Monday, June 4, 2012

Weekly Perks

FYI: We are starting a weekly post to come out each Monday morning—the working title is Weekly Perks—and it's going to be an amalgamated list of links, pictures, memes, recipes, articles, or anything else we've found online that we want to share with you. We're really good at the internet (and we've really filted down the cute cat photos) so take a look at what we're excited about this week.




via Toronto Life

Joanne Kates, easily Toronto's most famous food critic, ended her 38-year column for the Globe last week. You should definitely read her last article—it'll teach you a lot about how Toronto's food scene has changed in the last quarter century, and about the perils of eating at restaurants and keeping her true identity a secret. Also, read her hilarious Career Highs, Career Lows. Food is a very important part of our lives (only second to sleep, with sex a far third) so we're soaking up all we can get of her writing while we still can.


via Resident Advisor

This link will take you to an amazing monthly radio show that's broadcast out of a bar in Berlin. Welcome to the Room is addictive. It's low-key enough to be background music but it's upbeat—it's dancey but it's also completely calming. The 12th show was released a week ago, but you're going to want to go back into the archives and listen to them all



via Wilder Quarterly
There's an amazing magazine called Wilder Quarterly that I've never gotten the chance to see with my own eyes. It's a publication for "people enthralled by the natural world," which just means that if you like plants, flowers, herbs, food, farmers, etc. then this is right up your alley. And just as it is with many great magazines, the blog (free, and with more frequent updates) is totally worth your time. Check it out here—you'll see some beautiful travel photos, tips on growing tomatoes, and Helen Mirren with a carnivorous plant that was named after her. 



via Another Mag


Good flat sandals are hard to find—seriously, I have one pair that I like and I wear them even though they tear up my feet and have no arch support. But theseTHESE! It'll never happen, but I'll still dream about them. Forever.




via B Insider


I found this feature on hair and makeup artist Natalie Blouin in the B Insider to be really inspiring—I dug around in my makeup bag to find similar items to the products that she recommends, and I feel like I've already learned a lot. Sometimes it's just nice to read something that an expert has written on a topic that you love. (Sustainable food production? The upcoming American election? No... I'm talking about makeup.) Lots of good advice here. 




via The NYT

And lastly, this NYT article on the 32 Innovations that will Change Your Tomorrow. Amazing stuff (I need that Morning Multitasker and the Shutup Gun, like yesterday) but the layout of the page is an amazing gradation of colours. Hats off to whoever came up with that one.


Enjoy this week's recommendations! We'll have a post or two for you this coming week. Take it easy!

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