Naked truth
I love Vancouver and our beaches. We have Third Beach, Second Beach, English Bay, Sunset Beach, Kits Beach, Jericho Beach, Spanish Banks... Just a few of the many beach choices in Vancouver.
So why the hell do people come all the way to Wreck Beach and sit here in their bathing suits? It makes no sense. Wreck Beach is one of the last clothing optional beaches in Canada, and often times the clothed people out number the nude people.
Wreck Beach is about celebrating the human form with love and positivity for all shapes and sizes, since the early ‘70s. So to all the clothed people on a nude beach, I say strip down and enjoy, or get the fuck off the beach.
–Curtis Hunter
Vacuum assist
Against my better judgment, I decided to bus home with my new vacuum instead of taking a taxi. I'd like to thank the really sweet guy who stopped his SUV on Beach and Howe, got out, and offered to help me. This was on Tuesday, Aug. 30. People like you, sir, are what makes Vancouver so great.
Thank you so much!
–KK
Shame! Shame! Shame!
Re: “A Tribe Called Red combats ignorance on the dancefloor,” Aug. 18, 2016.
Read with pleasure Alex Hudson's piece on A Tribe Called Red in the Aug. 18 issue; great to see aboriginals making music and politics and getting their message out. Very inspiring.
So imagine my dismay when I noticed the advertising on the same page, bottom left corner, inviting the public for a day sail up Indian Arm. Yeah, us locals still call it that, and that is still the official name, but did it not strike you as perhaps culturally insensitive to place an ad with colonial overtones on the same page as a "good news" aboriginal article?
Please. Westender should be ashamed. Seriously.
–Debra McNaught
World-class racket
Re: “Can we take a break please?” Rant/Rave, Aug. 25, 2016.
Absolutely not! This is our WORLD CLASS city now and these events come with the territory. We asked for it, now we have it. You want quiet? Go on a vacation. Otherwise, enjoy your world-class status... whatever that means.
–Mike
Noise annoys
Re: “Keep it on the track,” Rant/Rave, Aug. 25, 2016.
The near non-stop noise from noisy motorcycles and suped-up cars in the West End couldn’t be as on Quebec Street from early evening through the entire night and early morning hours. Why do they continue to licence these assholes?
–Sleepless and Angry
Rant/Rave rant
Re: Rant/Rave, Aug. 25, 2016.
I don't usually read the Rant/Rave column but this week all three rants drew my applause!
Couldn't agree more with Don Allison about suped-up cars and bikes. I think Davie has become the nosiest road for motorcycles without mufflers. No police around to ticket them. Davie is now more-or-less a through-road as there are few left or right turns allowed from Denman to Pacific. Again, another brilliant plan by the City of Vancouver. Closing down streets in the West End so it makes it difficult for residents and first responders to have easy access to where they need to be.
“Cycle Safety” issues. Couldn't agree more with Brett Gladman! Our mayor rants about drivers circling the West End neighbourhood looking for parking. So what does the City do in response to the parking survey? They install bike racks on roads and take away parking stalls! Hence more circling by drivers and more accidents waiting to happen. Hence ICBC "putting up rates because of claims." Plus there are now so many cyclists on the roads and sidewalks that even walking has become a hazard. Cyclists are speeding along the pathways around and into Stanley Park. Not only that, but most of them don't wear helmets. Is it not still a law?
“Can we take a break please?” I couldn't agree more. It is so difficult for those that live in high-/low-rise apartments to find a place that is peaceful just to enjoy the nature in our own West End backyard. But the permits that the City issues for such loud and long events makes money. So Anthony, I doubt if all those events disrupting the serenity of the West End will stop any time soon. Especially now that drivers can't get to and from locations without driving and idling their vehicles for longer.
–Elaine L.
All rants and raves are the opinion of the individual and do not reflect the opinions of Westender. The editor reserves the right to edit for clarity and brevity, so please keep it short and (bitter)sweet. Email your rant or rave to [email protected]
