Drowning in Nova Scotia
Just did my taxes and am pretty upset after it. I get taxed to death because I made a little more than I did last year. but I HAD to work more and make more to pay for injustices this lame goverment puts upon the working class poor. there is no rent control in nova…
Downtown violence
Reading the Facebook post about the assault on a young man and woman by the bouncer at that bar on Argyle made my blood boil. This has gone on for far too long. Here’s the thing, cops and bouncers are allowed to assault people if they are drunk, or if they perceive you to be…
Aggressive owners
I have a dog who does not mix well with others, he can be aggressive and he doesn’t do recall. For this reason I take him to a certain park at times of the day when most people are at work so we don’t see anyone else. He plays well with my other dog but…
Why can’t people learn??
I already told you that these Bitches are wayyyyyyy too long. Also, I have noticed lately that every second long winded Bitch is worse than a Degrassi episode. Fuck’s sakes…..they dumped you – get over it and dip your fist in lard (go ahead and try, you know you want to). Straighten yourselves out already.…
Goodbye il Mercato, hello La Frasca
Stephanie Bertossi says she’s “still crazy after all these years.” That’s part of the explanation behind the decision to close The Bertossi Group’s 19-year-old Spring Garden Road eatery il Mercato Trattoria and open a brand new restaurant in the space just over a month later. “With all of the changes on Spring Garden,” she says,…
Old is new again for Billie Dre and the Poor Boys
Billie Dre and the Poor Boys (William Dray, Dylan Ryan and Corey Henderson) put their noses to the grindstone Saturday, February 23 at Gus’ Pub (2605 Agricola, $5, 10pm w/Merrick Slip, Eric Ringuette & The Other) playing nostalgic sounding rock ‘n’ roll. But the band are quick to acknowledge that classic rock ‘n’ roll themes…
Signal lights
Really, did your car come with optional signal lights that you declined? What is so hard about turning your signal light on when you are going to make a turn. It won’t run down the battery when the car is running. Oh, maybe too much trouble to move your arm to the switch. Common courtesy…
Friends with all the benefits
This friends with benefits is the most successful I’ve heard of or tried. Months without complications and the sex is still amazing and exciting. I love this lust! I don’t have to impress you or worry, and it doesn’t cause me any stress at all. Did I mention the amazing sex? So good. —Happy Being…
The 90 cent tippers
Two weeks ago my girlfriends and I head out on Wednesday night to a certain bar on Argyle Street. We sit, and the waitress starts off a bit rude and unpleasant — I put it off to her being on her rag, but then the server gets even ruder as I ask for a item not…
Escape from Planet Earth
While some CGI animated features are good for all ages, Escape from Planet Earth is better left for those stuck chaperoning a more junior audience. On an alien planet, popular astronaut Scorch Supernova (Brendan Fraser) sets out on a dangerous mission to Earth, AKA the “Dark Planet,” against his nerdy brother Gary’s (Rob Corddry) wishes.…
My fellow brony
I saw you at a certain coffee shop on Spring Garden. Even though you where making lattes the whole time, I still saw Rainbow Dash peeking out from the gap in your button-down shirt. It made me smile and I wanted to say something, but you were really busy. — Apple Jack’s My Fave
Karma police gonna get you
To the man who raped the women on Agricola Street on February 12, 2013: When you go to jail, WHEN you go to jail for the suffering you have caused, then you will understand what it feels like to be on the receiving end (YES) of this kind of violence. —Karma Police
A warm welcome from The Works
The newest patty in town has arrived, burger lovers. After finding out that Ottawa-based chain The Works Gourmet Burger Bistro was hitting Hali last summer, the curious and hungry among us have been waiting, and waiting, to sink their teeth into one of these famous burgs. This Thursday and Friday marks the official arrival of…
Not all you’re hyped up to be
Just because you are a “musician” and play shit music at clubs where you think people are really enjoying your music, but in reality are just drunk and don’t even know what they are listening to doesn’t give you the right to be a complete dick. You are so egotistical and think everyone loves you,…
Shit don’t melt, who knew?
