Bouclair opens
Home accessories store Bouclair (194 Chain Lake Drive), has arrived at Bayers Lake. With 97 stores already in Ontario and Quebec, this the first store in Nova Scotia for the Point Clare, Quebec-based business, opened as part of a nationwide expansion strategy. They carry bedding collections, blinds, curtains, lamps, et cetera.
Gullabull’s getting hot
“With the hockey this week it’s really been picking up,” says manager Mark Richardson about business at restaurant/waterhole Gullabull’s Bar and Grill (upstairs at Spring Garden Place, 5640 Spring Garden, 407-3696), still a fairly new operation on the Spring Garden scene. Happy hours and events are being planned for the near future, and right now,…
Best of Food 2010
Welcome to the ninth annual Best of Food readers’ poll. You, dear voter, are the most important part of Halifax’s most important bar and restaurant awards. These awards are based solely on what readers decide. The survey is open for voting from February 25 until noon on March 29, and anyone in Halifax can register…
Name changes
Swanki Guru (Purdy’s Wharf, 1949 Upper Water Street, 420-7965) is now called Bish Salon. Though the name has changed, the salon and environmentally sensitive hair products outlet is still owned and operated by Kevan Bish, who changed the name to bring it in line with his shampoo product line Bish Live. He is now looking…
Comic sale
Being a comic collector can be an expensive hobby, especially if you’re dazzled by all those deluxe trade paperback editions and how they look stacked so neatly on your bookshelf. (Yes! Shoptalk admits it! We are that person! Arggh!) That’s why it’s a great idea to take advantage of a sale, in order to both…
Photos: An Apology for Africville
This morning, as I walked over to the Gottingen Street YMCA with the Halifax North Memorial Library women’s group and MP Megan Leslie, I was thinking about Halifax artist Cathy Busby’s project Sorry. Her exhibition of public apology photographs and text—from Janet Jackson’s wardrobe malfunction to Stephen Harper’s apology to First Nations Canadians—has shown around…
Grrl, Interrupted?
Is it just me or is Riot Grrl making a weird comeback? For those of us, male or female, who still jump around to Fontanelle and All Hands on the Bad One, I supposed it never really left. And here and there, there’s bands like Gossip, who are full-on famous now but haven’t forgotten their…
Canada vs. Russia: Will the ice war go cold?
Last night on The Colbert Report, NBC announcer Bob Costas suggested that al qaeda will never take the place of Russia as an Olympic enemy, like they did during the Cold War. Probably not going to see them on the bobsleigh run. It was about 38 years ago that Canada faced the Soviet Union in…
Parking enforcement=idling enforcement?
A Parking Enforcement truck (these are part of HR police, no?) sat idling from 5-5:30pm, Tuesday evening, on Fenwick Street near Lucknow. Thirty minutes! (Maybe even longer…I just happened to walk by at both times.) The windows were open so I assume it wasn’t because the officer inside was trying to heat his vehicle. He…
XMas lights
In the name of god, PLEASE PLEASE take down your XMas lights for fuck sakes. It’s almost spring! Get up off your ass and DO IT, just like Nike did! —Light Hater
Cop love
To the cop that gave me a speeding ticket for $395.50: Well my trial date was last week and it was definite I was going to lose four ridiculous points off my license for a period of two long years which means I couldn’t even fart the wrong way or I’d lose my license. THANK…
Arms not abs
Macho, macho man I’ve got to be, a macho man To the two macho ‘roid guys who grunt and hi-five each other at the YMCA while working on their biceps, only their biceps… they’re big enough already guys! Now get to work on that huge beer gut and your lumpy butt. Maybe you don’t notice…
Diminished Fifth Showstravaganza
As the ECMAs loom, the newly created “Loud” category seems to be flourishing more than ever in its second year. You can get a taste of all six Loud nominees—Big Game Hunt, We, the Undersigned, Black Moor, Uncooperative Death, The Motorleague and Shelter with Thieves—as they embark on a brief four-city tour of the Maritimes…
My fellow Haligonians
OK, I have simply had enough. I am here today to help us Haligonians out. So here it goes: In order for our mayor & our chief of police to have their lobster dinners every night the money has to come from somewhere FAST! So lets guess where most of that FAST CASH comes from:…
The Coast needs to get their facts straight
The Coast, as I see it along with others I know, is a piece of garbage newspaper that needs to learn to get its facts straight. Among many, there is one that struck me the most, which is something even I know—in regards to how this paper just seems to love picking apart false facts…
The mint
We’re in the midst of a financial meltdown for chrissakes. How many new coins does one nation need? We commemorate our moments vicariously through fiat money. How apropos. —Shrike
Luongo sucks!
