Flake Out Kicks Off On Main Street

Let’s just get it out in the open: Main Street has a rep­u­ta­tion.  Sure, we have a rep­u­ta­tion as being ground zero for lovely things that are all-kinds-of-ethical: locally made, upcy­cled, organic, sus­tain­able, vegan.  We have a rep­u­ta­tion as a haven for hip­sters. And a rep­u­ta­tion as an urban Van­cou­ver neigh­bour­hood that –despite the sky­rock­et­ing rents in the area– has a high con­cen­tra­tion of artists and musi­cians here to keep the place inter­est­ing. And although we might try to deny it, we’re all aware of the other rep­u­ta­tion we’ve built up over the years… the one you’re all whis­per­ing about while our backs are turned as we sip our fair-trade organic almond milk lattes while we pore over the lat­est issue of Wall­pa­per (you don’t need to whis­per, you know. We can’t hear you over the really-obscure-I’m-sure-you’ve-never-heard-of-them-band we’ve got play­ing on our iPhones any­way. Wait, are we still using iPhones?). Let’s just get it out into the open: we have a rep­u­ta­tion for being a bit eccen­tric. For being just a lit­tle quirky. A lit­tle nutty. For being –do I really need to say it?- just a tiny bit flaky.

Well, this month we’re embrac­ing our idio­syn­crasies with a lit­tle com­pe­ti­tion to set­tle once and for all who’s the flaki­est of them all! Par­tic­i­pat­ing busi­nesses are com­pet­ing for brag­ging rights as to who’s got the best win­ter win­dow dis­play. What’s in it for you? How about the chance to win one of three killer prize bas­kets (val­ued at about $300 a piece!) full of good­ies and gift cards from local mer­chants? Not too shabby! And for extra karma points, don’t for­get to drop off your non-perishable dona­tion for the food­bank at any par­tic­i­pat­ing busi­ness (busi­nesses with bal­lot boxes are also autho­rized to take mon­e­tary dona­tions for the food bank). Actu­ally, never mind the karma points –bring a lit­tle some­thing for the food bank to Plush when you come cast your bal­lot, and we’ll give you 5% off your pur­chases! Hey, win-win-win all around!

You can pick up your bal­lot at any par­tic­i­pat­ing store, and cast your vote at one of the des­ig­nated vot­ing sta­tions (psssst… we’re one of them). Flake Out runs from Decem­ber 3rd to 18th, with the prize draws being held at On The Fringe Hair Designs at 4:00 p.m. on the 18th.