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Dafuq is up with the Monopoly pieces?!?!?!? Since opening in SS, the line barely ever ends so I don’t need the whole spiel about how it’s “shit food” and all that. I get it, I do. But people eat there… a LOT of people… so spare me. What I don’t get … if I decide…
For the destruction of two young trees and the ongoing uglification of our city, the asshole drunks yelling and smashing their way up Coburg Rd. on Thursday night. —Eric
I moved in because I loved you. I wanted to help you in any way I could. You show your “appreciation” and “love” towards me with lies, cheating, and daily humiliation. I didnt deserve to be treated like that. You’re a hypocrite and you don’t realize it. I won’t be there when you get back…
but apparently smoking is permissible. After smokers have the right to trigger asthma attacks, right? Shame on Capital Health for refusing to enforce their own rules. It’s too bad the walking public has to walk through clouds of smoke when trying to enter the building. And forget about using a bus shelter on Summer Street.…
Thanks for taking my compliments so nicely. Normally I am very shy and never approach women. Thanks for laughing when I blurted, “Oh my god, I am so hitting on you.” Thanks for not calling mall security 😉 —wish I could see you again…just to see you
I want to be your friend. It was great to meet you, fun to hang out, and it felt great to be near you. Thanks for the couch to crash on. Sackville is so effing cool. I really hope you’re doing great. I am now, but had to deal with some unresolved emotional problems. I…
I woke at 3 a.m. this morning with insane heartburn from the large cheese pizza I ate for supper. I stumbled out of bed, threw on my white cashmere coat and walked to the 24-hour garage for some heartburn relief. On my walk back home, walking past an elementary school, a black pick-up truck pulled into…
I want to quote here E. Galeano, one of my favorite latin-american writers: “Each person shines with his or her own light. No two flames are alike…some blaze with life so fiercely that you can’t look at them without blinking”…To the lady barista with the beanie on Spring Garden who fills the air with sparks…
You are pretty lucky you happen to target girls that are relatively secure as far as self-esteem goes. I really hope shouting “Hey, ugly bitches” at us today made you feel as good as you thought it would. For future reference, you do not know who you might be sending over the edge with shit…
It was really nice to make contact with you in the parking lot of Needs at the corner of Windsor and Chebucto…Great recycle of plants and very heavy rocks…No stranger to dragging rocks…Still have the Huey period photo for you…Husband’s a lucky guy. —not
Why do men think it’s okay for them to publicly comment on my body? I could feel your eyes assess me up and down which is why I turned my back toward you. When you start commenting on my tattoos, telling me how foolish I look, how I’ll regret them et cetera, why do you…
So last year I was trying to get power hooked up to my place, that someone in rough times got evicted out of. I kept trying to tell you the address and you would tell me that’s not possible, then suddenly it was. After being on hold for 30 minutes and talking to you guys…
I’m tired of having the best time ever at punk and metal shows and then coming home to an empty or cold bed. People at punk and/or metal shows: I am a magical warlock wizardress who is in need of intense cuddles, please supply. No experience or training necessary. I am ready. —Tireddropoftreesap
I want to kiss you and also swallow you and spit out your innards in one beautiful and insane mess…Why won’t you allow me the pleasure? Fuckin’ coward, let me devour yoouuuuu! —Muskratpossumgirl
After taking a road trip to the east coast and falling in love with the ocean air, friendly people and quality seafood, Alex Oh decided to move his family from Toronto to Halifax and open the restaurant he’d been dreaming of, Alex Oh Sushi & Rolls (1589 Dresden Row). This week, he debuted the re-imagined…
Kate Hamilton calls Bodega Boutique (20 Wentworth Street) her “last ditch effort” to stay in this province forever. “I realized I needed to make my own job if I’m going to make a life in Nova Scotia,” says the entrepreneur, who’ll debut her men’s, women’s and giftware shop to downtown Dartmouth on October 15. Hamilton…
I will always love you, you will always hold my heart. I never thought I would love someone the way that I love you, and now you have my heart…for always. And I will wait for you, I will wait for you to let me love you, as long as it takes —Patiently Waiting
Why is it that all men claim to love eating pussy but then when it comes down to it, all they end up eating is their words. I wasted over an hour sexting this idiot last night and only agreed to meet up with him because he said he loved eating pussy soooo much. So…
This weekend our casual backyard barbecue turned into a dramatic fire filled evening. Thank you for saving the day with a swift flick of your wrist! You made working a BBQ look so easy. We may no longer have a usable barbecue, but thanks to you we still have a deck to store our burnt…
Ok, i admit that I’m still bitchin mad about all the usual reasons why PD day is so wrong. Like for example, doctors and nurses manage to have PD days without closing the f#$king hospital and sending patients home. This PD day is only 1 week after they closed the schools because there was a…