He lets two in against GERMANY, and people are touting him as an awesome goalie. Brodeur made some awesome saves in the US game, and if he stayed in his net, he’d have won us gold. Keeping Luongo in will kill us. We now have no chance in this tournament. —Defeated Already
Enough already!
I just read that the US appeals court is bringing up the Janet Jackson Superbowl nipple flash. Again? Give it a rest already. A) It’s old news. B) The spin-doctored “wardrobe malfunction” was nothing more than a cover for a deliberate attempt to show off some elaborate nipple jewelry that misfired badly with negative public…
Well on your way!
To the two 15- or 16-year-old skanks smoking and spitting up a storm at the Dartmouth bus terminal Tuesday night around 6:30: I’m so happy to see that your training is coming along so well! Just think, in a couple of years you will be rewarded with that itching burning merit badge you’ve been working…
Restaurants closing and staying open
Shoptalk is disappointed to report that TwelveFortyOne (1241 Barrington Street) has closed. It was the restaurant that sprung up with the sudden departure of star chef Ray Bear. But definitely not closed is the Rock Island Café (6293 Quinpool Road, 406-4385). Though Shoptalk reported earlier in February that the business is up for lease, owner…
Glamour Puss closing
With their lease up and a future in a new digs for the swanky pet supply outlet uncertain, this may be your last chance to stop by Glamour Puss & The Naughty Dog Pet Boutique (1551 South Park Street, 405-4763). February 28 will be the store’s final day.
Love, Me Ts Event on Now
Bring in your pre-loved, stained, logo besmirched or otherwise used t-shirts to Love, Me Boutique (1539 Birmingham Street, 444-3668) by Friday, March 5 and you can have a whole new creation, one-of-a-kind and reimagined by the hottest local designers. You’ll be asked to fork over $45 (cash only) and to fill out a questionnaire about…
Pass the earplugs: the art of Olympic music
Blades of glory: Metallica gives medal a new name. I can’t wait for the moratorium on Nikki Yanofsky’s “I Believe.” It must be coming soon. Though it’s been number one on iTunes Canada (k.d. lang’s “Hallelujah” was number two), it ‘s destined for the same song heap as ghosts of Olympics past. Does anyone remember…
Peter White wins regional Laugh Off
Not actual audience. From many accounts, it was a bizarro start last Wednesday when judge John Dunsworth apparently heckled the host comedian, but Yuk Yuk’s Great Canadian Laugh Off regional finals recovered and concluded with laughter and no tears. Peter White won, followed by a Picnicface one-two jab, thanks to runners-up Kyle Dooley and Evany…
Screwed again
No wonder the taxis didn’t blink when HRM announced the new taxi rates to the airport…we (passengers) still get screwed over the price! HRM screwed up royally. Again. Remember the property tax fiasco? Please…RESIGN! Maybe you could become taxi drivers…I hear that pays well. —No Cab to the Airport for Me
To the playas
Dear fuckers, I would greatly appreciate it if you would stop playing all these damn mind games. IT’S NOT THAT FUCKING COMPLICATED TO BE WITH ONLY ONE DAMN GIRL! Stop thinking that you guys are the “BIG PLAYER” when really you’re just greasy fucks. —I Will Shit on Your Face!
Chronically horrible
What a GD surprise that our Canadian men’s hockey team gets front page coverage when they LOSE, whereas our women’s hockey team gets third page coverage in the sports section when they WIN! Not to mention winning their games with a huge gap in points! —Where. Is. The. Equality?
Are you new?
