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THE VANCOUVER COURIER WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2012
Vij’s
at Home
Enjoy delicious meals by award-winning Chef Vikram Vij at home today.
Available in the frozen food aisle at: Whole Foods Market, Choices Market, Urban Fare, and many other fine retailers
Visit vijsathome.ca for more information
The VHS’s 6th annual BUTTERFLY GALA was an event to remember! With the generous donation from the Vidalin Family Foundation, the support of many friends of VHS, a cast of great volunteers and the inimitable Fred Lee, rousing the crowd to support this critical community initiative, the proceeds from the evening will go a long way towards helping us ‘Open the Doors’ of our new Hospice Home at 4516 Granville Street. Special thanks to our Sponsors: Presenting Sponsor: Macdonald Realty Silver Sponsors: Buntain Insurance Agencies Ltd. Chubb Insurance Company of Canada Bronze Sponsors: Chris Eynon of Rogers Group Financial John S. Kennlyside & Company Ltd., Investment Counsel Media Sponsor: The Vancouver Courier For further information or to offer your help, call 604-737-7305 or check us out at www.vancouverhospice.org
arts&entertainment
Courier redesign rejects KUDOS& KVETCHES
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stute readers may have noticed a few changes in this issue of the Courier. Like one of the Real Housewives of Vancouver, the Courier felt it was time for a little rejuvenation therapy to shore up our 103-year-old breasts, puff up our frown-prone lips and smooth out a few Kerrisdale-sized creases in our furrowed brow. Sadly, most of K&K’s recommendations for the Courier’s redesign were rejected. Here’s what you’re missing out on thanks to the narrow-minded powers that be: • More Cooper Bold fonts to give our stories about homelessness, condo proposals and the Downtown Eastside the ironic stylishness of a Gary Marshall sitcom in the ’80s. • Complimentary wind chimes with every Davidicus Wong health column. • A kid’s puzzle called “Where’s Hasiuk?” • A weekly two-page roundup called “What’s Bugging Dunbar Residents Now.” • More hydroponics troubleshooting in Anne Marrison’s garden column. • A gritty video series following the VPD as they nab scofflaws who don’t have proper I.D. on them as they brazenly try to get their seniors discount at various Marpole establishments. The title? Through a Blue-Rinse Lens.
• Scratch and sniff Kudos and Kvetches.
MOCK THE LINE K&K did something we haven’t done in long time. We rode the SkyTrain. Because of where we live and our lack of desire to discover what treasures lie beyond King George Station, we almost exclusively ride the Canada Line. But after a brief trip from Waterfront to Burrard Station on the SkyTrain’s Expo Line last Thursday, we feel we can unequivocally say… what a dump. Sure, SkyTrain dates back to Expo 86, but there was no old-timey charm to our ride, which felt like a cross between New York’s subway system in The Warriors and a dank, rickety cargo ship transporting convicts on an episode of Battlestar Galactica circa 1979. Then again, maybe we’ve been spoiled by riding the Canada Line — not only because it’s more direct, but because it’s newer, cleaner, roomier and attendants in top hats and coattails hand out complimentary flutes of champagne on “Thirsty Thursdays.” You didn’t know that? Ifthere’sanupsidetoourSkyTrainexperience it’s that it reminded us there’s another world out there for us to discover, whether it’s the alligator-infested mangroves of Joyce-Collingwood, the rows of pastry and head shops that make up Edmonds’ “Little Nanaimo,” Royal Oak’s majestic, um, oaks, or the post-apocalyptic moonscape that is Scott Road, named after longtime resident, Scott, brother of Doug. k&k@vancourier.com Twitter: @KudosKvetches