Every time I walk up the steep two storeys of stairs to the top floor of my dance studio, Harbour Dance Centre in downtown Vancouver, I pass by all the other studios and the masses of dancers waiting for their class to begin.
It’s not a huge stretch to draw similarities between the dance studio and the New York City High School for the Performing Arts of Fame (the original series), what with them both residing in the middle of the city (the neon marquees of the Granville Street “Entertainment District” …

February 1, 2010 marked the (approximate) five-year anniversary of me living in Vancouver. Although I did arrive in the Lower Mainland in August 2004, my first four months were spent atop Burnaby Mountain in an SFU residence, followed by a month of random, miserable south-east Vancouver living (to wit: I moved into a dump near south Main, non-stop January rains happened, it flooded, I moved out).
Five years ago, I moved into the Cambie Village area of town, the area I spied amongst my first days in Vancouver as my preferred …

I am hoping that the title of this post binds me to publishing this entry this year… it could very easily languish in my Drafts like many other well-intentioned blog posts. Afterall, the Vancouver Asian Film Festival starts today….
Today, we’re going back to that comment made by our New York host that was just a fact of life for her but, for me, it might be the catalyst of enlightenment… of sorts. She had observed how Asian diaspora/pride/identity crisis is so pronounced where she now lives compared to what she …

Yes, wyn is copping out a little (a lot) and posting the list that I fastidiously made after Joyce tweeted about Vancouver Magazine’s recently released 2009 list of 101 foods to find yourself eating around the city. Because I like having yet another list to refer to… and that means there will be about one more year to make it through this list and last year’s list until the next list, right??
Legend/Guide:
* Bolded — I’ve had that and /or been there and/or I’ve had that there!
* Italicized — Haven’t had …