To the girls in pointy shoes, tight pants and the bored stares on your face watching the USA vs. Canada game at any Halifax bar last Sunday: It’s a hockey game! You’re in Canada. Don’t roll your eyes when people scream and yell. PS: You can dress up all you want but I’m pretty sure…
MSI is a fucking SCAM
So my son has a procedure done and MSI only wants to pay for the procedure, NOT the exam to determine the need for the procedure. Why? BECAUSE THEY HAPPENED ON THE SAME DAY! So our government wants to give money to people in need…HELLO here I am dumb fucks!—Making Calls All Day, Apparently
Hobo Bill
You may have seen him around the library or pizza corner. You may have known him if you worked at the Second Cup, or the Black Market, or the many names of the bar above Sicilian pizza. Maybe you grew up in Hubbards and had a camp up Mill Lake. He had a long beard,…
Jane, a privilege
There’s this girl, we’ll call her Jane. Back in 11th grade (I’m now fourth year uni), I fell for her. She was everything I looked for back then—gorgeous, athletic, loads of fun, spontaneous and REAL. Jane was certainly different than the other girls her age, and people knew it. She knew it. I fucking loved…
Nurtured looks forward to spring
Brightening up the north end of Halifax with their ornate window display is Nurtured Products for Parenting (2571 Robie Street, 405-4367), the business that was started online by mom and owner April MacKinnon and last year moved into its current storefront location. “We’re getting in the mood for spring,” says customer service rep Jessica Brannen.…
What the holy freakin’ fuck?
I’d like to extend my deepest apologies to the family in Hants County who had a FUCKING SEVEN-FOOT TALL FUCKING CROSS BURNED ON THEIR FUCKING FRONT LAWN Sunday night. This makes me madder than any MLA spending spree or snow removal gaffe. Where the fuck are we living again? I know that Nova Scotia can…
Does anyone else…
…frequently have the urge to burn Scotia Square to the ground? Just wondering. I’m not sure that I’ll make it out of this place alive. —Soulless Scotia Square Drone
Oh no, immigrants are taking all our jobs!
This is to all the moronic bigots who are on here grousing that immigrants are taking precious jobs away from “real” Canadians. First off, immigrants generate economic activity. When there is a population increase, the added pressure on the community to provide needed services and an increase in the demand for basic goods means that…
An alleged newspaper
A daily newspaper in Halifax today says an “alleged” cross burning occurred this past weekend in Hants County. “Alleged”? WTF? Every other major news services says this actually happened. But this one paper asserts that maybe it didn’t. Makes you wonder who is better, the cross burners or those that deny it happened? —Out Them…
Psycho esthetician!
THANKS for ripping off my SKIN whilst waxing my eyebrows you crazy bitch at the popular hair/beauty salon! A layer of my skin came off then you proceeded to blame ME for not informing YOU that I use acne medication. Well, EXCUSE ME for not knowing that the medication causes wax to rip off skin—I…
Did we mean anything?
I hate you. I really do. I hope you’re really happy with the slightly fatter and less hotter/intelligent replacement of me. Did you find her on the dating website you joined one month after we broke up? Or did you linger around SMU campus all fall? Did our five-year relationship mean ANYTHING to you? —Not…
Disgusting Halifax behaviour
Walking down Spring Garden Road, the LAST thing I expect is for someone to deliberately BURP IN MY FACE. I wish this was unintentional. I wish you had such a horrible lunch that you couldn’t hold it back. I wish you had pardoned yourself. But no, you blew it IN MY FACE. I have no…
Stoopid drunken German beer games
Going with the intent of not getting slammered…I went to a party and got slammered. I then participated in said stoopid drunken German beer game of opening every beer a different way. Not happy enough that the guy who opened one with a single chopstick already cut his hand trying to open the next with…
Scary clown
Every time I get something from a certain fast food joint involving a clown, I regret the choice immediately and end up chucking half the food out. Yet, in six months to a year I know I will be eating that shit again. —Why Can’t I Just Learn My Lesson
Playing Six Degrees of Argyle Street to Wayne Gretzky
It’s a far way from The Rita MacNeil Story: Former Neptune Theatre production manager Robin Creelman now works with David Atkins, the company that is producing the Vancouver Olympics opening and closing ceremonies. I actually liked their ice-cold futuristic world of giant polar bears—there’s something already alienesque about athletes—but you know it will always be…
What do you want to see in the new library?
