Intention and uncertainty by H. P. Grice

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C. Binning House (West Vancouver), is one of a number of woodframe, flat-roofed, open-to-nature homes on the North Shore and University Endowment Lands said to be exceptional expressions of the International Style and its regional variant, the West Coast Style. " Another Modernist masterpiece is the MacMillan-Bloedel Building (on the northeast corner of Georgia Street and Thurlow Street, Downtown). It was designed by Canada's premier architect of recent decades, Arthur Erickson (see "Secret Arthur Erickson").

You can find blackberries for the picking in a variety of places in Kitsilano, Westside, and South Vancouver. Look for them under the south end of the Burrard Street Bridge, near Vanier Park; west of English Bay along the Stanley Park seawall; and on the railway rightof-way that runs beside Lamey's Mill Road, directly south of Granville Island (watch out for the heritage streetcar). There are also BOARDS AND BIKES 41 bushes along the walking path just above the foreshore west of Kits Beach, reachable from the foot of Balsam Street or Trafalgar Street, though they may be picked over by the time you arrive.

Finally, Women in Print (3566 West 4th Avenue, Kitsilano, 604-7324128) speaks for itself. S E C R E T BREAKFAST A national newspaper columnist argued recently that breakfast or brunch is an overrated social institution — putting a serious dent in your Sunday morning, and adding ill-needed pounds in the form of BREAKFAST 47 Belgian waffles and eggs benedict. Maybe that's why the crowds that inevitably cluster on the sidewalks outside Sophie's Cosmic Cafe (2095 West 4th Avenue, Kitsilano, 604-732-6810) and Joe's Grill (2061 4th Avenue, Kitsilano, 604-736-6588; also 1031 Davie Street, West End, 604-682-3683) lean to the youthful.