How I Learned To Love Drag Part 6

"Yes. Every night I wear it to bed, faithfully. And I do those stomach toning exercises you showed me."

"You'd better if you want to do some of those other amazing girls."

"Yes. I've noticed that the female singers, like J Lo or Shakira, if they're going to be megastars these days, they have to look gorgeous. They have to have a to-die-for body, they need to produce a slick, energized music video with lots of eye candy, and they require a pure voice that can soar above the heavens. Oh, and it helps if the songs have a pounding beat, a great melody, and memorable lyrics."

"A piece of cake."

"Exactly."

After dinner, we wandered down to the sea wall.

May suggested we wait for the Stanley Park Shuttle, a tram to transport visitors around this remarkable verdant ecosystem.

Fortunately, our timing was perfect. Within a minute, we boarded the public people mover and headed east and then south along the seawall.

The curious thing about the water on any side of Stanley Park, in spite of the heat and the humidity, was that the Pacific Ocean stayed relatively cold at this latitude.

Nevertheless some beach adventurers braved the waters.

The seawall pathway stretched for almost nine kilometers around the peninsula that was Stanley Park, although we were not going to ride or walk along the entire trail. After hugging the seawall along Burrard Inlet for a stretch, the shuttle dropped us near Lumberman's Arch.

I held May's hand as we strolled down a trail away from Burrard Inlet, Vancouver's Harbour. We passed by a wonderful, picturesque, miniature railway. I had had a fascination with railways when I was a kid growing up in Winnipeg, as our city was known as the Gateway to the West. I made a mental note to try this ride on the next visit.

Vancouver Aquarium, the home, until a few years ago, of Killer Whales, intrigued me. "Free Willie!" I joked as we passed the tank that once held these magnificent feeding machines. Beluga Whales were now the star attraction. All the present tenants of the aquarium were species native to the area.