So many Coast readers submitted suggestions, complaints, wishes and dreams into our suggestion box, and here are just a few. And keep them coming—there are no late charges, either. A LEED standards building, a fair-trade cafe, a small theatre and a large auditorium, a rooftop garden, space for public art, the best Canadian literature section…
The inevitable end…but not forever
I have loved you since the first day we met. Your quiet demeanour and your hidden face have always intrigued me and I will never forget the way we made love. You were my first true love and for all the things that went wrong, you were the first person I genuinely wanted to spend…
Dear brunch
The philosopher’s breakfast. Your existence is appreciated. —No Toast Before 12
Wisdom tooth
Ouch! Goddammit! I’m allergic to codeine. —In Pain
Olympic highs and lows, heroes and falls
Originally I thought this would be some kind of disappointed hockey post, but then I heard Samir Azzimani on CBC Radio this morning, and I realized exactly what’s wrong with the Olympics. Back in the old days when goalers had no head protection, the Olympic hockey teams (and basketball) were made up of junior players,…
Daniel, Fred and Julie are coming to town
sunny sackville afternoons In terms of a Canadian musical dream team, you can’t get much better than Daniel, Fred and Julie. This self-titled album is the product of a collaboration between Julie Doiron, Fred Squire and Daniel Romano, whose interpretations of public-domain roots and folk songs (plus a few off-the-cuff originals) are simple and stirring…
Own the podium
My ass, Jesus what a great country, but wow do we choke or what. —Disgruntled hockey fan
Just do it
I’ve come in a couple times and you know who I am. Ask me out already! —Pending Person
I love 99-cent CDs
I love them. So much. Why would I pay 99 cents for one song that is encoded to a fifth of CD quality when I can get an entire cd of CD-quality sound for 99 cents? Where is my artwork and lyrics? Where is the journey of an album? With the 99 cent, 256kbps AAC…
Brrr…#2
God, I want you. —Ash W.
Balloon tree
To the person(s) who entwined all of the balloons on the tree on the corner of Charles and Creighton, thank you for making my walk from work so much the better. I ended up with a smile on my face as I walked those last few feet to home. Thanks! —Not a Balloon Person but…
Middle age sucks
Last night I was lying in bed and the back of my leg was itchy. I reached back to scratch it and I felt this big lump of flesh. I thought, ‘What the fuck is that?’…then I realized it was my ass. —Time to Hit the Gym
Why do I have to tell you?
What is so hard about shutting your mouth in the movie theatres? Do you think I paid for my ticket so I could listen to you talk through the whole fucking picture? How old are you? Oh yeah, early 20s to late 30s…WTF? That’s right, you aren’t even kids, you should know better. I hate…
Generosity that will keep on truckin’
Great big thanks to the downright superb human being who stopped to help me with a flat tire at midnight in the middle of almost nowhere, then fixed my punctured tire’s boot! Folks just don’t get much better than that. Thank you, thank you. —Way Grateful Neighbour
Crossing for my life?
To the cars that almost run me over at the intersection near MSVU: fuck you. This is possibly the worst crosswalk in Halifax. There have been multiple times I have pushed the button, waited for a car to stop, then a car in the opposite direction comes zooming by, almost hitting me. Can’t you see…
To the person who made the balloon tree happen…
…at the corner of Charles and Creighton: I was on my way to work this morning, grumbling and feeling ill, and your balloon tree made me smile. It must have taken some time to put those balloons up and I thank you for it. Hope the karma of all the smiles you put on peoples…
Africville reparation, really?!
C’mon people it’s time to dip into your wallet for yet more of your taxpaying dollars. That’s right I’m talkin’ ’bout Africville. I’m totally outraged with this waste of taxpaying dollars. And the secrecy involved? The former residents act like this is the only place urban renewal has occurred. Are we now going to reimburse…
Why do you do that?
You say everything between us is OK and we are not fighting about anything, but instead of calling me you will call a girl you “hate.” Instead of going on dates with me anymore you will go see the same girl you “hate.” You were supposed to be the one that didn’t play games and…
To the kind lady in the green jacket
I was in at the On the Run gas station’s Tim Hortons. I thought my Tim card could handle my order of a sandwich and an ice tea. When I came short of the total a kind stranger behind me decided to pay for the rest. Thank you. —Tim Hortons Guy
Do you know what that stick on the left-hand side of your steering column is for?
