Monday sun, transit detours, and live music tonight.
Clear skies and 13°C to start the week — grab the daylight, watch for bus reroutes downtown, and hit a show tonight.
Morning's looking solid. Thirteen degrees, mainly sunny, and you've got nearly 16 hours of daylight before sunset at 9:15 PM — that's worth planning around. UV's running high at 7.0, so if you're heading outside for lunch or a walk, sunscreen's doing real work today.
Commute heads-up: the 23 bus is rerouted through tomorrow on two stretches. If you're heading to English Bay, it's running through Terminal and Main to Cambie and Pacific. Same bus heading to Main Street Station is looping via Cambie, Pender, Main, National, and Station instead. Both routes snap back to normal Wednesday morning. Nothing dramatic, but worth knowing if those are your regular stops. Over at Coquitlam Central on the Millennium Line, the down escalator from the platform to the Compass machines is out, so budget an extra minute if you're headed that way.
Couple of things worth knowing this morning: Bill Haley played the first rock concert ever held in Van right here at Kerrisdale Arena back in 1956 — tiny piece of local music history. And if you care about bees, there's a Burnaby biotech outfit called ApiSave working with hop extract to fight honeybee diseases. The kind of thing that matters quietly.
If you're thinking food, Loam Bistro just landed in Lower Lonsdale with elevated brunch and a terrarium vibe — worth a walk across the bridge if that's your direction. Ramen Danbo's opening its fourth Vancouver spot on Main Street tomorrow with a soft opening, so you could beat the crowds if you swing by. Down on the Drive, Nomo Nomo's bringing yoshoku and craft cocktails to the neighbourhood. And Cantina Social Club opens July 22 on Seymour if seasonal Mexican's calling you.
Tonight's got options. Fiddlehead's playing Rickshaw Theatre at 7 if you want alternative energy, or if blues-rock's more your speed, Marcus King Band's doing the Darling Blue PT2 Tour at the Orpheum at 8. GOAT's at The Pearl and David Lee Roth's at the Vogue if those hit different. Weather's cooperating — clear sky, so getting out to a venue won't feel like a slog.
With the sun staying out till after 9, there's time to catch a walk around Stanley Park this afternoon if you've got a break, then head to a show. Not a bad Monday shape at all.
Cheers.
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