August 2009 ISSUE 70 The Only Magazine Dedicated to Alberta’s GLBT+ Community FREE BRANDING PRIDE Is Corporate Sponsorship Progress? THE LIFE OF A ZOOKEEPER MAYNE ISLAND RESORT Secluded Paradise Awaits in BC COMMUNITY DIRECTORY • MAP AND EVENTS • TOURISM INFO >> STARTING ON PAGE 17 GLBT RESOURce • CALGARy • EDMONTon • ALBERTA www.gaycalgary.com GayCalgary and Edmonton Magazine #70, August 009 Table of Contents Table of Contents Publisher: ................................Steve Polyak 5 Finally…a Holiday! Editor: ...............................Rob Diaz-Marino Publisher’s Column Graphic Design: ................Rob Diaz-Marino Sales: .......................................Steve Polyak 8 Mayne Island Resort Writers and Contributors Secluded Paradise Awaits in BC Mercedes Allen, Chris Azzopardi, Dallas Barnes, Camper British, Dave Brousseau, Sam Casselman, Jason Clevett, Andrew 11 Behind the Scenes at the Valley Zoo 5 Collins, James S.M. 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Monday, August 31st, 2009 http://www.gaycalgary.com/RSS Articles • Recent News • Prize Draws • Events • Travel Info No part of this publication may be In Circulation reprinted or modified without the expressed written permission of the editor September 4th, 2009 Follow us on Join us on or publisher. Please contact us immediately if you think acebook Copyright 2009. All rights reserved. you may have missed the booking or GayCalgary is a registered trademark. submission deadline. www.gaycalgary.com/facebook www.gaycalgary.com/twitter GayCalgary and Edmonton Magazine #70, August 009 Editorial Finally…a Holiday! Publisher’s Column saving the rest for the article By Rob Diaz-Marino, MSc. but, I have to say that the three days we spent at the Our job running a magazine is tough. There are Mayne Island Resort was a those times when it feels like we’re here solely to big step out of our shoes, a chance to grow and enjoy an- have crap dumped on us, and then every now and other side of life. An article then a little saving grace comes along to lift our spir- seems like the least we could its again. This month was a good month for that. do for what a wonderful time we had, and for how much We were invited to write a review about a resort on Mayne Island this chance to get away in BC, which is nestled between the mainland and Vancouver meant to us personally. I Island. We, as a gay publication, were being invited because the hope we do them justice, and island supposedly has a fair gay population, and also because it is that we have an opportunity growing as a gay destination. Although initially we declined visit- to return and visit again ing them for a number of reasons, the resort was willing to go out someday. of their way to bring us there…and it was hard to say no to that! I guess being the work-a-holics that we are, the only way to trick Following our stay on us into taking a holiday is to make it part of our job; enjoying the Mayne, we scheduled 24 resort and photographing the sites – all research! hours in Vancouver before returning home again. The trip had a lot of firsts for us; things Steve had never done, and things that we had never done together. The flight out to Van- During the day we did a stroll up and down Davie Street to couver wasn’t novel, but the Ferry ride to the island certainly was. check out places like Priape and Little Sister’s, and on a whim Combing the beaches and exploring the shallow waters near the decided to duck into Pulse since they seemed to be open. We met shore were new experiences for Steve, he admitted, as he recalled manager Rob and owner Steve, which made introductions interest- his childhood trips to the beach: “Steven, don’t get too close to the ing. water, something might bite you!” It took me setting a bold ex- It was funny to see how even in another city we somehow man- ample to get him to realize that the water is not so dangerous, and age to bump into people that we know from Calgary, many now he ended up getting quite excited over seeing real oysters, starfish, residents of Vancouver. We were also there to witness a sudden crabs, and other sea life up close. We certainly felt butch after flourish in the publishing industry in Vancouver, as two new going kayaking for the first time in our lives, and we could imagine magazines had their first issues out on the shelves. that riding the resort’s electric scooters back and forth across the island felt a little like riding a motor bike on the open road – oh Popping into Celebrities later that evening proved that there look…the gay Hell’s Angels?! are bigger clubs west of Montreal than what we have in Calgary, perhaps not in capacity (I guess the fire department does things I felt a little sorry for George, our “family” connection at the differently here) but certainly in sheer size. One of the managers resort. I imagine it must be hard to find other gay men on the took us on a brief tour of the establishment, and we were amazed island to socialize with - not because there aren’t any, but because by the spacious open design with a balcony tier – a design that there are limited options to meet others, especially when you work lends well to hosting concerts. How refreshing to see the big dance most of the day. Considering our whirlwind schedule to take in as club in the city displaying posters for Pride and other non-profit much of the island as possible, we weren’t much company. Nev- groups. Maybe I can understand a little why so many Calgarians ertheless we enjoyed our chats when we came to visit him in the migrate to this city. restaurant at dinner time. Predictably we got up to some mischief at Pumpjacks that we’d I won’t talk too much more about our trip here for the sake of be shy to do in our home city, and enjoyed the remainder of the night at Numbers, accidentally forgetting completely about Oasis before heading back to our hotel room.