It’s called a SIGNAL INDICATOR and you push it UP for the right-hand turn indicator, and DOWN for the left-hand turn indicator. So learn to use it when you’re driving west on Quinpool and want to make a left turn at Oxford. And YES…you ARE allowed to turn it on when you’re actually WAITING to…
Cats, chickens and pop machines
Is Peter Kelly absolutely insane? What the fuck is it with him? First all the time wasted on cats, then chickens, and let’s not forget his concert promoting. Now this blooming idiot is going after Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola over fucking pop machines. Does he have nothing better to do other than, say, RUN THE FUCKING…
PROROGATION AGAIN
And this time, boys and girls, it’s not the Devil Stephen Harper and his evil Tories. Nope, it’s surprise, surprise, that Stalwart of Honesty, Mr. My Government Will Be Different, We Are the Working Person’s Party, that’s right, DD “Delegate N Disappear,” Mr. Orangeman himself, Darrell Dexter. I wonder what Jack is thinking now. The…
Use it or lose it
It shouldn’t be just Len Goucher who is getting raked over the coals for exposing the use-it-or-lose-it mentality in government. I see that the Dept of Health Promotion is running their gawdawful “yellow flag” ads again, nannying us about all the fun stuff…drinking, gambling, etc. One of these years someone needs to wise up and…
Courtesy call?
So, I’m sitting down to dinner and the phone rings. I, like an idiot, rush to answer it. It is a phone company. Not my phone company, not a phone company I have ever done business with or ever contacted. “Just a courtesy call” says the cheery young woman on the other end. Listen lady,…
To the owner of a Dartmouth pet store
Lose the attitude displayed to many of your customers. Doesn’t matter if we spend $5 or $500, we’ve still spent money that goes into your cash register, we’re all still entitled to friendly service. Your staff members know customer service skills, so perhaps you can hide in an office and not be on the front…
Doorstep dumper
To the asshat who decided it would be a good idea to take a dump on a Henry Street doorstep at 2am on February 19, you shithead! Seriously, animals have more dignity about their defecation than you do. Next time you decide to get plastered so far out of your fucking mind that you feel…
Text goddamn messaging
Text messaging all the time when I am with you just makes me hate hanging out with you. Stop being such a douche. —Fuck Blackberrys
To the bus stop hip-hop guy
…who was bustin’ moves outside the Rockingham Ridge plaza: It was fun to watch your impromptu sidewalk performance, for however little time I could as the bus trundled on. Keep dancing! —Busgoing Spectator
Hair it goes
I never thought it would happen to me. I guess you never do. These things you take for granted, think that they will always be with you, and then, slowly but surely, they start to disappear. Strand by strand. Clump by clump. Handful by handful. <p?Some say it's genetics. Others say too much testosterone, or…
Slow day in the mayor’s office?
Halifax mayor writes Pepsi, Coke suggesting greener vending machines…don’t worry about getting all the bus stops and shelters shoveled out as long as we have ‘green’ pop machines in the HRM—life will be grand. —No Pepsi…Coke
The Friday columnist strikes again
If you read the local newspaper (not the free one), you’re likely familiar with a certain columnist who publishes each Friday. Said columnist seem to miss the point the majority of the time, or just don’t clearly demonstrate any point at all. It’s written much in same manner as people who talk just to hear…
Endangered Marketers moving onto Barrington
Appropriate. Barrington is like one of those sad old zoos.
Waye Mason Passes the Buck
This photo was taken for exclaim when Waye was interviewed for their Music School section. Click on the photo and you can read it! Waye To Go! (sorry everyone.) It was sort of a shock to log onto Halifaxlocals.com for the first of ten million times this morning and pause at Waye Mason’s deceptively casual…
Stojko’s so not impressed
So I’ve had this photo, just waiting for the perfect opportunity. Thanks Elvis, for giving me the words, “I am going to watch hockey, where athletes are allowed to push the envelope. A real sport.” Aww, snap!. Apparently Stojko wasn’t too impressed with last night’s skating finals—he calls it “the night they killed figure skating,”…
Vagabond vintage sale on Saturday
We’re a big fan of Vagabond Vintage’s travelling clothing show. The brainchild of David Figueroa and Zsuzsa SzÅ‘ke, Vagabond holds on-the-spot vintage clothing sales, with items handpicked by the duo. Figueroa refers to it as a “vintage caravan.” The last sale was at NSCAD, but this time it’s happening on Saturday, 11:30am-5:30pm, at 2542 Agricola,…
Lighting the pipe
Lying sleepless on the couch at about four o’clock this morning, I flicked on the TV to see what Olympic coverage I could catch, thinking I’d just nod off to whatever was on. So much for that sleepy notion: The station was broadcasting the ladies’ halfpipe finals—not a fall-asleep-while-watching kind of sport. I jumped in…
Media reports from NY Fashion Week: deux fm
photo from ecoterre.com My favourite ecofashion website ecoterre.com just reviewed deux fm’s NY Fashion Week show, calling Anna Gilkerson’s designs “very easy on the eyes,” and brimming with “old Hollywood glamour.” Yes, that’s how we roll here in Halifax. It’s not surprising that the fashion media is eating up deux fm’s new collection. You can…
Too tall for Dartmouth?