Dog walkers of HRM, I commend you for getting out into our lovely forested trails with your best buds this winter. However, I have some news that will likely come as a shock to you: contrary to popular belief, dog shit doesn’t melt. I know, I know, it’s a hard pill to swallow but trust…
To a caring bus driver
In the worst of that wicked Nor’easter I had to go to work at the farmer’s market at 6:30 in the morning. You drove so carefully and still got me there on time. You even let me off closer to the market then the next stop would allow. I thanked you for your kindness in…
Platonic soulmates
You were everything I ever needed in a friend. I loved you like a brother and I tried my best to be there for you like you were there for me. God, you were amazing, with your bright blue eyes and amazing smile. You were the only people I ever truly felt 100% comfortable with.…
Cow herding
So I’m a bitch eh? Then I’m certainly the one that herds large mammals along. Girls, learn to walk faster on the dam sidewalk OR maybe move to the side when someone is trying to pass you! All eight of you were mooching up the pavement by being lady lard-asses. You want me to be…
To the end of the northern line
It isn’t like me to be so shy, and you know that… but for some reason, over the year and a half that I’ve known you, I’ve always been shy towards you. I’m sorry I moved away, because i know if i hadn’t, that tiny spark between us would have grown. but at the same…
Keep your pee and eggs to yourself
To the cowards who welcomed my mother to the neighbourhood by egging her house and peeing on the front step: First, you suck. My mother has worked hard to pay for this new house, loves the neighbourhood, and has made fast friends with her immediate neighbours who have already invited her to tea and been…
Yellow wallet
To the wonderful person who found my wallet and brought it to the police station on Gottingen with everything still safely inside, thank you so much! I’d all but given up hope of ever getting it back. —MS
Poorly dressed Halifax
Official Pet Peeve: People wearing jeans that make them look like they took a dump in their pants or are smuggling bags of drugs. I don’t need to know you are wearing tighty-whities, boxers, briefs, or if they are Calvins, Joe Boxer, or Fruit of the Loom. Pull up your pants please, Thank you. —Halifax…
You’re gentle, kind, loving
You knew my story from the beginning yet it didn’t stop you. Now nothing, why?I tried calling you weeks ago but I hung up without leaving a message because I didn’t know what to say.I always say too much of the wrong things which results in me contradicting myself.. I see you as a gentle,…
Respect
Let’s try to have a little on here, OK? Making fun of a person or people on these bitch boards who clearly have personal issues is not cool. Grow up. — M
Valentine’s Day disappointment
On Valentine’s Day, I told you how special you were to me and gave you a small gift. I don’t expect a diamond necklace from my boyfriend and I don’t even really expect any gifts at all because it is not about the gifts but rather about showing someone you care for them and letting…
Layla Boutique Shop gets gone
Last week it was brought to our attention that sweet-as-pie ladies clothing and accessories shop Layla Boutique (5181 Sackville Street) had closed. The little pink shop opened in May, bringing dresses, tops, purses and iPhone cases imported from China, Japan and Korea to Halifax, delighting the fashion forward (and petite) with a new shopping option.…
Rainy afternoon coffee shop
I met you this afternoon (the 17th) at work. You gave me butterflies and sang along to the Eagles and spoke French and were generally endearing. I would really love to see you again. —The Littlest Barista
May I Imbibe you a drink?
In case you forgot, the Savour Food and Wine Festival—the month-long celebration of all things tasty— is still in full swing, and this week it’s debuting a brand new event dedicated to the art of mixology. And it is an art alright. Thursday brings Imbibe: A Cocktail Story (Schooner Room, Casino Nova Scotia, 7pm) an…
Only in a province this shitty…
So, I was sitting on the edge of a virtual cliff last year, impending doom creeping up on me faster and faster. Dysthymia combined with an episode of major depression. I don’t have a family doctor so I tried to go into the walk in clinic for a referral to a psychiatrist. The MD would…
Guys on Coburg
To the guys with the megaphone that were getting everyone to high five at the bus stop: my friend and I thought you guys were really funny 🙂 —Dal Girls
POST THE G-D SALARY
I am sick and tired of seeing jobs posted here and everywhere else that don’t list the salary. If there was some consistency I could understand – you have a general idea what the job would pay, but there rarely is. What is this – some sort of game? Save everyone the trouble and post…
I miss you!
