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SCENE | HEARD Gillespie’s Fine Spirits is the newest craft distillery to pop onto the Lower Mainland craft spirit scene. The Squamish tasting room opens to the public on Sept. 19.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): In the 2000 film Cast Away, Tom Hanks plays an American FedEx executive who is stranded alone on a remote Pacific island after he survives a plane crash. A few items from the plane wash up on shore, including a volleyball.

Anyone with any sense at all understands that Granville Street is a maddening location during the weekend. As such, a great many locals avoid the Granville Strip like a house on fire full of rats.

By 6:30am on Friday, there was a lineup outside Mink Chocolate on West Hastings, with eager customers scooping up every available ounce of the company’s popular chocolate bar, Mermaids’ Choice. This has been unheard of in the past.

Weekly round-up of auto-related news

Courier reader: Geoffrey Buttner Destination: Cape Agulhas, South Africa Favourite memories of trip: My wife Margaret and I recently visited South Africa and took a driving trip along the south coast, visiting Cape Agulhas, the southernmost tip of So

Q: “My lawn has suddenly turned into a huge patch of moss and white clovers after all this hot weather. I have completely no grass left.

Spending five days on a trip that combined an all-inclusive resort with a quaint Mexican pueblo and funky seaside beach towns was, well, pretty much idyllic.

Fall is the ultimate time of year for style: The most coveted fashion magazines hit the stands, fuller than ever with stunning new collections, and everything from palettes to silhouettes to textures shift toward a warmer, more layered look.

A culinary trip around Asia is no doubt a bucket list item for many, and for good reason. But with so many exotic flavours, spices, and techniques, the options can seem overwhelming.