Darrell Dixon wants downtown Dartmouth to aim higher—about 23 storeys high—in search of its long-sought population boost. City planners are considering changes in downtown Dartmouth zoning laws that would allow Dixon to build higher than the current 70-foot height restrictions on buildings in the area. Dixon says the three residential buildings—at 23, 14 and seven…
Symantics
Wow Pepole are quick to judge, take some time to read and smell the flowers. —The Flower Smeller
Spacebook
Okay, I get that you’re pissed I didn’t make it to your party, but come on. My facebook status said that it was going to be deleted for almost a week, and I even sent out a mass message letting everyone know how they could get a hold of me. Did you bother reading either…
Living together in a 12-month Conjugal Relationship
So, whether you WANT to be common law spouses or not, if you live with a partner with whom you have conjugal relations for 12 months, you are officially common-law and legally have to submit common-law tax returns. Lots of people lie and file as single anyway. If I lie, I risk being audited once…
STFU Dartmouth
Here’s hoping this week’s cover and feature articles shut up all those folks that get poles up their asses whenever The Coast runs a best of issue and leaves out whatever the fuck there is in Dartmouth. I will stop at Two if by Sea sometime, though. —Cranky
Campus Cowboy
To the man with the black stetson who seems to be popping up everywhere at Dal these days. Where did you come from? Why are you always alone, not reading, drinking or eating? I feel you are the epitome of the brooding cowboy. As a fugitive from Cowtown, I can’t help being a bit shaken…
This town needs an enema
First let me say, I love this city. But… Is it just me, or has anyone else noticed how desolate the downtown area has become? What ever happened to the quirky shops and boutiques of back in the day? when you could find unique items and interesting shops and Barrington Street was fit for more…
Your Olympic snack break
Generally we’re not impressed by people using the Olympics to sell us stuff, but Fred Schneider’s project, The Superions, makes me want to flip my lid, in a glittery awesome way. There’s a team I’d join. Learn the disco garbage can moves before The B-52s arrive at Casino NS, March 19-20.
Closing costs…
Ok yes, I’m a first time homebuyer so maybe I don’t know jackshit, BUT is it just me or doesn’t anyone else like to know how many thousands they have to spend on closing costs BEFORE closing day? I asked my lawyers a month ago and they couldn’t give me a figure at that time,…
give my pets a home too!
Where the hell are all of the dog friendly apartments in Halifax? People with pets need a place to go too, just because I have a dog doesn’t mean he’ll be up all night barking, or running around, or shitting beside the front door for everyone else to see and other dogs to smell… And…
Macdonalds is hiring.
I was in halifax for a week vacation with a beautiful maritime girl. By no means was i in a bad mood, so when i say i trecked by foot (through the snow storm at 4:30AM) to the Atlantica Hotel to catch my reservation for the Airporter and was early I am telling the truth.…
Pssst, you ruined it!
Way to go (WTG) Coast, you’ve ruined one of the more entertaining parts of your paper by moving the Psst section into your new dating site/cash grab. Set up an account to leave a Psst, pay to respond, what garbage! Now how will Haligonians hook up with the cute boy they keep seeing on the…
Cheer for Sarah Conrad
Tonight, Dartmouth’s Sarah Conrad is competing in the women’s half-pipe semi-finals, starting at 8pm. Team Conrad will be meeting—wearing their finest patriotic gear—at Dave Doolittle’s Taproom & Grill (90 Tacoma Drive) to cheer her on, so bring your noisemakers and foam fingers. Exciting! Oohlala: I wonder if the French women’s snowboarding team will be drawing…
Snow job!