To my sister, the coolest French librarian. Thanks for all the help and chats over the past 5 months, keep ’em coming, I’m over here for another 7 months (which you will still be highly jealous of, I know)… <b>— You Know Exactly Who I Am
Scumbag
So long story short I’m dancing with this girl at the cabaret that rhymes with roofie boots and after leading me on half the night..S he pickpockets me! Swear to god! You fuckin dirty bitch! Unbelievable. Security was fuckin’ useless too, I pointed her out from 5 feet away and someone was supposed to chase…
To my SMESBEE … for making my Saint Valentine’s day even sweeter …
To my “Smart, Sexy, Muscley, Shnugle Bunny”: thanks so much for getting roses (again) for me this year on Valentine’s day .. They are beautiful (my favourite colour, too!) and they remind me of why we are still together after 6 months of dating others, 1 year of dating “exclusively” and 3 tumultuous years of…
Jesus
You are both idiots and are doomed to fail if you continue with your bullshit. Step up and be adults. Stop living in this magical land of no responsibility and only having to care for yourselves. There are many people counting on you to sort your shit out and soon. —An Actual Responsible Adult
Drive by
You fucked up! You thought you would fuck a crazy bitch, then what? Exactly what happened to the others? I know because I saw what happened with a woman who walked out.because of you. I don’t have any framed degrees hanging off my walls but I am telling you that I am not an idiot…
Humping neighbours
At first, your 3am sex romps that woke me up were a nuisance. But now I’ve been getting off to you guys the past 5 nights. Suck on that, losers! —Oh Yeah
Is this love?
It’s been a few months now and I’m totally smitten. I don’t see you as often as I’d like but understandable; you’re just out of long term relationship, only a few months before we met, and you have a busy life with your children (which I totally support and encourage). I want to see you…
Just saying
I am struggling between what my heart wants and what my mind is thinking, either way I hope you are a part (even a small part) of my life for a very long time. I don’t care what anyone else says or thinks, I think you’re f*cking great. —Long Lost Friend
But when I started dating people like you… I knew things had to change
I guess it’s my fault. For thinking I can talk to you. Time and time again I’ve had to deal with you guys being seriously mean to me over nothing and still I come back for more because deep down.. I WANT to have a good relationship with you both. And every time my attempt…
Woman cannot live on bread alone
I am moving at the end of the month. I’m still going to be renting, but I’m fortunate to be renting a house instead of being boxed into an apartment building. Along with this, I am responsible for the utilities – which is fine, except that there is one utility I’ve never had to pay…
Icecapades
Hats off to the man who removed a big overhanging icicle from the front of the museum the other day! It perhaps saved someone from getting a bonk on the head. —An Appreciative Citizen
Smooth Friday grooves with The Extremities and Kaleb Simmonds
The Extremities’ beautiful 1970s-era club is a place I would like to be going tonight, but since it doesn’t exist, I’ll have to go in my mind. So glad this video exists so I can put on some big sunglasses and do the Casper slide* while drinking a Singapore sling** and pretend I’m somewhere else…
Monkey bear
I’d kiss your back forever. —Smitten Kitten
Sublime indeed.
The written program for Sublime-Flamenco Valentine talks about pushing boundaries and fusing genres in dance and music, and the show itself certainly delivered. It offers 90 minutes of flamenco married with blues and opera and Spanish guitar and voice. Each piece is a marvel of choreography, both in the dances themselves and in how the…
Ugh
I cannot believe I am “that girl” soooo stupid. Why? Because I love you. Don’t want to. I love you more than I understand. Fuck. I love you more than life. Ugh I love you. Endlessly. Fuck. —Koala
All men think they are rockstars — even George Costanza
You pursued me–won me–then dumped me. Catch and Release. At 35? Really? Well the truth is: I was never attracted to you. I wasn’t playing hard to get–I just didn’t want you. I am not a prude or anti sex–I just didn’t feel inspired by you to express my self in bed and I was…
Excellent Tumblr alert: Somewhere in Nova Scotia
It’s Friday, treat yourself to a supremely enjoyable 10 minutes watching all of the videos posted on somewhereinnovascotia.tumblr.com/. Because what was I JUST saying?
