Living

It’s a little after 5 p.m. when our plane descends into Cabo San Lucas. Joanne, my best friend of nearly four decades, and I are about to embark on a 10-day luxury getaway through the Baja Peninsula in Mexico.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) I hope you have someone in your life to whom you can send the following love note, and if you don't, I trust you will locate that someone no later than Aug.

Garlic, arugula, green onions and radishes good candidates for an early start

Exile Bistro 1220 Bute 604-563-8633 ExileBistro.com Open Monday-Saturday, 5pm-midnight; Sunday, 5pm-10pm; brunch Saturday-Sunday, 10am-3pm. The concept is fantastic.

When I was a kid my parents were really into celebrating Valentine's Day. I really liked it too because it meant a family dinner, a white chocolate heart and maybe a new Madonna CD.

Get idolized: He may be pushing 60 but Billy Idol’s famous spiky hairdo is still going strong and apparently so is the rest of him. The artist formerly known as William Broad plays the Queen E.

Craft beer fandom is essentially the search for the best beer in the world. But while we twist ourselves in to tizzies trying to find it, no one’s bothered to learn what the absolute worst is. Well I have.

Five days in Italy? I won’t even try to convince you that it was work or gain your sympathy for the brutal jet lag. I was there and back in a flash but the taste still lingers.

Get heckling: “ In the year 3000, man is no match for the Psychlo’s, a greedy, manipulative race of aliens on a quest for ultimate profit.

Lüt Boutique is hosting an evening of art and fashion on Thursday, Feb. 12 with visual artist Michelle Wilson and fashion designer Hanna Wheale from Hanna Dorothy. Wilson’s latest series of work features Paris street scenes and urban landscapes.