keep falling on my head

on a rainy night coming down Victoria Drive, originally uploaded by jill y.

Dear Vancouver,

This whole business of being in a rain forest- you take this too seriously. It doesn't make sense- you know- you've set up a coffee shop or restaurant every 10 feet with a patio. Sure, sure I get it. You don't get those ass biting cold blasts from the north like Alberta and so you figure people will enjoy those patios. But can we just think about this for a second.

You rain. Alot. You set up patios everywhere and have no awnings to protect people from the rain. You don't sell umbrellas unless they fit in a small handbag, are ridiculously ugly and black. The only awnings you have created are huge glass overhanging ceilings on cement sidewalks downtown.

I think someone forgot to tell you that you're also on a major plate shifting fault line and we're scheduled in the next 1000 years to have a massive earthquake. Thanks for all the glass. It's really pretty. Especially when it rains.

Can you just let up for a moment so we can enjoy it before it all comes crashing down?

Thanks.
Jill