ANCOUVER HAS a

new hot spot — the

Purple Moose. The
Moose, at Hornby and
Davie, replaces an Italian
restaurant which, although it
was very good, had a com-
pletely unmemorable name
(I can’t recall what it was).

Louise Aird
BRIGHT. LIGHTS

CFMI presented the opening
and North Van’s Jody Vance did a
great job of handling the broadcast
and keeping the crowd happy,
with a Let’s Make A Deal-style
prize draw where guests won
prizes according to what their
purses/pockets contained.

Co-owner Fred Bilawey (the
other owners are from Winterpeg)
thought of everything.

Menus are newspapers (en-
vironmentally incorrect, Fred), so
moist towelettes — the kind you
keep in your glove compartment
— are provided.

A tattoo artist does temporary
skin designs, and Shiseido has set
up an entire makeup selection for
teuch-ups.

A few Northshoreites showed.
North Van's Glen ‘I need new
Topsiders”’ Ringdal, the Canucks’
VP marketing, was pondering the

dough the team lost by getting
knocked out of the playoffs, and
West Van’s David Wolfin showed

. off the prize he'd won at the Dia-
mond Conference — a 4.99-carat
diamond from Zaire.

Also there was North Van's
Robert Kwong, back from the
B.C. Professional Press
Photography Awards at Banff,
where he wen for his Molson Indy
Photos Series ‘‘Rapid Transit.’’

And West Van native Nicola
Parker was taking a breather from
promoting the Qatuwas Festival,
which you may want to attend if
you're in the Bella Bella area Sun-
day, June 27.

Indigenous peoples are coming
from around the world for this ~~
revival of indigenous maritime
traditions, and Roy Henry Vickers
did limited-edition prints, two of

which were presented to Boris
Yeltsin and Bill Clinton at the
summit.

For more info cali Maurice
Nahanee of the Squamish Sea-
Going Society, at 985-0799.

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I was pleasant, she was
not. 99

West Van's Jackson Davies is
starring in a very funny play at the
Arts Club Revue Cabaret — The
Wild Guys.

There are four guys: the presi-
dent of a grocery store chain
who's at peace with himself thanks
to his men’s group; his lawyer, a
cynic whose girlfriends get
younger every year; and a fellow
men’s group member named
Robin (‘‘not Rob’), a Robert
Bly-quoting New Ager who got his
$400 crystal at Birks.

Davies plays the fourth guy — a
flatulent, beer-swilling rube who's

the produce manager at one of the |

boss’ stores.

The men go on a “guys’
weekend” in the great outdoors.
Robin purposely leaves the food
behind so their inner beasts will be
forced to hunt and gather, and
Jackson gets the group lost in the

PURPLE MOOSE owner Fred

Vance of Rock 101-CFMiI.

Along the way, they debate the
wording of ‘Beans, beans the
wondertul fruit; recite bad poetry
(the lawyer’s poem consists of
movie titles), sing bad songs
(Robin’s is about a dance between
a bee and a flower), and chase a
bear away by chanting ‘Go
Bruins, got’

Even when touching on feelings
of guilt, confusion and anger
toward their fathers — and talk
about how men are
misunderstood (pshaw) — they
manage, for the most part, to keep
it funny.

The play runs to Saturday, July 3
and is definitely worth seeing.

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West Van has had some
noteworthy departures.

Longtime Miller & Co. ad man
Glen Carleton and his wife Verlie

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WEST VAN native Nicola Parker with U.TV’s Marc Driesschen at

the Purple Moose opeving.

are now living a fantasy — they
bought Cortez Island’s Gorge
Harbour Marina and are happily
retired.

lf you go there, jump once on
the dock, clap three times, and say
“read it in the News!" you get
free moorage (kidding).

Two other good-byes — to Le
Meridien chef, and Vancouver's
finest saucier, Olivier Chaleil,

_ who's gone to the Ritz Taipei; and

Koala Springs founder/president
Manfred Schultz who, post-
divorce, has taken a West End
bachelor pad.

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The award for Mast Obnoxious -
Attitude by an Undeserving Diva .
goes to Kirstie Alley, who needs
to take a course in PR. ,

I spoke to her at Le Meridien
after she’d hosted a party for the
last Cheers episode.

| won't repeat our chat — | was
pleasant, she was not. (Her hus-
band, actor Parker Stevenson,
seemed very nice).

| guess she’s overly sensitive —
after five years of hearing “Diane
was much funnier than Rebecca."

This Wednesday the North Shore News will
be bringing the food pages a little closer to home.
Our new food columnist, West Vancouver
Edena Sheldon, will give us cooking information
from a local perspective. Look for recipes from
well-known chefs who live or work on
the North Shore, and dishes that feature some of
the fresh ingredients that are available here.

THE VOtCE OF NORTH AND WEST WANCOUVER