went to the concert saw the opening act, went out to get some air during intermission along with many other ppl!! Sat outside for a few min. When ppl tried to go back in everyone was denied! Wtf ! Obviously if anyone knew we wouldnt be allowed back in so many ppl wouldnt have left…
Christine Black left her life as a lawyer behind for the love of her tiny pup Chester. After many long days in the office, and many guilty nights coming home to her little Yorkshire Terrier who’d been holed up in her condo all day, she was inspired to find a spot where she wouldn’t have…
Atlantic Fashion Week is an exciting time. A fashion-loving citizen can both plan a new fall-winter look and get up close and personal with talented designers that probably shop at the same grocery store as you. Now in its eighth year, AFW is holding two designer showcases, opening night Thursday, October 2 at O’Regans Mercedes…
As usual the idiots who make decisions aren’t the users of the service. Get this, thousands of elderly cruise passengers spending hundreds of dollars each and needing to “pee” every 15 minutes, they arrive at Historic Properties’ Food Court, have a meal and now have to “go”…..immediately!” and what does the public washroom sign say…
The Tea Party—which at least one press release has informally dubbed a “Canadian exotic rock trio”—is coming to Halifax promoting its latest album The Ocean At The End, and simultaneously save itself from becoming a disambiguation (get it? SAVE itself? Saaaaaaaave itself?). Fun fact! Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson plays flute on The Ocean At The…
[Image-1] Whatever you think you know about the Irvings, you’re going to learn more in Irving vs Irving. The new book by veteran reporter Jacques Poitras looks into the history of Canada’s third wealthiest family, examining untold stories as the New Brunswick tycoons monopolize print media, fleece the government and battle against their own kin.…
You are so very loved. You deserve nothing but to be the happiest man in the world. Open your heart to the present, and it will be filled. I know that you are suffering, I am here for you. —a friend
Can’t take a hint? If I’m asking you about your butt and what you’re like in bed I’m being more than just professionally flirty. —Make out with me already
To the drunk Capital Health executive rambling loudly about how unions are parasites and the province is right to cutback on public service salaries: You know you work for the government, right? If the difficulty you had figuring out your bill is any indication, the Liberals could probably save a lot of money getting rid…
You can’t get pissed when you fail to yield then almost run another car off the road, next time you are driving on port land look before you just ram your van into traffic! —almost flipped
Take the chance, it needs to start with you…I’ve been waiting —The truth shall set you free
Soon it will be over. I have been limping along through this ordeal, catering to your narcissistic abuse. Soon I won’t have to rely on you and I will be free of you. I just gotta hang on and kiss your ass a little longer. I hate you. I really do. —Dark Rosaleen
Even though I have been awful to you. I hope we can move away and build a little house together on your land. <3 —Little Bird
Remember when you said that? I laid in my room wide awake reading the messages coming in with a smile from ear to ear. Knowing I was the girl that drove you crazy, made me happy and also made me melt and wrap around your finger, which you have now incessantly manipulated me with. Lately,…
Hot ticket alert! With “Ibsen Bites”, LunaSea Theatre is revisiting the eclectic, immersive theatre experience template that they used in 2012’s fabulous “Chekhov at Home”. The evening includes six 15-minute theatre pieces that are built around the theme of exploring the life and work of 19th-century Norwegian playwright Henrik Johan Ibsen. The evening is held in a…
To the grown man in line behind me to get into this evenings food truck party that decided the $2 entry fee was “absolutely fucking ridiculous”. Your a real piece of shit, leaving the line to sneak in for free. Someone is willing to put together a community event where you have access to restaurant…
After seven years in its Birmingham Street space, Bradshaw Pure Esthetics is moving to a new home. As of October 1 you’ll find Diana Bradshaw‘s holistic spa and its skin care and spa services—as well as Emily Lutz’s Curative Massage—two doors up at 1556 Queen Street, above James Bradshaw Goldsmith, her father’s design studio. Bradshaw…
Red wine, you are the best. Why must you stain our clothing/furniture/sheets/teeth? Lucky for our kitchen, coffee and bedside tables we’ve found the perfect coasters for absorbing any drips, drops and spills that may ensue after a few glasses of your favourite vintage. Made by Henley Brand, and brought to Halifax by Gottingen newcomer The…
Hi! So I’ve been on the search for a wedding venue for a little while, and having no luck (well, no luck in terms of find a budget-friendly venue that is!) There are some gorgeous ones, but WAY out of our league price-wise.. We’re looking for even just a beautiful ceremony space, not too costly,…
Q I’m a 28-year-old pan-curious married guy from the Midwest about to move to San Francisco. I’ve been with my wife for 10 years, and we’ve started to explore being monogamish. I am also re-exploring my bi attractions. I’ve been thinking a lot about the opportunities for reinvention that our cross-country move might provide. My…
