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A woman on a farmer’s shoulder emphasizes a corn crop’s height in Minnesota, 1916.Photograph by A. W. Thompson, National Geographic

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Happy hikers pass in front of Table Mountain in Washington, April 1960.Photograph by B. Anthony Stewart, National Geographic

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Vancouver Port (by Claùde Martin photography)

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Pillow Fight Club

In our books, the only kind of acceptable fights involve pillows. Soft, feathery, plush pillows primed for combat. Here are the rules of pillow fight club to make your cushion clash worthy…

1. Always talk about pillow fight club.

2. The confines of your bed are the boundaries of the ring. Don’t fall off.

3. Clear your side table of any breakables. There should be no casualties in pillow fight club.

4. Pile your bed with cushions of all sizes and shapes for an assortment of weaponry.

5. For optimal good times, pajamas or underwear only.

See if you can reach the penultimate state of a pillow fight – that moment the fabric seams rip and feathers rain down like treats from a piñata.  

~ Sandra O’Connell, OPUS Insider

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Morning Vancouver from Yaletown (by TG Photography (TattoodGuy ))

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The small monastic church of St John at Kaneo sits perched atop a rocky precipice overlooking Lake Ohrid in Macedonia, Yugoslavia, April 1982.Photograph by James L. Stanfield, National Geographic

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Why walk when you could strut?

Some boots are built for snow drifts. Others for puddle jumping. Many for sidewalk strutting. And a few for merely gazing upon with wonder. We’ve found a selection of boots that make us wish for winter year round.

Which ones do you desire?

Boots (from left to right, top to bottom): Pucci, Theyskens’ Theory, Chloe, DSquared2, Lucchese, Rag & Bone, Unknown girls’ boots

~ Sandra O’Connell, OPUS Insider

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Happy Halloween Vancouver!

Above: Vancouver Science World Halloween Theme (by TOTORORO.RORO)

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Spellbound by sentence

She is one of Canada’s most treasured gems. Literary empress, Margaret Atwood has been wooing the world with words since The Handmaid’s Tale was awarded several times over and recognized globally as a notable science fiction novel in 1985.

Her storytelling is daring. It provokes lumps to form in throats and tongues to lick lips. She caresses words, cajoling them into bold statements and poetic sentences.

Here are a few quotes that seem to make time stop in its tracks…

“I would like to be the air that inhabits you for a moment only. I would like to be that unnoticed and that necessary.”

“Romance takes place in the middle distance. Romance is looking in at yourself through a window clouded with dew. Romance means leaving things out: where life grunts and shuffles, romance only sighs.”

“Touch comes before sight, before speech. It is the first language and the last, and it always tells the truth.”

“The best way of keeping a secret is to pretend there isn’t one.”

“Water does not resist. Water flows. When you plunge your hand into it, all you feel is a caress. Water is not a solid wall, it will not stop you. But water always goes where it wants to go, and nothing in the end can stand against it. Water is patient. Dripping water wears away a stone. Remember that, my child. Remember you are half water. If you can’t go through an obstacle, go around it. Water does.”

“You can think clearly only with your clothes on.”

Atwood’s latest book, MaddAddam, was released this year.

~Sandra O’Connell, OPUS Insider

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OPUS Bar’s Fall Cocktails

I can already see my breath. Summer has officially departed. And the crispness that has arrived can only be combated with something that warms you from the inside.

OPUS Bar has revealed its fall offerings. A list of fluids that act as a furnace when consumed.

On one of these early autumn evenings, I was treated to a taste from bartender Martin Corriveau, who shook and stirred a Val Venosta and Castelletto for me.

With one sip of the green Val Venosta I found myself in an orchard of apples. The martini (42 Below Vodka, Apple Brandy, Lime Juice, Basil, Apple Juice) is equally balanced with flavours – the basil and apple complement and caress each other like lovers spooning. I wanted to savour each sip. Tasting the elements individually.

Once this mixture had disappeared, I moved on to the Castelletto, named after the red light district in Venice in the 14th century. The crimson potion (Martini Rosso, Grappa, Smoked Plum Syrup, Acid Phosphate, Absinthe) bites like the inhabitants of its namesake – sweetly, with affection and arousal. I wanted more.

Come into OPUS Bar for one of these new concoctions. Visit on one of the following dates to accompany your cocktail with music.

Friday, October 11, 7 – 10pm – Colin Bullock Saturday, October 12, 7 – 10pm – Luca Fogale Friday, October 18, 7 – 10pm – Martin Acosta Friday, October 25, 7 – 10pm – Greg Neufeld Saturday, October 2, 7 – 10pm – Ali Milner

~ Sandra O’Connell, OPUS Insider

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"If people aren't calling you crazy, you aren't thinking big enough."

Richard Branson

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Being realistic is the most common path to mediocrity.

Will Smith

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