What did you do on your snow day?
classified ads site
I SEE THAT SOME ASSHOLES DECIDED THAT THEY WANTED TO USE [this classified ads site] AS THEIR OWN PERSONAL WHOREHOUSE. WELL NOW,THE OWNERS DECIDED TO SHUT DOWN ALL ADS ON THERE IN THE PERSONAL AND DATING SECTIONS.AND ARE NOW DIRECTING YOU TO A DATE SITE. CAN’T THESE IDIOTS KNOW THAT WAS ILLEGAL TO ADVERTISE THEIR…
I HOPE YOU KNOW….
I need my fix everyday. You make me so happy, thank you for always making me laugh. Don’t be scared, don’t hold back- I need you. I want you. Only you.—B.
To whom it may concern
I only addressed you once, mostly out of curiousity. I have no axe to grind with you, why would I? I ascribed Stockholm Syndrome only because it seemed apt. It’s a scenario wherein an individual identifies with their antagonists/captors. I mean, it doesn’t take vast percipience to see that you’re a pariah here. Whether rightly…
Thanks for trying to mow me down…..
Hey pal in the silver pick-up truck who tried to kill me when I was IN THE CROSSWALK at Brunswick and Sackville the morning of Feb. 17 – you didn’t stop to ask me why I punched your truck – WTF?! It was because, well, it’s a bit rude to try to kill someone you…
Not bitchy enough?
Submit a bitch? Is that what you want? Really? I’ve tried. I’ve been rather sardonically and wittily cutting. Son of a bitch, what does it take to air one’s laundry in this town? Should I bitch about the Olympics, all the way in fucking Vancouver!? Oooh, that’ll get me a special heading.—Blue Balls
Beavers
I cleared the driveway. You shored it up. I cleared the driveway. you dammed it up. I cleared the driveway, you helpful guys shored it up. I cleared the fucking driveway. You helpful masochistic fellas dammed it up. I cleared the driveway. Please don’t fucking shore it up again.—I’m tired
through snow & sleet &…
Why is there no mail delivery today ? I live in a rural area, & the road was clear by 7 am. The box that serves 35+ people on our road, is excessable ,if you don’t mind walking in 6 inches of snow…which as Nova Scotians you would think, most active people should be able…
MLA spending
Former MLA Len Goucher claims he is being taunted for his excessive spending of out tax dollars totalling close to $40,000. Taunting should be the least of his worries as he should be locked up. Charges should be laid on these premieres and their excessive spending. Last time I heard theft over $5,000 is considered…
Theatre Arts Guild: Thirteen Hands
The TAG production Carol Shield’s Thirteen Hands brought back a lot of memories. My mother belonged to a bridge club, as do the women in this play, and I remember being kept up by the sound of hysterical laughter, the acrid smell of cigarette smoke wafting up the stairs and that sickly sweet (but delicious)…
The Loose Cannon Scottish Public House isn’t about the food
It seems like Argyle Street is finally living up to its name, with the addition of The Loose Cannon Scottish Public House to the row of restaurants flanking the curbside. Heading to the pub, I hope for tams and knickers and maybe a vault full of gold that I could swim around in; I expect…
Canuck Cocktails
Mosaic Social Dining Lounge Nothing could be more strong and free than Cooper Tardivel’s award-winning True North martini. Tardivel concocted the drink using a maple dessert wine from Jost, garnished with maple-candied apple balls. “It’s a dessert cocktail…in other words, great for warming up in the ski lodge after a gold medal run,” writes Tardivel.…
Rave review
With roughly 100 kids armed with Red Bull in a fume-filled military bunker, no one would confuse the January 30 rave at York Redoubt with a scene from Go. But for a party with near-fatal consequences, the Facebook group memorializing the rave has a surprisingly optimistic tone. “It was sketchy, yes it was dangerous, yes…
Board talk
Lesley Choyce—writer, educator and surfer—moved up here from the United States in the late 1970s. He purchased a farmhouse near Lawrencetown Beach for $15,000. “The dream was to leave teaching at university in New York City behind and live in an old house on the coast so I could write my books and surf the…
Watt and the Glory
As one of Halifax’s busiest producers, Andrew Watt has birthed many artists in this city. Backed by Glory Glory Man United, Watt’s new solo album release, First Day of Summer Life, reminds us this musical midwife makes his own music too. “I’ve worked with hundreds of musicians, many of them friends or almost family and…
Welcome to the New Dartmouth
