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It's Tuesday April the 4 around 7:46PM and

Vancouver Magazine's April Issue

I see that last month was really an anomaly. The April 2006 issue of Vancouver Magazine is out on the shelves but not up on the website. What a total internet debacle. Here's the top five things you need to know about the issue before you go waste the money:

5. The Story on designer Martha Sturdy who is packing in her South Granville shop after 20-years or so is pretty good. This quote is priceles, "But her departure from the retail scene is another sign of Vancouver's blandness makeover. Our downtown is becoming more and more like suburban Raleigh. Or Red Deer." Ouch. More of this please.

4. Malcom Parry's column. My god, when your "city life" photo essay features only a d-lister from a cancelled show like Godiva's and Da Vinci's Inquest creater Chris Haddock looking like a complete hobo, you're in way too deep.

3. A story on Ultimate Frisbee? Come on.

2. The cover story is a strange tale about 18-year old Lora Sun who lost the 2005 Miss Chinese Vancouver paegant is headlined "Chinese Idol". It comes off way more creepy than all that.

1. The wine column by Christina Burridge is called "The Spanish Armada". Now I know the article was supposed to praise the Spanish wines, but doesn't that title sound like they are all getting blown away by the British at Gravelines? Fun right?

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Posted by: Modge

April 5, 2006 08:54 PM

Two point, regarding your comments on the appropriateness of the Spanish Armada.

1) Armada is a widely-used term to describe a large fleet of ships. It does not confer upon it any expectation of success in battle.

2) The outcome of the Battle at Gravelines is disputed, as you'd have noticed further down in the Wikipedia link, under Points of View:

"There is an understandable discrepancy between the Spanish and English/Dutch Wikipedia articles on this historical event; the English and Dutch versions describe it as a military victory over the Spanish, while the Spanish version (see Grande y Felic�sima Armada, especially the Tergiversaciones hist�ricas section) describes it as a Spanish loss mostly to weather conditions, expressed by king Philip II of Spain as "Mand� a mis barcos a luchar contra los ingleses, no contra los elementos" (I sent my ships to fight the English, not the elements.) "