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[Image-1] Before much more time goes by, I want to express my deepest thanks and regards to the many people who came to my Dad’s “rescue” on Monday when he experienced a fainting spell and fell down on the pavement in front of the shopping center in Clayton Park. Thank you to the cab driver who…
Every time you come back from out west, I am reminded just how sexy you are! Your curves are in all the right places, your eyes catch me looking. You should quit your job and move back here and be my teacher! —Maybe someday
[Image-1] I wasn’t born yesterday, or the day before. Or the day before that. We had an affair. Yes. And I’d say the only thing you really know for sure about an affair is when it started. You say you are confused by my actions. Don’t be. You know why. I see it in your…
[Image-1] I met you on Saturday on the #2 bus going downtown. You obviously were not having a good time on your vacation from Toronto and I am sorry for that. Halifax is a wonderful city with lots to see and do during the summer. However it seems that the family or friends you were…
Wrote letters+Halifax, nova scotia+pseudonym. I saw fliers years ago about some nut in the 19th century writing letters and posting them around town, that in their essence, was 19th century political trolling. He went by a fake name like Argyle or Agricola or some shit like that. Google knows NOTHING. Does anyone know what the…
Basket of Cherries Thirty seconds of sky high cherry blasters. Bury this baby halfway, light the fuse, take cover and prepare for the flaming red shooting stars. This firework is relatively silent, a safer option for neighbourhood celebrations. Army Navy Store, 2660 Agricola Street, $12 The Bandit Cartoon Tom Selleck pulls the trigger on some…
[Image-1] To the pretty girl on the ferry Saturday with long red hair: I meant it when I said you were totally beautiful. Saw you again yesterday headed into the Loose Cannon around six-ish. Twice in three days—coincidence or fate? —Hopeless LGBT Romantic
[Image-1] To the striking blonde who plays baseball with two small boys at Wickwire Field: you bring so much joy into this world and I wonder if you even know it. From your beaming, gap-toothed smile and your kind, generous movements to your moments of pure, unadulterated happiness; you truly are one in a million.…
[Image-1] Listen, I get it. Along with your $0.75, you accidentally threw in a washer, or a foreign coin, or a piece of pocket lint instead of that Canadian quarter you meant to use to pay your bridge fare. And backing up to throw in another quarter was clearly beyond you. Fine. But when I throw…
I just want to say I’m so, so sorry to the woman at the south end intersection. I know I pulled out on my bike too fast before stopping. I was in a big rush and it startled me so much I didn’t apologize when you stopped. BIKE SAFETY IS IMPORTANT FOLKS! Learn from my…
You are pretentious hipster douche canoe and you don’t even know it. Go sell coke to kids and take another selfie pic for your Facebook with a cigarette hanging out of your mouth. You are so edge, eh bud? —Shit Kicker
Thanks for taking my order, and delivering half the amount of food I ordered and charging me full price. When I came in to complain, you were rude and tried put the blame on me. In the end, I didn’t even get a partial refund. —Customer Lost
Thirty community activists and about a dozen reporters gathered this afternoon inside the Cornwallis Street Baptist Church for a call to ban a notoriously racist symbol’s public display in Nova Scotia. Organized by the loosely-connected “Nova Scotian Citizens Against White Supremacy,” the conference featured remarks from community leaders such as Dalhousie University history professor Isaac…
[Image-1] 1 Well this is a bit of monstrous bullshit: a condo development has built a wall over the basketball courts used by neighbouring St. Joseph’s A McKay School. CBC’s Brett Ruskin took some photos and looked into the obnoxious wall, put up by Louis Lawen’s Dexel Developments. Originally, Dexel was to provide a new…
The former Maritime Frame-It location is singing a new tune as of last weekend. It’s now the home of Fantasie Music (5512 Spring Garden Road), an instrument shop and private lesson space owned by son and father team, David Yu and Huiliang Yu. David’s studies here in Halifax inspired the Yu’s to bring the Chinese-made…
[Image-1] This is to all the Halifax drivers who drive in the wrong lane and stay in the wrong lane until the last second and then try and dive into the right lane. Fuck You. If I’m there, good luck. I wouldn’t let my own mother in. Wait in line like the rest of us…
Shaken up a bit. Saw someone almost die….she was one lucky woman. Guy ran a light at fairly high speed and missed hitting her car side on by about 6 inches…fucking idiot. This was on North and Windor. He just kept on going…merrily on his way. That red light is not there for decoration. Someone’s…
[Image-1] I know right now we can’t be a thing, but I will be patient. I will support you in ways you don’t see, I will love you from a distance, and I will do anything I can to support you and your vision. Since last November I’ve been around, hanging out in the background,…
I hear about people getting $2,000 per month from the government.. for free and no application needed.. all they had to do was reproduce multiple times. Now, say I am a person that doesn’t want to have children, where is my free government money? People having MORE children so they can get more government money,…
