, Karen O'Shaughnessy, Executive Director of the LookOut Shelter, was given the CKNW Unsung Hero award as part of the Pheonix Project for her work combatting homelessness. There was no mention of the fact that O'Shaughnessy gets a regul...

aggregated from: Oldtown News

Oldtown NewsVancouver, BCWENDY LADNER-BEAUDRY DEATH UNITES the CITYYesterday I attended the day of celebration for Wendy Ladner-Beaudry. I only met Ms Beaudry-Ladner once through her brother Peter Ladner and like most other people in this City, I was...

topics: downtown, downtown-eastside, shaughnessy