Am I supposed to think you’re sweet?
To the middle aged man behind the deli counter in a certain grocery store who referred to me as “his little honey.” I am nobody’s honey, least of all YOURS, and if I wanted my food with a side of sexist, patronizing drivel, I’d ask. —Busy brainstorming snarky replies for next time
Water Goddess
A huge thanks to the kind woman on Barrington during the Pride Parade givin’ it with her spray water bottle! It was a brilliant but hot day and your little rainshower was the perfect treat for those of us trekking in the parade! Cheers! —Sizzling Sambista
Not all kids are punks….
My daughter and I were sitting in the food court of a particularly busy mall on a particularly busy day….right in the middle of our conversation, she jumped up and left the table…..when I turned to see where the panic was, I see her taking a tray from a feeble little senior citizen, who had…
change is on its way!!!
to all the people I interact with on a regular basis who are lightworkers, indigos, earthangels, and whatever-else-you-wanna-call-certain-spiritually-focused-people: I LOVE YOU. continue radiating that unconditional love and we will make the change we would like to see. you brighten my life. —you probably know who it is anyway. but what does it matter? 🙂
Nice find at the thrift shop
To the lady at a certain thrift shop in Bayers Lake who told me I have a lovely Hollywood scarlet face and shouldn’t be shopping in the second-hand store, I was thrown aback and didn’t have the chance to tell you that I would count myself lucky if I look as good as you when…
leo
I am beyond happy to be with you this year on your special day! We can make it through anything and everything, and in the end we’ll be smiling. I love you, gorgeous girl! Never stop being the beautiful fierce soul you are. xx —bb
Crossing the Road with Children
OK – this morning on Robie Street down by the IWK, a man, his two kids and an older gentleman decided to cross the road but not at a cross walk. He had the two kids – around 3-4 years of age in front and had them point and walk – out in front of…
Bend it like Em
Sydney, Australia’s Bendy Em (AKA Em Kerger) contortionist-meets-comedy show is one of the featured acts at this year’s Halifax International Busker Festival, July 30 to August 4 on the Halifax Waterfront, schedule online at buskers.ca—don’t get it twisted, it’ll be a ball. Bendy Em went from business degree to street performer after she found a…
Parking Bitch
My friend works in an office on Hollis Street and she was telling me her coworker parks in a handicapped parking spot on Sackville Street using her husband’s temporary handicap parking pass! The lady even told my friend that she is doing this so she doesn’t have to pay for parking or take the bus…
Halifax Pop Explosion first announcement
Wow there sure was a lot of cake at this afternoon’s Halifax Pop Explosion (October 21-25) announcement (check out the new website, also). Here’s a complete list of the first announcement. More to come, if you can believe that. Quick, go, let’s hear your top three in the comments! City Natives Astral Swans Teenage Kicks…
A crazy reason to dump someone
I slipped and fell down on my hand, spraining my wrist and breaking my pinky finger. This happened on my vacation as well, so aren’t I lucky, got to spend my vacation injured. While my wrist and finger were healing, my parents offered to let me stay with them for two weeks. This injury was…
Please…just….NO!!
I gotta put this out there, because it really is ridiculous. Please, Nova Scotian drivers, give back your drivers licenses. Cyclists…hang up your bikes. Pedestrians….give up your walking shoes. Why do I suggest this. I have deduced it down to complete sense of “i can do whatever the fuck i want and fuck everyone else”…
How did I get so lucky?
You are a needle in a haystack and I can’t believe I found you. I love you so much! You are the kindest, sweetest and most loving person I have ever met. I am excited about the life we’ll continue to build with each other. XOXO —You’re my favourite
Healthcare in Nova Scotia
Alright so I’m visiting Quebec and I get sick. I go to the hospital and fear the worst which is of course the waiting time to see a doctor. After getting registered in their system, I am told it will be a little while. I think to myself, lovely, how long is this going to…
The Key To Our Hearts
A heartfelt thank you to the person who handed my keys in to Metro Transit lost and found. They were so securely clipped on, I felt sure I had been the victim of some petty thief who took them just because they could – and it kind of deflated our happy pride balloon. Whoever took…
Hiya
You’re cute as fuck. —Waitress
Time to imagine Bloomfield
[Image-1] What do you imagine for Bloomfield? Whatever it is, it’s time to put pen to paper (if you haven’t already) and draft up an “expression of interest” in the revamping Bloomfield Centre. Housing Nova Scotia’s deadline for “expressions” is coming up this Friday, Aug. 1. The application process is meant to assess who might…
Eyelevel Gallery and Fuller Terrace Lecture Series want you
The Eyelevel Gallery is partnering up with the mighty Fuller Terrace Lecture Series to continue this year’s round of free, public lectures about topics big and small. For the seventh season, three of the lectures will be hosted in Halifax (at the Wonder’Neath Studio, 2891 Isleville Street) and three will be hosted in Berlin. Should…
Access NS: The Dregs of Society in One Room
