Cities are life! I've written in the Globe and elsewhere about urban issues, politics, housing for 30 years. Mom/step-mom to four millennials coping with housing market. Now aiming to run for Van city council with OneCity francesbulaforcouncil.cahttps://bsky.app/profile/fabulavancouver.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/fabulavancouver.bsky.social/post/3mv7tomw6gk2bI really did it. At the Vancouver election office, signing my forms to run as a council candidate with OneCity11 Sep 2026 05:32 +0000at://did:plc:ldadjx72ai6pf7rjmg3oexpr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv7tomw6gk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/fabulavancouver.bsky.social/post/3mv5d3xbe7k2eIf you want to sample great food and perhaps hear surprise musical guests like DAN MANGAN, you should consider going out to one of the dozens of political soirées between now and civic election 0ct. 17. Here’s Dan at Red Cat Records tonight for our OneCity fundraiser. Omg, ty10 Sep 2026 05:30 +0000at://did:plc:ldadjx72ai6pf7rjmg3oexpr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv5d3xbe7k2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/fabulavancouver.bsky.social/post/3mu6lu4k7xs24I’m at this outdoor comedy festival right now, due to be interviewed about my political life at 6 p.m. and I’ll be hanging out indefinitely to answer questions about anything https://www.straight.com/arts/riot-vancouver-heads-for-greater-outdoors-comedy-festival#29 Aug 2026 00:14 +0000at://did:plc:ldadjx72ai6pf7rjmg3oexpr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu6lu4k7xs24https://bsky.app/profile/fabulavancouver.bsky.social/post/3mtbwpz5bxs2yI'm guessing Mayor Sim and team were a bit stung by this not-very-coherent response, plus all the negative stuff from many corners about them running a $500,000 survey, so they've posted a 15-pages "paper" with "footnotes" about their reasons over on Facebook ads [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Aug 2026 14:41 +0000at://did:plc:ldadjx72ai6pf7rjmg3oexpr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtbwpz5bxs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/fabulavancouver.bsky.social/post/3mt2msuavls2oLive-tweeting of the emergency meeting re plebiscite [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Aug 2026 16:55 +0000at://did:plc:ldadjx72ai6pf7rjmg3oexpr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt2msuavls2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/fabulavancouver.bsky.social/post/3msyoaj7gw22yOh, golly, this is so tiresome. I sometimes feel like I'm living in the Trump house [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Aug 2026 22:16 +0000at://did:plc:ldadjx72ai6pf7rjmg3oexpr/app.bsky.feed.post/3msyoaj7gw22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/fabulavancouver.bsky.social/post/3msmk53fdhk2sOur beautiful city and the people in it. Main Street festival09 Aug 2026 02:30 +0000at://did:plc:ldadjx72ai6pf7rjmg3oexpr/app.bsky.feed.post/3msmk53fdhk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/fabulavancouver.bsky.social/post/3msmjelw27k2sThe Binners Project is out in force at the Main Street festival keeping things tidy. Hellen Karanja is here staffing one of the many stations09 Aug 2026 02:16 +0000at://did:plc:ldadjx72ai6pf7rjmg3oexpr/app.bsky.feed.post/3msmjelw27k2shttps://bsky.app/profile/fabulavancouver.bsky.social/post/3msmj6kpzyk2sA lot of excitement at the Main Street festival over Indigenous band The Halluci Nation about to play. Shayla McLaren-Gabriel, of Kwantlen Nation (now living in Kits) and friend Jen Winter from Burnaby pretty excited to see them (and eat butter chicken poutine)09 Aug 2026 02:13 +0000at://did:plc:ldadjx72ai6pf7rjmg3oexpr/app.bsky.feed.post/3msmj6kpzyk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/fabulavancouver.bsky.social/post/3msmgi33x7k2sMain Street is hoppin! Great street festival where you too could learn to pole dance from Atse Beyene. (I opted not to, ha ha)09 Aug 2026 01:25 +0000at://did:plc:ldadjx72ai6pf7rjmg3oexpr/app.bsky.feed.post/3msmgi33x7k2shttps://bsky.app/profile/fabulavancouver.bsky.social/post/3msmgethztk2sGreat to connect today with Steve Ko and King Wan at today’s Chinatown Light Up festival organized by the indefatigable Carol Lee. (Somewhere out there is a pic with Sarah Kirby-Jung photobombing us09 Aug 2026 01:23 +0000at://did:plc:ldadjx72ai6pf7rjmg3oexpr/app.bsky.feed.post/3msmgethztk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/fabulavancouver.bsky.social/post/3mslwgsh6fc2sChinatown wonderfully lively and fun today with the launch of the Light Up festival. Sadly, some general dismay that Mayor Sim and ABC chose to politicize a community event by using their stage time to announce a new council candidate08 Aug 2026 20:38 +0000at://did:plc:ldadjx72ai6pf7rjmg3oexpr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mslwgsh6fc2s