Living

ARIES (March 21-April 19) During my regular hikes along my favorite trails, I've gotten to know the local boulders quite intimately. It might sound daft, but I've come to love them. I've even given some of them names.

The art of creating a stylish home is a journey - a process that, as a designer, I have the pleasure of guiding people through. Often the first question that comes up with clients is, 'What look suits our space?'.

The next full moon is extra special as it occurs on Canada Day, July 1 at 7:22pm. Lunar effects are said to influence human behavior. A full moon can make people behave in strange and unusual ways.

Humans have been preserving food pretty much since forever. While the process itself could take a great deal of time and energy, the payoff was not starving all winter long.

Toy guns kept since childhood, a piano that’s been in the family for 100 years, a portable Viking record player, worn vintage tools, dented cowboy hats, and empty whiskey bottles line the wooden shelves at b.b gun leather studio in Strathcona.

Q: I’ve been growing chives in a pot on the patio for many years. Every year it grows back — but not this year. Why? I watered it, gave it some liquid food to no avail.

It seems there is a do-it yourself version of almost anything you can think of.

Grapes & Soda 1541 West 6 Ave 604-336-2456 GrapesAndSoda.ca Open Wednesday to Sunday, 5pm-11pm. “Oh, another wine bar opened?” my friend asks with rolled eyes and a dismissive shrug. I can’t blame her. Wine bars are becoming the norm, it seems.

Is there any good way to ask a girl out when she is working? I have a massive crush on this bartender at the restaurant down the street. –Bar Crush Dear Bar Crush, Let me tell you a little story.

Beach Bay Café and Patio has officially opened its doors. The restaurant has taken over the old Raincity Grill space at Denman off Davie. Chef Scott Korzack (formerly at L’Abbatoir) heads up the kitchen, with Adrian Lindner leading the bar program.