Welcome to readingvancouver.com. I’m Dorothy-June. I am the editor and alternately, an international spy.
I hate mission statements, it just means people can keep tabs on you. So, in lieu of such things, here is the closest and farthest away thing:
let’s hear about our city. What makes us tick? I am not talking about lattes and the Grind. That is not the Vancouver I know, nor the one I want to represent. What DO we have here? Music, art, “culture”...culture being the lovely blanket term. So, underneath this crunchy, woolly outside layer of trees, mountains and protein shakes, what lies beneath?

Is it dirty? Sometimes, yes. Is it smelly? For sure.

Who is behind this “culture” I speak of?

Well, why don’t you tell me, because me telling you all the time would be redundant (and ultimately, more work on my part).
We all share the city...how about some of it’s high/low points? What do we all like? Well, I don’t know if there is something existing that we ALL like and me wasting space with that kind of silly, homogenous question is too ridiculous, even to type.
To sum up:
hey, hello, I’m Dorothy-June aka D.J. I don’t believe in espresso with milk (yes, it is foamy. I would like to express here that I do not discriminate against those who DO like lattes, that's really A-OK with me) and hiking as culture, I don’t think we should accept it as our fate.There’s a reason people laugh at us in the East. Then again, they all went to business school. Go forth, and experience!

Oh yeah, write about it, too. It will soothe my ulcers.