Pique'n Yer Interest

A couple months ago I was visiting family in Ontario, and realized my driver's license was set to expire in the near future. "Better go get that taken care of now," I thought.

Like many, I'm counting down to opening day. I notice, though, that the intensity of the wait doesn't compare to when I was a teenager. When I lived and breathed snowboarding, the wait was painful. Each day felt longer than usual.

As a country, Canada is pretty darn great. Not perfect, not by a longshot, but the privileges and freedom we enjoy, the vast and varied terrain we get to explore, and the cast of characters we call our own is generally solid. There's plenty to love.

There a multitude of factors that make Whistler distinct from pretty much any other community in Canada.

Two years ago I stopped keeping social media apps on my phone. I'm easily distracted. The constant updates were too much. I still, however, use them. At night, I'll re-download them and begin swiping, tapping and messaging. Instagram is my jam.

How many trending hashtags and tales of terror is it going to take? Assault and harassment of women is unacceptable, all too common, and must be dealt with. Full stop. Great, let's call it a day and celebrate with some mimosas.

We live in marvellous times. And by that I am referring to the food and beverage renaissance surrounding us. And by that I really mean the craft beer revolution.

I now know how to spell “acoustic” without checking. For years, I was certain that there were either two Cs, or two Ts, or both, but I never wrote it often enough for the word to be seared into my memory correctly. That changed at Pique .

By about every metric you can muster, we are better off as a society today than at any point in human history. We're safer, live longer, and have an overabundance of creature comforts at our literal fingertips.

Like many, I casually watched last spring's provincial election, distracted by the demagoguery and vulgarity that's come to define the U.S. presidency. That said, some key promises, made by the NDP, captured my attention.