Where do you like to go for breakfast when you're out for the day in Vancouver? For breakfast, there is a tiny little café that is tucked away in the Kitsilano district, which is a very young and trendy part of Vancouver and where a lot of students rent when they are going to university; that's the area that I lived in. The café is called the Naam Restaurant, as in Vietnam, and it is all-organic, all-natural food. It's really quiet and sort of almost feels like a seedy environment, because it is so tucked away and so dark and moody at night. In the morning, it really feels like you could be tucked away in a café somewhere in another town from another life. I really love that little café for breakfast.

What are some of Vancouver's not-to-miss attractions? The Vancouver Art Gallery was a place I loved to go. It's really beautiful. I was back up in Vancouver over the Valentine's Day weekend this year, and I went back there again. They were showing one of my very favorite Canadian artists, Emily Carr. She was one of the founders of Canadian art, and she was very instrumental in moving art from the old school - imperial images that were all very realistically drawn and landscapes and families - to a slightly more modern and abstract vision of the world that incorporates truths that we don't always see. She was very affected by the Native Americans she lived with in the wilds of Canada. The outside of the museum is relatively hidden. When you are walking through the city, you can easily not realize that you just walked past a museum. Inside, it is very warm and yet stark and minimalist. It is very organized and very well respected. I think Canada is particularly fond of encouraging culture and art across the board. We have a multicultural national day, where in every city, every culture that lives there will come out and celebrate, whether that be Chinese or Indian or Native American or whatever that happens to be. The museum is a taste of that as well. You do see a lot of different things from different cultures.