Archive for May, 2009

Once the hot weather starts, I start craving certain food and drink at an unreasonable level.  In the up and coming weeks I will share with you some of this fare.  Your own suggestions will be welcomed too, as long as the weather keeps coming, I’ll keep craving….

The slurpee is one of my summertime staples.  My love affair with slurpees runs deep, I pretty much will risk my life to get a one as noted in my ‘scariest sev’ posts one and two.

I was never a real float guy, and to some degree, I still consider myself a slurpee purist, but for whatever reason I think the screamer is one of the best collabo’s ever…ice cream and a slurpee.  There are only a few places where you can get these, my favourite place is the husky at King Ed and Oak.  

They always have pretty solid flavours, no kooky stuff like crystal lite….they’re kidding with that stuff right?  Like last year during the hottest week of the year, when the gas station right by my house swapped out the coke for sugar free raspberry splash or whatever….and when I freaked out, I was on camera or something right?

But yeah…the sickest thing about this Husky is they always have rootbeer which for me is not just the best popsicle flavour ever, but also dominates in the world of the slurpee.  They’re on top of their ice cream here too, each time I’ve gone it’s been runny which is how it’s gotta be if it’s going through a straw.  

bonus best slurpee pic I’ve ever taken..

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Adrift in Tokyo, a 2008 release in Japan and surprise hit following its April 10th release in Montreal, where it ranked 2nd in per-screen box-office in 1st week films on the first week Quebec box-office, and 1st in 2nd week films on the second week box-office is playing a 2 week run @ Tinseltown Theatres which started MAY 22.

TRAILER

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This house on 2nd street east over here in North Van is very tempting to sneak into. Anybody have a big ladder?

LIGHTA! SOUND + NEW FORMS FESTIVAL present..
[ DF!3 ] may 30 2009

[ APPLEBLIM ] skull disco / apple pips / tempa (bristol.uk)
[ LONG WALK SHORT DOCK ] lwsd
[ THE LIBRARIAN ] bass coast project (squamish)
[ TAAL MALA ] lighta! / sub-osc
[ GLITCHY & SCRATCHY ] i.g.u.
[ DUBGNOSTIC ] mosiac.uk (victoria)
[ VASHO PEKAR ] shah dj’s

open studios – 252 E 1st ave. 10pm music starts
$20 advanced tickets / $25 at the door
ticket outlets: zulu, highlife, beatstreet, vinyl, scratch and clubzone

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Local t-shirt makers, Basement Clothing, are releasing some new designs soon, one of which I donated for the cause. If you’re not familiar with them, they’re a trio of young brothers who have been producing small runs of tees out of their parent’s basement in South Vancouver for the past few years. Their shirts have appeared in Eugene Choo and Antisocial amongst other spots.

I’ll let you know as soon as the new shirts are available to buy off of their site. And yes, I believe that is a Bryant Reeves 1″ punk pin.

It’s a new dog every day, click here to find out how to get your dog featured here if you haven’t sent in your photos yet!

Today’s dog featured in Dogtown Vancouver is Freddie, Shannon H’s pup. Here’s what she had to say about him…

NAME: Freddie. BREED: Boston Terrier. HOOD: White Rock. FAVORITE SNACK: Smashed up banana in his kong toy. OTHER INFO: Freddie was a rescue dog and before I even met him I feel in LOVE with him; He was the happiest little dog when I went to get him from his foster home. He loves people and jumps up and down non stop when he is excited… he especially goes NUTS for his ball which he could chase forever!! In the morning when he wakes up he is the happiest lil’ guy who just wants to cuddle and give kisses til its time to go outside for his morning duties. When you’re having a bad day, Freddie will be sure to cheer you up!! I love Freddie so much and those who meet him always tell me they “just want to eat him he’s so CUTE!” How could you not!?! Just look at him!!! =)

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Just sitting on the deck enjoying the morning and looking at the weather ahead. Its a great affirmation that this is one of the reason we live here. Being true Vancouverites we also find ourselves taking Friday afternoons as a good time to leave early and find our spot to take it in. Yesterday I was peddling around just laughing at how good we got it.

Looks like its old man skate session (China, Strat and Plaza? before noon) this morning. Maybe find some farm fresh product and then some beach action. Who know?!

Oh, its on!

group art show tonight in gastown.

music by sincerely hana and dj cherchez.

sponsored by coors light!

Does anybody know if there’s somebody living in this cute little Boler that’s been parked behind The Foundation on Main for the past few months? If not, I would like to inquire about getting it donated to VancouverIsAwesome so that we have somewhere to hold our board meetings…

Randy Laybourne is our BOOKS AND MAGAZINES editor, he handles our V.I.A. IMPRINT features and more.

LINKS:
- Lookforwardtothepast.com
- youtube.com/lookforwardtothepast
- Mumble Agency
- Randy’s V.I.A. posts

THIS IS WHAT RANDY’S FRIDGE LOOKS LIKE:

AND HERE’S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIM:

Neighborhood:
North Vancouver Lower Lonsdale area.

Favourite thing to do in the neighborhood:
Explore new areas and neighborhoods with my wife and cameras.

What do you do?
Art, design, photos, drawwwing lots, tiny bit of writing.

Favourite Vancouverite?
Expo Ernie

What’s the best thing that has ever happened to you in this city?
Moving to it after living almost 10 years in Southern California. We hardly drive anywhere now.

What else do you want people to know about you?
I brought what seems like a literal ton of books with me on the move north. We were scared the floor was going to cave in when they were brought into the apartment.

Come to this. Sample sale for Grandiose clothing line by Beth Richards+Brian Mendoza.   small fits girls. Jessica Stam tees- hello!  Last chance to own.