A City of Villages?

Tuesday, 07. 6. 2010  –  Matt Cavers  –  Featured, News and Features

Here we are, fifteen of us, on the lawn of an upscale Dunbar home, and we’re listening as Southland Farm’s Jordan Maynard introduces us to the ancient craft of raising chickens for eggs.

Vancouver sends cyclists a $25 million invite

Friday, 05. 28. 2010  –  Matt Cavers  –  News and Features

Vancouver has a bicycle subculture. But can it build a culture of cycling?

Next stop, UBC Line? Not for a while

Friday, 05. 14. 2010  –  Matt Cavers  –  Featured, News & Opinion

Late last month TransLink announced a series of public consultations for a Broadway transit line, and for a few days, the blogosphere buzzed.

Historic parliamentary precedent vs. Slam Drunk

Friday, 04. 30. 2010  –  Matt Cavers  –  Opinion

Lamenting The Province’s inability to see anything outside of, well, the Province.

“People Were, like, Falling All Over the Place”

Monday, 04. 26. 2010  –  Matt Cavers  –  Featured, The Good Life

At Howe and Robson cars and buses rumble down the pavement and a few groups of inebriated youths wander towards the nightly gong show on Granville. Nothing out of the ordinary…

Brown House Ale for Best in Show?

Wednesday, 04. 21. 2010  –  Matt Cavers  –  Culture & Life

A while ago I wrote a piece for this website about the growing popularity of homebrewing in Vancouver. What I didn’t reveal then (though you may have guessed) is that I make homebrew myself

Corbin Murdoch

Wednesday, 04. 14. 2010  –  Matt Cavers  –  People You Should Know

On March 6, 2010, at a gallery and music space on a quiet East Vancouver side street, Corbin Murdoch and his band the Nautical Miles celebrated the release of their third full-length, A Year in Song.

So Long, Sweet Robson Street

Thursday, 04. 8. 2010  –  Matt Cavers  –  Opinion

Robson’s never been my favourite street in Vancouver. High-powered shopping doesn’t really move me, nor does paying through the nose for mediocre food, nor does being treated like a tourist in my own city (OK, I don’t live in Vancouver, but I grew up there, and I’m a frequent visitor). I’m pretty fond of the [...]

Not (just) About Cheap Beer: Homebrewing in Vancouver

Sunday, 03. 7. 2010  –  Matt Cavers  –  The Good Life

Offer someone a beer. Go ahead, do it. Then, just before you begin pouring, say “it’s homebrew,” and watch your words have their effect. Everyone forms the same mental picture of home-brewed beer – a cloudy, brown liquid, served from a two-litre pop bottle, smelling of yeast and tasting slightly of vinegar.