Pissed off and ped up
This is to the young man that tried to mow me down on Lacewood (crossing from Kent to Superstore side intersection) at 7:10pm. I checked around me while the light was red and noticed you were turning left onto Lacewood from Kent. Wearing a bright orange jacket, you decided to cut me off millimeters from…
Flustered
FFS people!!!! I understand the new law of 30km/h in the regular 50km/h school zones, I get it…..BUT……the sign clearly clearly states “30km/h WHEN children are present” !!! Why the fuck are you going 30km if there is no children walking, playing or in sight what so ever ??!!! Just drive 50km until you see…
This week at city council
There were only two items of importance agendized for this week’s council meeting: sidewalks and stormwater. The sidewalk discussion went on for three hours, but doesn’t much directly affect readers in the urban area, except it raises interesting philosophical issues that we should worry about down the road. The stormwater discussion was postponed for two…
Confessed crush
I fell for you the first time I heard your voice. And then when I met you again via happenstance, your energy–so positive and warm, earthy and kind –attracted me in such a natural way. But it’s not just me–everyone notices it–your goodness and light just seem to shine out. I’m just the lucky girl…
Road raged spastic cyclist
I enjoy sharing the road with cyclists. I respect your health & fitness, and/or environmental committments. But YOU need to share the road with vehicles, as well and not weave in and out of traffic willy nilly. Don’t block a vehicle IN the intersection that, in your mind, did something wrong against you. Do not…
Cunard Street Strangers
Thank you to the kind and lovely folks who help push my car out of the driveway and on to Cunard last week. This is why I love Halifax. —Stuck In The Snow With Nowhere To Go
Dumb ass hipsters
Big ole fuckin snow storm, streets have about a lane less of width, snow banks are piled above car roofs along the sides of the roads and you dumb shits insist on riding your bike…. The dumbest of you shits decides to ride your bike in rush hour towing a youngster behind in a fucking…
Sissydude: A Dandy Rock Musical
You may have missed Trrrash Production’s Sissydude at last year’s Queer Acts Festival, but the campy rock musical is being offered again in a new and improved version. This incarnation features a more substantial set (sans collapsing walls), a more cohesive plot line and some great new songs. Ian Mullan struts his stuff as Jamie,…
Crime mapping website now live for Halifax
The Halifax police department has just made live a new webstie that maps police calls. See the site here. The crime mapping site is still in “pilot” stage. It now currently tracks only five types of calls: theft, theft from motor vehicles, break and enter, robberies and assault. Notably, the category “assault” does not include…
Hear me Roar
There’s something to be said about trying new things. In the Jacobean comedic play The Roaring Girl (Feb 20-24, Neptune Studio Theatre), the titular “girl” in question is Moll Cutpurse, who is roped into a scheme to play Cupid, a role that goes against her brash, hard-nosed nature. Like Cutpurse, Vile Passéist Theatre is trying…
Much ado about nothing: no cops will get laid off
No one comes off looking good in this week’s mini cop non-drama: not the cops, not the police commissioners and, mostly, not the media. The silliness started in late January when the Chronicle-Herald, played by the police union, ran a story with the sensationalist headline “28 Halifax police jobs in jeopardy.” Never mind that the…
Free Will Astrology
Happy Birthday! Aquarius (January 20-February 18) “All these years I’ve been searching for an impossible love,” said French writer Marguerite Duras late in her life. The novels and films she created reflect that feeling. Her fictional characters are often engaged in obsessive quests for an ideal romance that would allow them to express their passion…
Parenting my (maybe) gay son
Q I’m a 37-year-old single father with a 14-year-old son. I’ve raised him on my own basically since birth, with help from some good friends and nearby family. Overall he’s a good kid: gets decent grades, rarely gets in trouble. Our relationship isn’t perfect—I work a lot and he’s a teenager, but no major issues.…
A Good Day to Die Hard
Die Hard turns 25 years old with its fifth installment, and Bruce Willis is still at the centre of the action as John McClane. This time, he’s in Russia helping his estranged CIA agent son, Jack (Jai Courtney), keep nuclear weapons away from some bad guys. A Good Day to Die Hard doesn’t even attempt…
Coast forum: Your true bed-time stories
Give the details of your last one-night stand Elevator magic A friend of friends; I met him at Nocturne. We went out dancing, then left together. He fingerbanged me in the Scotia Square elevator, and then we went to his place to bang for real. Nipple stains He had freshly pierced nipples and they bled…
Amour
Michael Haneke’s (The White Ribbon, Caché) latest film tackles aging and love—the harsh fate that can befall anyone after eight or so decades on this planet, and bearing witness to this happening to your spouse. We encounter Anne and Georges (Emmanuelle Riva and Jean-Louis Trintignant) at the beginning of Anne’s decline. While Haneke suggests they’ve…
How to be a great date
#1 Don’t be a jockIn the survey question about which Haligonian type is the least appealing, jocks claimed top spot, with 21 percent of people agreeing that game on is a turnoff. But to make things confusing, the least least-appealing Haligonians are surfers (only 1 percent of people are riding the anti-surfer wave). Maybe it’s…
