bunch. Vancouverites are hard to make friends with? Having had the experience of growing up here, moving and starting over in a new city, making friends with its citizens was not simple. It's easier to make friends with other travellers because you share common ground. An average Joe working to live does not tread the same terrain. Building a friendship in the city is akin to making a friend in the schoolyard; it requires dismantling any egos, reassembling your outer shell and baring your vulnerability. Be it buying a round of shots for a table full of new co-workers, being embarrassingly chatty and smiley borderline imposing, organizing wine nights -- been there, done that and it worked like a charm. The Canucks are the best hockey team in Canada -- with the worst fans. They're our beloved team that we love to hate. With a players' lockout in place, there's a serious lack of the usual hockey talk this city is abuzz with. The Canucks are like a soap opera we tune into every other night and then the next day social and news media, blogs, staff rooms and water coolers generate hockey talk from Vancouverites of the gossipiest kind. You may not be a Canucks fan, but come post-season (God willing), playoff fever is so contagious you will find yourself plagued and on the brink of Stanley Cup madness along with the rest of us. You May Also Like Liquor Stores closed on Sundays  Are you crazy we have