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All nighters: While most of us sleep, a small cadre works through the witching hours to keep the region humming

After the sun goes down and most Victorians are fast asleep in their beds, a small but select group of people is just starting work.

The Major develops a healthy obsession -- with himself

Sadly, another chap who was a mem of our great club has passed. He did not go silently. As the end approached, he sat up in his hospital bed, pointed at his wife and shouted, "The arrowroot biscuit last night tasted very odd," then fell back dead.

First Nations fashion

Denise Williams specializes in designs for her people -- and they're buying

Food snobs missing out on a good thing at Fifteen Fifty's

Food snobbery is out of control in North America. Don't get me wrong.

More readings - guerrilla gardeners, a prison's excellent carrot cake

Guerilla gardening in Montreal: Neighbours unhappy about a garbage-strewn vacant lot in their midst take action. montrealgazette.com Chinese restaurant as prairie icon. Almost every prairie town has or had one.

Great service, food at hidden Langford eatery

I've discovered something interesting about the subject of this week's column, namely no one seems to know where it is. "What? There's a Sheraton in Langford?" "Yes, behind Costco.

Kitchen regrets

Things that I probably shouldn't have bought. Plus, things for which I should have read the manual. 1. Despite the warnings of a colleague ("don't buy it"), I bought a heavyweight, porcelain-coated cast-iron grill pan.

Lunch for 10 at Pizzeria Prima Strada

Pasta with white beans, carrots and celery Ten of us gathered for lunch at Pizzeria Prima Strada's Bridge Street location.

Skimming and reading

One man's long, determined effort to get a $4 rebate for a 20-pack of Miller Geniune Draft Beer. At latimes.com A visit, with plenty of photos, to the semi-famous Tin Shed in Portland, Oregon . At seriouseats.

How long I'll wait for food

Red Fish Blue Fish, the seafood place on the Inner Harbour, is getting a lot of praise, with warm mentions all over the place. As a result, most days, the lineups at its order window are constant, and usually longish.