Safe Haven
If it’s Valentine’s Day that must mean it’s time for yet another adaptation of a Nicholas Sparks novel. This year’s entry, Safe Haven, provides all the gooshy, fast food romance you’d expect but adds a dash of domestic violence just to shake things up. Technically movie stars, Julianne Hough and Josh Duhamel play a pair…
Hey Halifax
953 people completed this year’s Sex and Dating Survey online, motivated only by promises of complete anonymity and kinky catharsis. In the world of polling, that’s what they’d call a huge sample size. The typical Haligonian opinion poll gets information from about 350 people, and is considered 95% accurate 19 times out of 20. If…
Beautiful Creatures
Twilight, but with witches. Such is the carefully crafted premise of Beautiful Creatures, the latest young adult paranormal romance. Teenager Lena comes from a long line of “casters,” and on her sixteenth birthday her powers will be claimed by either good or evil. Which poses a problem for the cute town heartthrob she’s in love…
I live in Sackville, and I’m damn proud of it
People love ripping on Sackville. Even a lot of people from Sackville love ripping on Sackville. Over the last year or so, I would bet that nobody has read more articles about and tweets from people from Sackville than I have. I’ve noticed unfair comments that pop up whenever an incident takes place in this…
Re-interpreting the past
Artist Stacey Tyrell, who grew up in Toronto, wanted to know more about the life of her mother, who was born on the island of Nevis in the Caribbean. Tyrell’s mother immigrated to England in the 1970s to work as a nanny before coming to Canada. “I had first just tried interviewing my mother thinking…
A novel idea
It’s almost eerie, the way the dimly lit room and soft mechanics combine with the beating pages of historically banned books like Last Exit to Brooklyn, The Satanic Verses or To Kill a Mocking Bird and almost seem to hum with life. Robyn Moody’s installation is something straight out of Hogwarts, every bibliophile’s secret fantasy—the…
Synth city
Nostalgia and love go hand in hand, so it’s with extra feelings that we’re rejoicing this week in the just-announced reunion of The Postal Service. Give Up, the 2003 collaboration between Death Cab for Cutie’s Ben Gibbard and Dntel’s Jimmy Tamborello, was a surprise platinum record for Sub Pop (its best-selling after Bleach, ffs), an…
Don’t miss The (Post) Mistress
It’s hard to imagine anyone but Martha Irving playing Marie-Louise Faucon, the endearing titular character in Tomson Highway’s The (Post) Mistress. Irving’s gorgeous singing voice and wonderfully conspiratorial storytelling draw the audience into the life of this passionate small-town postmistress who embraces the wider world through the letters that pass through her post office. Marie-Louise…
Mailbag Feb 14 2013
Treelines Apropos of Chris Benjamin’s sad piece, “Our wasted forests” (Feature, February 7), unfortunately the behaviour of the present NDP government represents the anthropocentric view of the world and life to which the overwhelming majority of our own species subscribes, whether explicitly so or not (in virtually all cases not). Until this changes, if it…
Deli-cious
Hali Deli is not Schwartz’s Deli. Whew, that was a real load off! Take a deep breath. Sit down if you need to. It’s going to be alright. Because while Hali Deli is not Schwartz’s Deli, it is still a pretty darn good deli. Retro half-globe pendant lights loom above, hanging from a tin-tiled ceiling,…
Bass solo
Halifax always has been a special place for drum ‘n’ bass. Despite this city’s small size and ever closing venues, it has a strong contingent of fans and DJs with affection for fast break beats and big bass sounds. On Valentine’s/Forever Alone Day, veteran drum ‘n’ bass DJ AK1200 (AKA David Minner) will be hitting…
I live in Sackville, and I’m damn proud of it
People love ripping on Sackville. Even a lot of people from Sackville love ripping on Sackville. Over the last year or so, I would bet that nobody has read more articles about and tweets from people from Sackville than I have. I’ve noticed unfair comments that pop up whenever an incident takes place in this…
Be a Sissy
If you missed it last July at Halifax Pride’s Queer Acts Festival, Sissydude: a dandy rock musical—ode to Halifax’s north end, hoarding and dysfunction—is being remounted in all its camp glory February 14-17. Featuring lead actor and playwright Ian Mullan, Sissydude tells the story of Jamie, a character whom Mullan describes as “somewhere between drag…
Get punk’d
It’s not always easy to bridge the gap between genres, but that’s exactly what punk-hardcore band Cancer Bats does, with high-energy and fervor. “We feel a little bit alone sometimes,” says drummer Mike Peters. “On tour, in our genre or our scene. We do a metal tour and we’re the punk band and vice versa.…
Verse the Sun rises
It was a solo project at first, but Verse the Sun started getting buzz locally and Cody Hicks knew he had to capitalize on that and start a band so he could tour. “I was working on a full length thing, I wanted to spread music to more people and be able to get out…
Sex and Dating Survey 2013 results
In The Coast’s fourth annual survey of all things romantic and raunchy, the city is exuding a comfortable confidence in its sexuality, feeling more attractive and having more sex than last year. Click here to get into all the results.