Why is it that every time I go to Access Nova Scotia, the company I am with upon arriving looks like a bunch of unemployed, lazy, dirty trash? Without fail, every time I go to renew my license or get my permit renewed, there is gaggles of decrepit truck driving, pimped out civic riding imbred-looking…
White lines don’t matter assholes
The law states that a crosswalk exists at EVERY intersection whether it is painted or not. Screw the drivers that obviously don’t give a shit about anyone else and are in such a “rush” that they can’t stop at a legal crossing?? I have to walk across the south side crossing of Charles and Agricola…
turning 74
To all the younger gay guys in the HRM that I have met, thanks for making an older gay guy feel welcome and sometimes even putting a grin on my face. —Dr.D
Burger Beauty
I hope I wasn’t too forward buying you a cheeseburger – our Fran-tastic intermediary told me you had a “boyfriend, but…” I’m not sure what that means but took a chance it was worth randomly buying you a burger in advance. Hopefully it wasn’t creepy – no expectations from me at all. Even if I…
Khyber may go up for sale
[Image-1] After 126 years on Barrington, the Khyber Centre for the Arts building could be at its end. City staff is recommending Halifax Regional Council declare 1588 Barrington St. surplus and put it up for sale. Officials assessing the Victoria-era building listed poor conditions and hazardous materials (including a failing floor system and asbestos in…
Saunders family grieves as inquiry continues
[Image-1] Loretta Saunders’ death six months ago was still fresh for her grieving family as they attended the inquiry into her murder this week. After justice Anne Derrick called a recess Wednesday, there was an outburst in the court. In an apparent reaction to evidence, one of Saunders’ uncles stood up and made a move…
Hot dog love
I want to say thank you for the no charge hot dog you offered me. It was especially kind of you considering the fact that earlier in the dAy I said I was going to come back and buy one from you and I never made it. You are a special kind of human being.…
I LOVE YOU TOM POWER
Can I just say that with all the annoying and obnoxious radio hosts out there, it is SUCH a breath of fresh air to listen to Tom Power? Honestly, I think he’s the BEST! Thank you for being awesome instead of an idiot like most of the other hosts! You make my mornings! 🙂 —Tom…
Please cheese me
I was the embarrassed girl in the stripey winter coat going way over her budget on cheese. You were working at the fancy French cheese place, had beautiful eyes and a sexy forehead scar, and you were undoubtedly one of the most beautiful people I have ever seen. The number of free samples you gave…
Love for my Love
Since I’ve met you all the love songs make sense. My instagram is full of pictures of us instead of photos of my cat. I’m the luckiest girl in the world because I’ve found my queen. Everything in my life is brighter because you’re in it. You’ve warmed my cold robot heart. And I wouldn’t…
Dude put on some shoes or socks
It’s a frikkin office and I know that casual is sort of okay these days….but…there is something not cool about walking around the office in bare feet! Your feet aren’t dirty nor do they smell; it’s just wrong. —Blusenoser
The Rescuer
You acted like a child. I felt like your mother. This is why we did not and could not last in a relationship together. You took advantage of my empathic and caring personality and got immense satisfaction out of me caring for you, despite an 8 year age difference. I’ve always been the one to…
Get Fresh
Hey dude, remember when I shot you down but you insisted and finally I told you that I have a problem w your personal hygiene – in that, you have none…. then you see me on the street a couple years later and you are still a dirtbag and still insist that we should get…
kigigi email blues
Ad: asking $200 obo Email: will you take $100 Seller: I’ll drop my price to $150 obo. Do you want to come see it? Email: I’m afraid that the two of us are a bit too far apart in price. Can you come down on price more? Seller: Seller: There are two other guys listing…
Whiner on Spring Garden
To the guy who’s always roaming around Spring Garden Rd. talking to random suckers about his problems and his relationship problems, no one fucking cares! Shut up! I swear you will spill your personal life to anyone who will fucking listen, its pathetic. No one wants to hear it , NO ONE! —Grant Fuhr
Soap operation: Bad Mouth Soap cleans up
For someone with such a dirty mouth Sarah Armstrong sure is good at helping the rest of us get clean. She’s been making soap for 10 years, just for fun and thoughtful gifts, but after brewing up a big batch for her sister-in-law last winter she decided to take it to the next level—she turned…
Symphony Nova Scotia + Video Games Live
Oh boy oh boy, I’m sure this won’t be the first time video games will make you cry, but Video Games Live all but guarantees to raise those goosebumps. The theme from Warcraft? So intense! So foreboding! Presale tickets are available soon for Video Games Live and Symphony Nova Scotia’s performances, March 10 and 11…
It’s not all about Breed
Here’s the deal… Pitbull’s have a bad rep because some OWNER’s have f-ed the breed’s reputation because they trained them to be aggressive and some used them in dog fights. Lot’s of dogs snap and attack people; often from abuse. But media focuses on Pitbulls because it gets all the ratings. Look at that boy…
Idiots!!
