Likes: Gypsy flamenco, green, Pat Metheny, American dollars, creativity, ethnicity, spring, the little white ball, BC scenery, the unusual, intellect, Tom Waits, Mexican vacations, British cars, quiet, Norwegian Wood, Spanish silver, faraway places, robustos, Jesse Cook, good air, piquante, Irish whiskey, skirts, Herman's Dark, adventures, twincams and webers, long drives, sense of form line and colour, fireworks, pushing pedals, spectacular sunsets, realism, surprises, thin, unpredictable, being wry

Dislikes: pretension, attitudes of entitlement, abuse of power, boneheads, red lights, fat, ineptitude, red light runners, cougers, Lavalife, cold, fence sitters, bad music, lowest common denominator, flat tires, bad smells, line ups, banks, tired cliches, bling, SUV's. political correctness, blandness, shovelling snow, missing from 2 feet, cougars, hip hop, copycats, Tazers, trunklid spoilers, Cowboy hats/boots, cougar mentality, big oil, big sugar, big beer, truck culture, angels, teddy bears and butterflies

If you have been living here longer than I have then you'd hopefully have a great suggestion. How about a drive in an open sportscar to somewhere outside the city, lunch, refreshments.