Marc-Antoine Robertson makes epic sounds in the most mundane of locales— his bedroom, his kitchen, and his producer’s parlour. “I spend a lot of time hanging out in these places, and they’re filled with things that make me want to write—like the record collection and movies I have stashed in my room,” the frontman of…
Billy Bragg hoisted his guitar as if it were a picket sign, before marching onstage to rally a crowd. The audience was from a southern St. Louis suburb, and they had plenty of reason to protest. In nearby Ferguson, police and citizens were mired in a civil rights standoff. Bragg had no answers to their…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Libra (August 23-September 22) “I am a seed about to break,” wrote Sylvia Plath in her poem “Three Women.” That’s how I see you right now, Libra. You are teeming with the buoyant energy that throbs when a seed is ready to sprout. You have been biding your time, gathering the nourishment you…
Brewers are enjoying the fermented fruits of their labour as Atlantic Canadian beer elbows out the competition at liquor commissions and overwhelms private stores, and the “drink local” movement explodes like an over-carbonated lager. Punctuating both the region’s success and unparalleled support of local beer is next week’s inaugural Atlantic Canadian Beer Awards. Funded by…
It will be a “show and prove kind of thing,” says Michael McGuire, chair of the Hopscotch Executive Committee, as the 2nd annual Atlantic hip-hop cypher helps kick off the fifth annual Hopscotch Halifax Celebration. A cypher, in hip-hop terms, is what happens when MCs gather and rap in a circular order one after another,…
A “faith-based” organization with opinions about your pregnancy has taken out ads on Halifax Transit buses, and that’s not sitting well with Allison Sparling. No, the news isn’t on repeat. Yes, this all happened back in January when anti-abortion group Signs4Life took out bus ads, prompting Sparling, South House and others to band together and…
“Minimums are set federally and the minimum sentence for sexual assault against a person 16 years old or younger is only one year,” says Karen Power-Machan. The minimum sentence for causing lifelong trauma to a child, often by a person in a position of trust and known to the victim, is less than armed robbery…
Maybe it was as a tourist visiting Halifax for the first time or that moment when napping on a grassy field seemed like a perfect idea, but chances are you’ve explored Citadel Hill. The historic site, home to a star-shaped stone fortress built to defend the Halifax harbour against American attacks during the 19th century,…
On the Evangeline Trail, on the edge of Wolfville, Michael Lightfoot and his wife Jocelyn are in the process of opening a new winery, suitably named Lightfoot & Wolfville Vineyards. “It’s all about creating a legacy—this is a family farm, and I’m the third generation on this particular land, and a seventh-generation farmer in my…
“I’m interested in real conversations,” says John Mullane, sipping root beer. “There’s so many blippy digital blips, social media and whatnot. I’m interested in real-world things again.” The singer and guitarist for In-Flight Safety stopped home for two days, in the middle of touring the band’s fourth album, Conversationalist, released in Canada on September 9…
Go ahead, pour yourself a glass of this full-bodied feature and raise it to another harvest season. A couple of swigs of this and you’ll get inside the heads of six of Nova Scotia’s winemakers, meet the up-and-coming Lightfoot & Wolfville Vineyards, realize you should probably start drinking rosé and plot your to-do list for…
Bruce Ewert L’Acadie Vineyards Hometown: Vancouver, BC Years of experience: 28th harvest, 10th at L’Acadie Places he’s made wine: BC, Ontario, California, Australia What did you want to do as a profession when you were a kid? Engineer. ”I was always interested in how things worked.” What’s your favourite grape varietal? “L’Acadie Blanc has versatility…
Summer is the domain of sparkling wines, crisp rieslings and cool, light whites. As the leaves turn red, so do glasses of wine, which turn toward the bolder, spicier, warmer flavours found in a toasty burgundy or a hearty malbec. But if you’re looking for a bit of middle ground, look no further than a…
Alanna McIntyre sommelier and product specialist at Bishop’s Cellar Favourite local wine for fall If I have to pick, my favourite local drop at the moment is the 2013 Planter’s Ridge riesling. For those who are still skeptical about the local wine scene, a glass of this refreshing and zesty white wine may sway their opinion. Don’t be…
Haligonian Barb Stegemann has been in the media a lot lately talking about her initiative to save the world one perfume bottle at a time by encouraging farmers to produce perfume ingredients for her company The 7 Virtues. Having recently expanded into Rwanda, Stegemann emphasizes that, although she runs a for-profit business, not a charity,…
Aren’t happy endings the best? When renovations and rent hikes forced Ray’s Lebanese Cuisine out of Scotia Square Mall’s food court last March, he found a bigger, brighter new spot in Burnside to serve up the award-winning eats that he’d been dishing out to the downtown lunch crowd for 31 years. Last Friday, after a…
