Today after lunch there was a fire in the building behind us. This is a classic Downtown Eastside Single Room Occupancy hotel. There is no doubt that illegal activity goes on inside, because it goes on in the alley…

Last night I was down at the Shebeen for the W2 Launch Event. My boss was one of the speakers but I’ve also been working in some small way on trying to see this project come to fruition. There were a number of politicians or at least people running for public office, including at least one mayoral candidate…