You know that feeling you sometimes get when you walk into a hair salon? The one where they are just a little too snooty and it seems as if it might pain them to look up and greet you? Well you can expect the opposite at Atlanta Hair Design. Salon owner and lead stylist...
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It’s what every woman wants. A spa salon experience that won’t break the bank and that delivers a glam setting in zen like conditions. We’ve all been there, that hole-in-the-wall little nail shop that reeks of polish and gels, where the girls speak at the top of their lungs in languages we don’t understand...
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As I stroll through Kensington Market, I have no need of a marker or a sign to guide me to the Poetry Jazz Café. The music streaming down the sidewalk and past the outdoor patios finds me first. Unassuming and neatly affixed into the wall of 224 Augusta Avenue, Poetry is the type of...
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‘Tis the season for frosty, sweet and sunny smoothies and I couldn’t be more stoked. I’ll let you in on a wee secret—I’m a bit of a smoothie junkie. My magic bullet and I have been tight for a few years now. Every morning I mix up a creation involving fruit, veggies, seeds, nuts,...
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There is a certain satisfaction in hanging out on a secluded, leafy patio that has the capacity to make us nostalgic for our childhood tree houses. It’s also arguably the best way to seek refuge from a blazing apartment or the baking sun. Grab a frosty pint and settle into any one of these...
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Montreal is a jack of all trades kind of city. From winter to summer, night to day, it has a dizzying array of sights to see, sounds to hear, and tastes to sample. Although Toronto is commended worldwide as being the ideal type of cultural mosaic, that’s not to say that Montreal is without...
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I love ice cream. Who doesn’t? Not only does the topic lend itself extremely well to puns (see above title) but it tastes so, so good. And according to Theo Aben, owner of the ice cream emporium Dutch Dreams, it’s good for you too. As someone who has been eating ice cream every day...
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Lemon meringue, strawberry pistachio, Earl Grey and grapefruit tarts, vanilla, blackcurrant chocolate, chestnut and salted caramel macaroons. Nadège’s creations are so pretty you could pop one on your head and wear it to a Royal wedding! Nadège is the final store to move into the row of five Victorian-era buildings known as The Shops...
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I arrived at Motoretta in Little Italy, on what had been the warmest day we had had all year. At a balmy 22 degrees, I got there with wind swept hair—almost as if I had been riding a scooter to get there. Alas, I had not, but I wanted to see how this mini-motorcycle...
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