Clear skies, big nights — pick your Sunday vibe

It's a proper clear Sunday — 11°C, no rain, full sun until 7:15 PM. UV's at 5 (moderate), so if you're heading out for the day, the usual rules apply. It's the kind of September day that actually feels like summer showed up for one last go.

Transit-wise, just a couple things: the 68 Wesbrook is still detoured through late September (taking Stadium and West Mall instead of NW Marine), and the 616 Ladner's got a special event detour today specifically, so check your route if you're heading that way. Oakridge-41st Station's closing early at 11 PM through late September on weeknights if you're planning an evening out.

There's a real mix of things worth knowing around the region this week. A Ladner resident opened a "wind phone" booth — a place where people can speak to loved ones who've passed. It's one of those quiet, human stories that lands differently when you see it in your own community. Up in Surrey, a rare disease diagnosis in a local boy just got a lifeline through a B.C.-McGill gene therapy partnership. Good news like that matters.

If you're thinking food, there's some interesting stuff brewing. Richmond Hospital just added eight Chinese-inspired dishes to their Planetary Health Menu, and if you've been missing Chez Céline's rotisserie — that crispy frites and roasted chicken spot — it's coming back October 13. RICO Chicken's also in the mix if you're after something simpler. The Metro Vancouver restaurant scene is getting some love too: 31 local spots made the Chinese Restaurant Awards finalists list, and four Van chefs are heading to Toronto this October for the S.Pellegrino Young Chef Academy finals.

Tonight's where it gets good. Foo Fighters are at BC Place at 5:30 PM with Queens of the Stone Age and Gouge Away — that's your heavy-hitter rock show if you're into it. If you'd rather stay cerebral, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra's playing Mozart, Sibelius, and Debussy at Bell Centre at 4 PM (that's inside, warm, no weather worries). There's also the Whitecaps FC 2 taking on San Jose Earthquakes II at Swangard Stadium at 2 PM if soccer's your Sunday.

Sunday's got real range, and with clear skies until sunset, you've got time for whatever you land on.

Stay sorted.