I feel that there are much better places to spend our tax dollars than paintnig busses because a company wanted to change a name of their busses that barely work!!! We have DISGUSTING roads, nauseating traffic jams for seemingly no reason at all other than shitty drivers and stupid road placement. I would blame it…
David Suzuki’s Blue Dot Tour comes to town September 27
Canada’s earth-loving badass David Suzuki is going all out on what is said to be his final speaking tour—The Blue Dot Tour. Touring across the country with a cadre of celebrities (like Grimes, Neil Young and Margaret Atwood—PS invite me to that dinner party, please), Suzuki will speak in Halifax at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium…
Verbal Agreements
In the landscaping business you need to cut deals to people who agree to use your services every 2 – 3 weeks. You have to line up properties in certain areas to avoid driving all over the place to keep costs down. You dependably show up to take care of your client as agreed. You…
Halifax Metro Centre Liquor Rules
As you may know HMC is firmly entrenched in archaic rules for serving beer at concerts, which simply have no place in the modern world. For those that are not aware it is strictly prohibited to take your plastic cup of beer back to your seat with you. You have to drink it in the…
Tow Truck Goons
Every day on Lower Water Street there are one or more tow trucks parked on the left hand side of the street in the no stopping 4-6pm zone. The intent if I understand it correctly is to remove illegally parked cars from the left lane so that there are two clear driving lanes to enable…
Ma Gurlz
You girls are da ish. So smart, so pretty, and so much fun!! I’m so happy I met all of you! You all helped turn this terrible year into a non-stop girl party. Love you all so much! —xox Em El
Bon voyage, Daniel Joyce
Since moving to Halifax nine years ago, Daniel Joyce has made a deep and lasting impact on this city’s cultural landscape. He’s been a student—in 2007, he graduated from NSCAD with a BFA after transferring from Fanshawe College in his native Ontario—and an arts administrator, having lead the venerable Khyber Centre for the Arts as…
Meet the Halifax Press
You can’t miss Halifax Press. In the midst of all the gravel and brick that makes up the Historic Farmers’ Market, the truck stands out big and bright, a lime green beacon that leads to cheese. The shade from a yellow-and-white awning that stretches out over the window crawls towards a scattering of lime green…
Alvvays
“Adult Diversion” opens the debut self-titled album from Toronto’s Alvvays like a statement of intent: it’s a tale of subway crushes and stolen glances told through Molly Rankin’s vowel-heavy drawl (yep, that Rankin) and her bandmates’ rose-coloured jangle. Similar scenes transpire across the rest of this record’s nine tracks: “Archie, Marry Me” walks a romantic…
Nicole Ariana’s sad raps
Nicole Ariana’s ombré ambition took her away from us to that repository of dreams, Toronto. But as that plaque in my grandma’s foyer says: “home is where the heart is.” Returning home for a chance to participate in Gordie Sampson’s Songcamp, Ariana will perform Saturday at Big Pony with hometown pals Samm Splash and Matty…
Monomyth’s sound of success
“Can you pass me those Swedish Fish?” asks Graeme Stewart, looking at the bright package of gummy treats. “Wait, why is the Swedish fish wearing a snorkel on the bag? He’s already a fish!” Josh Salter groans: “I feel sick, I ate too many of those cheap Sour Keys. I think that’s what our album…
Letters to the editor, July24, 2014
Freezing out the poor What have we done? Health care workers with their collective bargaining rights removed, tax cuts for mining companies, and tax hikes for college graduates and fancy trips to Europe for Liberal MLAs while the poor are frozen out. I would like to congratulate The Coast on being the only news organization…
The Forum’s uncertain future
Everyone has a Forum memory. It’s been home to Nova Scotia’s first professional hockey team, and has played host to everyone from Reba McEntire to Mohammad Ali, Hulk Hogan to Waka Flocka Flame. History aside, on any given day the humble Halifax Forum holds world-class music, university sports, community skates, the region’s largest flea market…
Gentrification in the “new” north end
Gentrification can build better neighbourhoods It was a warm summer evening two weeks back. Squiggle Park, the usually vacant lot on the corner of Falkland and Gottingen Street in Halifax’s proud north end, had been transformed into a free, four-hour, pop-up street party called the North By Night Market. There were no Sobeys or Emera…
Online and accountable
Q I am a gay man and have been in a relationship with my GGG boyfriend for more than three years. We are in our early 20s and have a good sex life. I just discovered that he has been engaging in what can only be described as cyber infidelity. He had a secret email…
Free Will Astrology
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Leo (July 23-August 22) According to the legends about Camelot and the Knights of the Round Table, the boy who would ultimately become King Arthur didn’t know he was heir to the throne while he was growing up. His future destiny was hidden from him. The wizard Merlin trained him but made sure…