The gleaming, stainless-steel kitchen at Dartmouth cafe Two If By Sea is a blur of activity, with a half-dozen young, black-clad employees milling about behind a panelled counter. Tattooed arms dole out espressos, dive into glass jars to retrieve gooey cookies and dig through baskets for croissants the size of footballs. Customers wait patiently in…
Flush with Advice
Q My boyfriend and I have agreed to abide by whatever decision you make. We’ve been together for nine months. We are gay. We live in a college town. We both found jobs here after we graduated, so we stayed. Since his sophomore year, my boyfriend has had an “arrangement” with an older man, a…
Mining Biodiversity
“Our watershed has one of the highest concentrations of biodiversity in the province,” says Raymond Parker, president of the Avon Peninsula Watershed Preservation Society in Hants County. Parker can be certain in his claim because that biodiversity is threatened by a 50-year mining extension by Fundy Gypsum. The environmental assessment confirms the importance of the…
The Wolfman bites, but in a good way
The long delays The Wolfman survived have left the film with an air of mystique: Why the wait? Was there cut material? Why bother now? The finished product hints at possible compromises and shortcuts, but is an otherwise solid and entertaining B-picture. Benicio Del Toro plays Lawrence Talbot, the prodigal son of Anthony Hopkins’ mysterious…
Access your uncrazy side, Scorpio
Happy Birthday! PISCES (February 19-March 20) Historians trace the origin of Poland as a nation to the year 966. It mostly thrived for hundreds of years, but was extinguished in 1795, when three imperialistic invaders–Russia, Prussia and Austria—claimed different parts of it as their own. Throughout the 19th century, when there was no Poland, the…
Percy Jackson rides the bolt
Young Percy Jackson discovers his father is Poseidon and is enlisted to recover Zeus’ lightning bolt. Writer Craig Titley adapted the script from the first book of Rick Riordan’s Greek myth-inspired series for younger readers. (No relation that I’m aware of, but I mention it to counter speculation once levelled at me by a commenter…
Voters Should Turn Their Attention to Corporate Subsides
I’m not religious, but last Sunday I felt like parking myself in the nearest church pew to thank god for the uproar over MLA expenses. At first, I thought the expenses story was a tempest in a teapot. I blamed sustained media hype for the furor over MLA spending on such items as big-screen TVs,…
Valentine’s Day romantic comedy flypaper
Unforeseen and surprising third-act twists don’t make up for two initial acts of calculated Hollywood romance gobbledy gook in Gary Marshall’s interconnected-character love blowout. Valentine’s Day is romantic comedy flypaper: throw up enough well-trod plot lines, re-dressed love platitudes and fresh, topical spins on classic archetypes and some of it will seem genuine. Between this…
Historic Properties
The value of the past As a person who loves to support the idea of Halifax as a caring, open-minded and somewhat sentimental city, I have to ask the question: Why don’t we value our historic properties? You would think we would be up in arms about losing so many historic buildings in one year,…
Home and Away
Estonia exists because it’s persisted in the face of occupation by foreign forces. “I found that extraordinary,” says Colleen Wagner, the Toronto-based and Governor-General Award-winning playwright. Her new play, Home, premieres at the Bus Stop Theatre on February 21. It follows an elderly Estonian man on a journey he’s fantasized about for a long time:…
mla spending spree
In defense of Preyra I’m writing in response to Gerry Walsh’s claptrap (Letters, February 11), of my own volition, without the knowledge of Leonard Preyra or any other MLA. I happen to believe in our democratic system, as flawed as it may be, and I am sick and tired of people like Dr. Walsh tearing…
Fashionable figures
The Olympic Games bring naysayers and pessimists out of the woodwork every couple of years, and to be honest: taking the hits is part of the deal. But when figure skating commentator David Pelletier saw the costumes Ukrainian pairs team Tatiana Volosozhar and Stanislav Morozov were wearing and said, “There’s just one word for this:…
Metric Remove Foot From Mouth, Play Halifax
Keep on truckin’, you guys. Yes yes, I think we can all agree that Metric are better at making music than they are at philanthropy. Thankfully, we will be seeing a lot more of the former when they come to play the Cunard Centre on April 14. They will be accompanied by the large-haired, Springsteeny…
