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Guest MOV series by Anna Wilkinson
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As someone who鈥檚 had a lot of painful crushes in my life鈥攕o many that I curated an art show and created a around the idea鈥擨鈥檓 pretty familiar with pining after someone who seems just out of reach.
You鈥檝e probably felt it at least once. There鈥檚 the good: a fantastic conversation or a shared glance from across the room. And the not-so-good: awkward side hugs, night sweats, not knowing whether they like you 鈥渢hat way鈥�.
Weirdly, I鈥檓 starting to think I have a painful crush on Vancouver. Like so many emotionally distant relationships, the city keeps giving me the hot and cold treatment: I endure two months of non-stop rain, then suddenly I'm riding my bike through canopies of pink cherry blossoms. I watch as young ruffians light cars on fire and (seriously guys, worst looting ever), and then see a bunch of lovelies clean up the mess and write to the city. I just can鈥檛 seem to quit you, Vancouver.
But then again maybe it鈥檚 not so surprising that I have such a confusing relationship with Vancouver. I mean, it is consistently ranked one of the most in the world and one of the in Canada.
Maybe part of the problem is that