[Image-1] You are not even in this city; you came; you saw; and you conquered the shit out of me. We spoke for over three years, before I ever saw your face; and it was the best birthday present ever. You have left on your journey; and I am here still; life is the same…
It might not feel like it, but October is a long way off. Even so, you can now spend the rest of your summer dreaming about Halifax Pop Explosion’s stellar lineup. Some of the acts gracing your fave stages this fall include: Travi$ Scott, Dillinger Escape Plan, Purity Ring, Alvvays, Majical Cloudz, Andy Shauf, The…
1 Summer means no school and little political action, so crime is continuing to dominate the headlines. Police are looking for someone who b<a href="http://metronews.ca/news/halifax/1439864/hot-water-poured-on-man-sleeping-on-street-in-halifax-suffers-burns-to-face/" target="_blank"burned a sleeping man’s face by pouring hot water on him. The cops have also pressed charges against a 20-year-old man who stabbed another male then politely drove his victim…
[Image-1] I have just read several stories of someone in authority making a homophobic post or an indecent comment and something on bullying, and of course it’s a news item so who knows how many times it will be seen and commented on, or be posted and reposted causing them to go viral. And for…
Man, it sucks when you idealize someone and, not only do they disappoint, they actually turn out to be crude, boring and unoriginal. This one in particular did herself up like a Venusian dream and turned out to be the most nauseating personality I have ever encountered. To hear hill-billy cursing and swearing from an…
[Image-1] To the beautiful barista , your stunning eyes and beautiful red hair match your stunning personality! I go out of my way to grab a coffee at your establishment and catch a glimpse of you and start my day off right. Thanks!! —Java Addict
[Image-1] Every time you come back from out west , I am reminded just how sexy you are! Your curves are in all the right places , your eyes catch me looking. You should quit your job and move back here and be my teacher! —Maybe someday
[Image-1] Tonight, activists, politicians and community members from across Nova Scotia will meet at the Halifax Central Library for Connecting the Dots: Confronting Environmental Racism in Nova Scotia. The free event, organized by ENRICH (Environmental Noxiousness, Racial Inequalities & Community Health Project), the Nova Scotia Public Interest Research Group and the Ecology Action Centre, aims…
1 Rain. It has one thing going for it—the whole providing-life-giving-water deal—but otherwise needs some serious help in the image department. From the way it blocks the sun, to how uncomfortable it is to encounter, rain sucks. And it’s not making any friends by ruining Argyle Street’s nice new paint job. The city’s pilot project…
On Barrington Street, a poster of a woman is plastered on a darkened window. Her hands rest on her shoulders, her head facing forwards. Her gaze is obscured by her sunglasses made of waffles. Below her is an enigmatic phrase: “We Dream of Waffles.” Above her, “Pop-Up Event Coming Soon.” No other information is available…
[Image-1] Mea amor supra somnium de tu. Usque tempus sequens. —A Lady
U R overconfident….. robot instinct taking over….. must avoid seeming as if I go by first impressions while I change my language to accommodate being judged quickly by someone I’ve known for 40 seconds….. Can’t leave room because she will most likely see that as an acknowledgement to me somehow seeing myself the way she…
[Image-1] Before there was you, I slept much better because I didn’t buy nearly as much coffee. Before there was you, I rarely had a sore neck because I wasn’t stretching it daily to catch even a glimpse of your unbelievable beauty! Before there was you, I wasn’t as much filled with coffee as I…
[Image-1] My “Student Deal” on internet has risen by 50% over the past two years, but my service is not 50% better. I would drop your ass and switch companies if I could get a better price, but it seems you two have been colluding to gouge your customers. I hope your children die of…
[Image-1] Call us Pepsi’s disastrous early-90s marketing fad, because Halifax is going clear. Starting this Saturday, all residents of the municipality will need to bag up their trash in transparent bags. It’s a bit of rubbish voyeurism to increase sorting and cut down on what’s headed to the city’s landfill. Love it or hate it,…
Troubadour rock-songwriter Tyler Messick wants you to know he’s back. After a 10-year break, his one-time Halifax band Museum Pieces features a new lineup and record on the way. Following a string of early- and mid-2000s releases like Philadelphia, and the departure of long-time creative partner Andy March (Crosss’), Messick moved to Montreal to keep…
[Image-1] 1 Ahh, summer before an election; when a scared party-in-power turns on the money hose and sprays down voters. Peter MacKay today announced more than $20 million in infrastructure investments for several Parks Canada projects in Halifax. The minister of Justice announced the funding on behalf of Parks Canada minister Leona Aglukkaq. Halifax Citadel…
