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I find the hunt for a good read can be as compelling as the book itself and Bibliophile Bookshop, located at 2010 Commercial Drive, is no exception.
This wee gem of a bookshop is the antithesis of Chapters/Borders/Amazon (of which I also spend far too much time in and online), providing a spectacular selection of tomes [...]

Don’t be fooled by the name, while concentrating on the sexual empowerment of women, Womyns’ Ware isn’t just for the ladies.
Boasting an incredibly massive assortment of sex toys, along with books on sexual health and wellness and novelty sex items, Womyns’ Ware Inc. is quite simply the most comprehensive sex store in the city.
I’ve had [...]

Following a particularly painful and disgusting visit to the oral surgeon, I stumbled home to Google food I could sip through a straw…
…when my computer suddenly picked up a nasty bit of spy ware.
Had I not been in such dizzying pain, I might have had an epileptic fit, instead, I attempted to back-up what I [...]

I cannot lie.
I have been unusually disappointed with the vast majority of Vietnamese restaurants in Vancouver.
For anyone who knows me, you’ll have heard me at least a few times bitching and complaining about a lack of fresh, tasty and inexpensive Vietnamese eats in the region.
Believe it or not, while I haven’t been to Vietnam yet, [...]

Do you know what makes me happy? 
Consistently spectacular customer service. 
Hell, I’m even willing to settle for consistently decent service with a smile.  Fortunately, the folks from Timbre, at 2068 Commercial Drive, have consistently made me very happy.
With a determination to leave no neighborhood haunt unturned, I twisted the rubber arm of a visiting friend to [...]

I have to sweat.
It has become a daily routine for me that isn’t even so much for the physical benefits, of which there are many, but  more so for the mental and emotional relief it provides.
In my world, there is little that resembles a routine and working out provides a simple way of gaining some [...]