Born in Vancouver and raised in Seven Potatoes (aka Nanaimo), Jennifer Laidlaw is half urban arts and culture junkie and half hippy islander. She can be found scribbling must-see concerts onto coloured post-its, whipping together itineraries for her next adventure and practicing her signature cross-country ski dance move in random places.

Her first ‘career’ job entailed flying above the city in a Cessna for six terrifying months as a traffic reporter for local radio stations, in which one flight came much too close to a helicopter (if you can see the other pilot’s sunglasses it is probably not a good sign). To this day she still takes drugs to fly.

With a degree in Communications from Simon Fraser University and diploma in Radio and Television Broadcasting from Columbia Academy in Vancouver, Jennifer has worked as a radio news reporter/announcer and communications coordinator in agency and corporate settings. She currently edits a health care publication for a Vancouver health authority and is a regular contributor on Guttersnipe and Granville online – two blogs about Vancouver arts, culture and entertainment.