February 24, 2012

Since Sub Pop won’t confirm or deny rumours of a new album by Beach House, we’ll just have to content ourselves with the salubrious tones of their previous album, Teen Dream.

From that album: “A Walk in the Park” 

February 24, 2012
via manrepeller.com

via manrepeller.com

February 24, 2012
later, hair! (Taken with Instagram at Burke & Hair)

later, hair! (Taken with Instagram at Burke & Hair)

February 24, 2012
via good:

It’s Time for Americans to Chill Out About Gas Prices
A better strategy than wishing for lower prices and believing politicians who promise to magically make them lower would be to take actions that will break the link between gas and transportation.
Read the story on GOOD→  

via good:

It’s Time for Americans to Chill Out About Gas Prices

A better strategy than wishing for lower prices and believing politicians who promise to magically make them lower would be to take actions that will break the link between gas and transportation.

Read the story on GOOD→  

February 24, 2012
Vancouver street food: Vendor competition

Vancouver food truck - Re-up BBQ - Remy Scalza - InsideVancouver.ca

Today, Vancouver Community College hosts the taste testing and judging of the 25 short-listed new vendors for the City of Vancouver’s street food program at VCC’s Four Corners Restaurant.

This event is the final component of the selection process for the 12 new street food carts that will be added to the city’s Street Food Program for 2012.

The 25 finalists, short listed from a pool of 59 applicants, will prepare dishes for tasting by a judging panel of local chefs, nutritionists, food media and members of the public. Fifteen judges will evaluate each dish based on their preferences in relation to the other food entries and the existing street food available in Vancouver. The scoring from the taste test will be added to the total scores previously submitted by the selection panel.

The new food carts will be announced this spring. 

(Photo via InsideVancouver.ca)

February 24, 2012
A lot of creative thinking around the table at this morning’s CreativeMornings/Vancouver team mtg (Taken with instagram)

A lot of creative thinking around the table at this morning’s CreativeMornings/Vancouver team mtg (Taken with instagram)

February 23, 2012

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February 23, 2012
“Get yourself a good bag.”
The maternal self has been reminding me lately to try not to stray too far from the mainstream that I can’t swim back. A protective measure to ensure I can always still pass if I need to. For a normie. (That’s right, a normie.) 
For me, that means a good bag. A well crafted, versatile bag that fits my laptop, works for cycling and looks good on my arm. Practical, stylish, classic, well made, ethical - these are my metrics. I like the idea of it also being vegan, but I also long for a really beautiful saddle leather. I’m not exactly sure what it looks like yet, but I can see it in the corner of my eye; I’ll know it when I touch it.
I’ve always loved bags, all manner of them. Family legend even tells that it was because of my love of purses that I stood up from my crawl and started to walk, finding the posture more conducive to carrying multiple purses - usually at least three per arm. 
But as I transitioned from the pedestrian life to one on two wheels, the allure of the (usually vintage) elegant bag began to wane. As it did for other, non-bike friendly fashion choices. Skinny jeans over wide legs, boots over heels, wool over cotton, clean face over makeup, and the worst, helmets over jaunty hats. Each of these preferences were guided by the practicalities of cycle commuting, learned along the way as pants got stained and eaten in the bike chain, hearts almost arrested from slippery pedals and under-eyes were stained black from mascara. The hair was probably the most annoying at first - always flat from the helmet - until I discovered the art of twisting it up and smooshing it up under my helmet for a fuller do.
But there is a middle place between the waterproof black nylon messenger bag practical for a bike and the dainty pale pink rouched clutch practical for a garden party. Inside me there exists an affinity for both - function and fashion. So, I am on the hunt. Suggestions for rocks to overturn very much welcome.

“Get yourself a good bag.”

The maternal self has been reminding me lately to try not to stray too far from the mainstream that I can’t swim back. A protective measure to ensure I can always still pass if I need to. For a normie. (That’s right, a normie.) 

For me, that means a good bag. A well crafted, versatile bag that fits my laptop, works for cycling and looks good on my arm. Practical, stylish, classic, well made, ethical - these are my metrics. I like the idea of it also being vegan, but I also long for a really beautiful saddle leather. I’m not exactly sure what it looks like yet, but I can see it in the corner of my eye; I’ll know it when I touch it.

I’ve always loved bags, all manner of them. Family legend even tells that it was because of my love of purses that I stood up from my crawl and started to walk, finding the posture more conducive to carrying multiple purses - usually at least three per arm. 

But as I transitioned from the pedestrian life to one on two wheels, the allure of the (usually vintage) elegant bag began to wane. As it did for other, non-bike friendly fashion choices. Skinny jeans over wide legs, boots over heels, wool over cotton, clean face over makeup, and the worst, helmets over jaunty hats. Each of these preferences were guided by the practicalities of cycle commuting, learned along the way as pants got stained and eaten in the bike chain, hearts almost arrested from slippery pedals and under-eyes were stained black from mascara. The hair was probably the most annoying at first - always flat from the helmet - until I discovered the art of twisting it up and smooshing it up under my helmet for a fuller do.

But there is a middle place between the waterproof black nylon messenger bag practical for a bike and the dainty pale pink rouched clutch practical for a garden party. Inside me there exists an affinity for both - function and fashion. So, I am on the hunt. Suggestions for rocks to overturn very much welcome.

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February 23, 2012

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February 23, 2012

February 23, 2012
"I just feel intuitively that this city has more change coming, and that somehow, you are going to be on the leading edge of it."

— Don Mancha

February 23, 2012
Dingggg dong! 

Dingggg dong! 

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February 23, 2012

I’m loving the saddle shoes coming out this spring from Swedish fashion brand Swedish Hasbeens, which are based on original ’70s models and “are still handmade with respect for people and the environment in the old traditional way, and in small factories that have made shoes for decades.” 

via Magnifeco.com

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February 23, 2012
via Toronto designer Debbie Sutton

via Toronto designer Debbie Sutton

February 23, 2012
A jaunty little cap for a jaunty little cat, via Martin Lunatech.

A jaunty little cap for a jaunty little cat, via Martin Lunatech.

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