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POSTED BY - Riva P
We love our web host but they’ve totally shat the bed this week. If you’ve tried to email us and haven’t gotten a response it’s not ’cause we don’t like you, we’re just not getting your mail. We apologize for the hassle. Message us on our Facebook page or call us at the shop instead of emailing us. We’ll let you know as soon as the problem is fixed.
POSTED BY - Riva P
The zipper is a marvellous invention when functioning properly. However, it can quickly become an instrument of embarrassment when gravity holds sway or when too many vodka tonics distracts you from the check list of must-do’s before leaving the men’s room.
Our friends at I Do Believe I Came With A Hat have provided us with this handy tutorial on what to do when you discover the barn door has been left open.
1. Do not panic. Someone who looks like the cat who got the crème brulée is only going to draw attention to themselves and thus the situation south of the equator. React quickly but steadily.
2. Pull your shirt or jacket down as surreptitiously as possible. Doing so will disguise the issue at hand (or at groin, as it were), much like the hired dates on professional sporting awards nights.
3. Obscure the area with an object if possible. Books, magazines, bags or human shields make excellent decoys.
4. Get it over with quickly as lingering in the area will appear as if you’re enjoying your own company a little too much and these kinds of things lead to arrests and rom-com movie scripts. Speaking of which, ensure that the zipper has clear passage otherwise you’ll be facing a whole “frank and beans” situation, which is far more difficult to explain in the emergency ward than a peek of one’s drawers to a passing lady.
5. Just keep walking. Like their namesake, flies are much harder to catch when in motion. Now buzz off!
POSTED BY - Riva P
Happy Blue Monday. Research shows that the third Monday in January is the most depressing day of the year. Gloomy weather, post-holiday debt and low motivational levels are the ingredients for the cocktail of blah that is today. To cheer myself up on this dark day, I’ve been planning imaginary trips to sunny locals where my dollar goes a long way and motivation comes in the form of a rum filled coconut. It’s always handy to know a bit of the language when you travel, so here is how to say barbershop in tropical tongues.
Spanish: barberia
Filipino: barbero shop
Haitian Creole: kwafe magazen
Malaysia: gunting kedai
Swahili: kinyozi duka
Indonesian: toko tukang cukur
Thai: ran tadphm
POSTED BY - Riva P
Denim in synonymous with rock and roll. dutil., the Gastown purveyor of all things denim thinks so too. They’re starting their own vinyl-only record label. When asked why vinyl, owner Eric Dickstein said, “Looking at the artwork on the outside of the record, then pulling out the sleeve, touching the soft paper that has lyrics to peoples souls. Nothing is more beautiful!”
If you have dreams of marrying a model, trashing a hotel room or want an excuse for wearing sunglasses indoors, put one song on a CD with your name, email and contact number and make sure it arrives at dutil. before January 31, 2012.
Interview c/o gastown.org
POSTED BY - Riva P
I love camera phones. I love that I can pretend to be reading Lady Gaga’s twitter feed while taking a pic of someone in a dreadful outfit or (my preferred technique) pretend to take a pic of a friend but really I’m making a video of a drunk girl on Nightclub St. trying to order a slice of pizza.
Working in the hair biz, I also find myself trying to take pics of amazing (read: so bad it’s good) hair and hairdos. And why keep these candid photo gems all to myself when I can share them on a blog dedicated to pap-hair-azzi? Gorgeoushairs.tumblr.com is the brilliantay blog of a trio of Toronto based media wizards devoted to luscious locks. No one will ever top Jane Child in my books but this is the next best thing.
