than a few free hours on a Sunday morning reading the Sunday New York Times over coffee. My favourite – an article on how the animated sitcom King of Hill is helping the liberal elite understand the vast swaths of Americans who live in exurbia, eat at chain restaurants, shop at big box stores and are considered a pivotal factor in Republican electoral returns in the US.
The genuine, decent and refreshingly unpolitico Ralph Sultan – recently re-elected as MLA for West Vancouver-Capilano – had a thank you barbeque for his volunteers this afternoon at his Nantucket-style house in Whytecliff Park.
Driving out to the event, I was struck by the feeling of how West Van has retained a distinct air of its roots – where early Vancouver resource industry execs kept their summer cottages. The unique allure of Vancouver’s urban/rural divide was readily apparent as rugged coastline, dense forest and bordering mountains were only a 20 minute drive from our townhouse on Homer Street – bounded by shiny new Yaletown on one side and gritty Seymour/Granville on the other.