[Image-1] Update: Looks like the event has been cancelled by the Seahorse. [Image-2] The Casualties’ upcoming performance at the Seahorse might be dead on arrival due to the punk band’s history with sexual assault accusations. The New York band is currently scheduled to perform August 23 at the Seahorse Tavern on Gottingen Street. The…
1 While every summer day is an excuse to break out the barbecue, today is actually National Hot Dog Day, dog. Seeking for advice on making the best wurst, we got grilling with the north end’s latest street food source, T-Dogs. “My dad said something years ago to us,” T-Dogs’ Tony Rinaldo says. “‘A recipe…
Simone Prinsenberg says her locally crafted suits are an ode to the waves she’s surfed. “It’s a nostalgic thing,” she says. “Each garment is named after places I’ve lived in or surfed at.” The 26-year-old credits becoming a swimwear designer to her nomadic lifestyle, drawing inspiration from surf spots in Costa Rica, Mexico and Thailand. …
[Image-1] We’ve all been taken aback by it while tuned into some FM radio station or another. There you are, gearing up to spit out Left Eye’s verse in TLC’s “Waterfalls” or priming yourself for Snoop’s verse in Katy Perry’s “California Gurls,” and…nothing. Like a tree shaken bare, you’re left with just a leafy skeleton…
[Image-1] In 2005, Iranian queer activist Arsham Parsi became a refugee in Canada. Through his Iranian Railroad for Queer Refugees, he’s helped more than 1,100 other LGBTQIA Iranians escape a country where the punishment for having a same-sex relationship is death. In Halifax, LGBTQIA Iranians are supported by the Rainbow Refugee Association of Nova Scotia.…
[Image-1] Clear garbage bags are coming to Halifax on August 1, and you know what? You are going to love it. No. Really. In 2010, my partner and I moved to Coldbrook, Nova Scotia, where the clear bag policy was already in place. The thing is, I didn’t know about this before we moved. At…
[Image-1] Running from now until the end of August, Hike the Greenbelt wants Haligonians to see this city’s remarkably accessible ecological beauty through a month of hiking, biking, canoeing, kayaking, swimming, paddling, running, walking and sailing events around an enormous loop of Halifax’s open wilderness. The 15 free events will showcase the city’s potential greenbelt…
T-Dogs 2533 Agricola Street Tue-Sat, 12-7pm @TDOGSHFX Tony Rinaldo, Sam Rinaldo and Patrick Lowe spend five days a week under the auspicious gaze of Mr. Peabody, the smartest dog that ever lived. In many ways, the writing—or drawing, in this case—is on the wall: T-Dogs is serving up some genius hot dogs with brilliant topping…
The Year of Amy Schumer hit the big screen this week, and unlike so many failed Saturday Night Live skit expansions and the first 15 years of Chris Rock’s movie career, this is a natural and fitting progression. Schumer is no mere viral comedian, not just another woman on the street asking sex questions—though honestly…
Q My wife and I have been together for more than 10 years, practicing some kind of non-monogamy for more than seven. We tried different things—open, dating others, FWBs—but after a bi threesome with another guy a year ago, we knew that was our thing. For a while, everything was great, but roughly a month…
Social safety no I was born in Halifax as a child of a military person. I was shunned and discriminated against by teachers and peers. As time went on, my family moved to Ontario, where I was part of the Brat Club (military children). Once my dad took sick, he wanted to move back to…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Leo (Jul 23-Aug 22) A researcher at the University of Amsterdam developed software to read the emotions on faces. He used it to analyze the expression of the woman in Leonardo da Vinci’s famous painting, “The Mona Lisa.” The results suggest that she is 83 percent happy, nine percent disgusted, six percent fearful…
Summer in Nova Scotia is the perfect time to embark on a magical mystery tour, theatre-style. Head to the Annapolis Valley and take in three delightful, chilling and thrilling plays. The Tempest (Ross Creek Centre for the Arts), as adapted by Ken Schwartz, is touching and wonder-filled, anchored by a layered performance by Graham Percy…
Summer in Nova Scotia is the perfect time to embark on a magical mystery tour, theatre-style. Head to the Annapolis Valley and take in three delightful, chilling and thrilling plays. The Tempest (Ross Creek Centre for the Arts), as adapted by Ken Schwartz, is touching and wonder-filled, anchored by a layered performance by Graham Percy…
A baseball caught in a glove, a bat in mid-swing, a mustard-drizzled hot dog, cheeks smeared with black greasepaint: for artist Wallie Brannen, there was a time when his sons’ little league baseball diamond became his studio. The resulting photographic banners are some of the works currently on display at the Anna Leonowens gallery in…
Local indie rock outfit SoHo Ghetto will be playing its last-ever show on Friday at the Seahorse, three days before frontman Marc-Antoine Robertson departs Halifax for Toronto. “It was just a natural kind of ending,” he says, almost apologetic for the lack of scandal. “I wish there was more dirt there.” With diverging career interests…
Who’s ready to get shucked up? You’ll have to wait until October 3, but the inaugural Halifax Oyster Festival (full disclosure, a Coast-planned event) is coming for all of you local-loving, wine drinking, seafood enthusiasts. Also, anyone who likes to have fun. Let’s dig into the details. Together with Afishianado, Benjamin Bridge, Select Nova Scotia…
