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On Big Fat Payouts And “Trendy” $800 Bachelor Suites On Main St.

On Secret Swimming Spots & The Joys Of Political Masturbation

On Urban Noise & Old Journalists Who Have Never Smoked Weed

On Civic Engagements & Railroading Through Our Neighbourhoods

On Stumblebums And Observing The Real Manbuns Of Vancouver

On Spoiling Dive Bars & The Smoking Ruin Of Our Weed Economy

On Making A Mess Of “Happy Hour” And Spilling Irony Everywhere

On Street Vending & No Money For Teachers (Because Oysters)

On Homeless Spikes & ‘Real Housewives’ As Civic Embarrassments

On Hidden Marijuana And Damn It Feels Good To Be A Gangster!

On Bad Heroin And The Steamy Back Pages Of The Georgia Straight

On Supersucking And Desperately Seeking ‘Ultra Rich Asian Girls’

On Turks & Caicos And Stephen Harper Being Prone To Fits Of Rage

On White Privilege And Canadians Against Alcohol In Campgrounds

On Peacekeeping And Our Civic Election Being Decided By Big Oil

On Taking A Stand Against Tipping And Wreck Beach Erections

On Anti-Oil Bears And The Reasoning Of Scum-Sucking Slumlords

On Mayoral Mistakes & The End Of The Chinatown Night Market

On Our City In Decline And Oil Spills Being Good For Local Business

On Cracking Down On Foreign Workers And Very Silly Dog Owners

On Rebuilding After The Earthquake And The Silliness Of 4/20

On The City’s Biggest Eyesores And Quantifying Our Own Racism

On Fear Mongering & Avoiding All Culture To Afford An Urban Life

On Art Poodles And Gastown’s Permanent State Of Transition

On Market Demand & The Man With The Hardest Sales Job In BC

On Speaker Safaris And The Hubris Of Housing The Homeless

On Hyenas Hounding The Portland Hotel Society And TED Elitism

On Letting The Market Do Its Work And Poverty Pimps Gettin’ Gnar