Contributor: James Morrison

Portrait

James is a shirt-tucking, sleeve-rolling, pen-over-pencil kinda guy who maintains a tenuous relationship with the ampersand. His heroes include: Teddy Roosevelt, Han Solo, and Joan Didion. His enemies: Spiders, Coravins, and Comic Sans. James is right handed, skates goofy, and prefers his last word with mezcal over gin. Answers to “Jamie”, but not to “Jim”.

Heads Up / Chinatown

Time To Score: The Bao Bei Chinese New Year Menu Covers All The Bases

Starting on the eve of the Chinese New Year (Saturday, Jan. 21st) and running for the next two weeks, Bao Bei will be offering a celebratory Lunar New Year 6-course menu that covers all the bases: noodles for longevity, dumplings for wealth, pork belly for prosperity, and fish for bounty.

Heads Up / Fraserhood

Ubuntu Canteen Announces Special Mid-January Dinner Series

Although the Fraserhood restaurant is in New Years hibernation for regular service until the end of the month, you should know that they’ll be opening doors for some ticketed wine dinners in the meantime...
Heads Up

A Handy List of Grab-N-Go Bottle Shops Making it Easier For You to Pick Up Interesting Wine Right Now

Don't have the time or patience for liquor store lineups? These tiny shops pack a well-curated punch on the take-out wine/beer/cider front that will be faster, friendlier, and more fun than any BCL.

6 Places
Heads Up / Hastings Sunrise

Brighten Up Wednesday with Some Dachi-Style Snack Bar Energy

Today is the day! Although Chef Ben Berwick is known to occasionally slip izakaya-style plates onto Dachi’s ever-changing menu, this will be one of the rare occasions that a full snack bar menu will be on offer.
1,000 Cool Things About Vancouver / Kitsilano

The Floating Respite Within Easy Swimming Reach of Kits Beach

Kits Beach would be a shoe-in for our 1,000 Cool Things About Vancouver project if it wasn't so damn obvious. This makes more sense.

Where To Score Fresh Produce in Harvest Season

We have arrived at that delicious point of the summer when tomatoes are at peak perfection. Take full advantage and gobble them up while you can.

6 Places
Further Afield Trips

Take A Quick Escape To The Country This Weekend

If you don’t want to invest in a whole weekend away but need the restorative break of leaving the city, consider heading toward Ladner/Delta for a day trip on Westham Island.

2 Places
Definitive Records / Strathcona

From Hard-Hitting to Innovating: Rags Narine Names His ‘Definitive Records’

The DJ and co-owner of Rise Up Marketplace selects the three records that stand out in his music collection.
Definitive Records / Strathcona

Tracing the Musical Milestones of Roger Collins

Co-owner of Strathcona's popular Rise Up Marketplace gives us the lowdown on the three most monumental records of his life, to date.