Living

BOYS are using colour and casual footwear to freshen up their look on prom night, but their dates are the ones who are really calling the shots, sometimes from behind the scenes.

Pavement pedaling 'the new golf'

A glimpse at the trail-blazing history of the whistler mountain bike park

- The Sacred Headwaters; The Fight to Save the Stikine, Skeena and Nass by Wade Davis, Greystone Books, 160 pages, $50. There is a place in northwestern British Columbia where three mighty rivers originate.

JUST in time for grad parties and prom, artfully undone braids and loose, windswept curls evoke lazy summer days and beach bonfire nights. The simple, pretty look can be flip-flop casual, or a romantic addition to a floorlength gown.

Grassroots biking groups help sweeten the ride

CONSIDER for a moment the many things we owe to the Greek civilization - our language and alphabet, democracy, poetry, sculpture . . .

A vice-principal takes two boys aside. One has been bullying the other. The boys are asked to shake and make up. The bully quickly smiles and offers his hand. The administrator is pleased. The victim will not play the game.

The Vancouver JapaneseCanadian Sumi Bonsai Club will hold its annual show May 19, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. and May 20, 11 a.m.-4: 30 p.m. at VanDusen Botanical Garden, 5251 Oak St., Vancouver. Admission by donation. Info: Tony, 604432-6160.