Let’s talk about dreams.

Not the kind we have when we’re sleeping that, when recounting to our friends and family the next day, makes them tune us out.

No, let’s talk about the dreams that keep us alive by taking …

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Tags: a photo's worth a thousand insults, columnist, Dream, dreams, Elianna Lev, Having a column, I'm a Good Story, Metro Toronto Newspaper, stories of bad photos, Ugly photos, your dream's reality

You know that clichéd question “If you could have dinner with someone alive or dead, who would it be?” I recently got to live that out with one of my heroes. Envious? Don’t be. I’ll tell you off the top, …

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Tags: Bea Arthur, Bea Arthur/Rufus Wainwright feud, Canadian broadcast legend, Don't touch the idols because the gold washes off on your hands, dumb mute, Elianna Lev, I'm a Good Story, If you could have dinner with someone dead or alive, ignorant mute, Paula Deen, Queen Angel, Rufus Wainwright

 Alicia Tobin is a Vancouver-based comedian who likes to talk to nice people and nice animals.  She has a lot of questions that go unanswered because she is polite. She used to live near me but then that changed when …

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Tags: Alicia Tobin, bad kissers, comedian Alicia Tobin, Elianna Lev, girl talk, I'm a Good Story, I'm working on my self-esteem issues, kissing and telling, make-out, Making out, self-esteem issues, single girl at the wedding, slug tongues, TMI, Too much information, what does making out mean?, working on it

Welcome to the second installment of Is Avi Impressed?, where I sit down with my dad and listen to him critique some of my favourite videos. The underlying purpose of this exercise is to sort through my father issues, which …

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Tags: A.J. Bond, Avi Lev, bad choices, Chris von Szombathy, critique, Dad issues, Elianna Lev, I'm a Good Story, Is Avi Impressed?, Say nice things to me dad, Shout Out Out Out Out

I’m one of those people who get anxious around New Years, because I have it in my head that if I don’t celebrate, I will be a big lonely loner loser who nobody loves. So usually a month before, I …

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Tags: anchoring, Back in the days of MySpace, board opts guys are often strange, Bring on 2012, Elianna Lev, entry-level journalism jobs, extra points if you can guess which radio station, Hard Rock Cafe in Vegas has a nice pool, heartbreak, Hot Hot Heat, how the mighty have fallen, I'm a Good Story, loneliness, lonely New Years, my first few years as a professional broadcaster, not a high point in my life, overnight shift stories, overnight shifts are really hard, sad New Years stories, single and alone, sleep all day work all night, Vancouver journalism, Vancouver journalism stories, you're a loser if you don't go out for New Years

Anyone with a Facebook or Twitter page in Canada was probably aware that the legendary pop superstar, Prince, recently toured through the country. The status updates were unavoidable.

People getting ready for Prince.

People lining up for Prince.

People being …

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Tags: different tastes, Growing old, Hot Hot Heat, I get delirious, Louise Burns, Nostalgia, people change, Prince, Sloan, teenage dreams

Apparently Adam Sandler is a really nice guy. At least that’s what my mother’s been telling me. Regularly. For the last year and a half.

It’s gotten to the point where I was forced to start caring. Because when …

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Tags: Adam Sandler, apparently Adam Sandler is a really nice guy, Happy Madison, Jack and Jill, mothers who are privy to insider gossip, not a big Adam Sandler fan, resenting children, Rohan Chand

Welcome to a new feature called Is Avi Impressed?, where I sit down with my dad and listen to him critique some of my favourite videos, which are likely made by people I know.

This feature, which I intend …

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Tags: Alex Craig, Avi Lev, CBC, Corey Adams, Dad issues, Dad's who are hard to impress, Jesus Christ Superstar, Matchotaildrop, Mister Heavenly, Pitchfork, The Littlest Hobo

The other night, my best friend and I decided to go to a sports bar in the mall we both grew up next to. Him and I are both staying with our parents (notice how I didn’t say living with?) …

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Tags: Canada's Wonderland, Elianna Lev, getting picked up as a teenager, I'm a Good Story, mall chicken wing bars, picking up boys, picking up girls, suburban teenagers, things to do when you're bored and a teenager

A few years ago, I was on my way to a dinner party, when I stopped into a cake shop that was called Transylvanian Treats. The cakes were unusual, layered and spongy, with creamy toppings in a rainbow of neutral …

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Tags: desperately need inspiration, Elianna Lev, I need some inspiration, I'm a Good Story, survey time