While fandoms come together around their favorite shows, they can also disagree–and vehemently so!–about many a detail. I dare you to ask a group of X-Philes what their favorite episodes are. I dare you. While you gather enough courage to face the chaos that such a question will create, here is Apartment 42‘s take on… Read More Apt. 42: The Best and Worst of Season 1 of The X-Files
Name: Jasmine Watts Blog: Miss Millennia Magazine Her favourite post: n/a Miss Millennia Magazine, launched in 2011, is geared towards women “who are transitioning from college life to adulthood.” Jasmine Watts explained to me that the team “make[s] sure to write content that helps them be successful and informed.” Boasting a clean, minimalist design featuring… Read More Blog Review: ‘Miss Millennia Magazine’ by Jasmine Watts
The best authors write about what they know. Over the last couple of weeks, I have gotten a pretty close look at what a major illness can do to a family. I don’t think I know nearly enough about it yet to write about it, so I decided to ask my writer friends some questions… Read More Ask An Author: Healing Reads
I’m an Oprah kid. Kind of. I didn’t understand much – if any – of her show when it first started its dizzying ascension in the late 80s, early 90s, but I watched most of them. Actually, no; I watched my family watch the show and then have heated debates about whatever the lady with… Read More Book Review: Living Oprah by Robyn Okrant
There are different levels to awareness; therefore, while we can be aware of certain things for long periods of time, it’s only when they hit close to home that one’s vision zooms in and details pop out like never before. Straight after the initial shock of a cancer diagnosis in my family comes Breast Cancer… Read More From Building Awareness to Taking Action Against Cancer or its Effect
San Francisco alternative rock group Attik Door released their new album Never In Agreement last month. Originally from various corners of the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.), Liana Tovmasyan (vocals), Margarita Grabarova (bass), Igor Boyko (drums), Alex Shrayber (guitar), and Tim Shulepov (guitar) aim to lock in the culture from their countries of… Read More Music Review: Attik Door – ‘Never in Agreement’
Happy Sunday! As you ready yourself for another great week, are you wondering what to take along with you on your commute? Take a peek at this week’s recommended commute companion! ‘Mademoiselle: Coco Chanel and the Pulse of History’, by Rhonda K. Garelick Review here. Purchase here. Author website here. Synopsis: Certain lives are at… Read More Book Recommendation: ‘Mademoiselle: Coco Chanel and the Pulse of History’, by Rhonda K. Garelick
The question of nutrition in helping maintain or regain one’s health has been an ongoing topic that has kept my husband and I talking for hours—and cooking for many more. The most recent book to have made its way into our conversation is Joe Schwarcz’ An Apple a Day, an informative and engaging number Borna… Read More Borna’s Monthly Book Review: ‘An Apple a Day’, by Joe Schwarcz
Let’s be honest, ladies; we do experience mood swings that take us completely by surprise. It’s so confusing, irritating, and frustrating to not understand what is going on in our own bodies and minds. I can understand that it’s also irritating to those around us to live through a mood swing; but what is needed… Read More What Did He Mean? Some Thoughts on Justin Bieber’s Latest Track
Name: Rachel Milne Blog: Vintage Press Her favourite post: http://vintagepress.ca/2015/07/tips-on-how-to-save-money-for-college/ The first thing that caught me when visiting Rachel’s website was the tagline: “The Ramblings of an 80 year-Old Woman Stuck in an 18 Years Old’s Body.” It first made me smile, then made me wonder: what kind of old woman would have such a… Read More Blog Review: ‘Vintage Press’ by Rachel Milne
