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Getting stuffed on Broadway

Stuff It food truck review

Last summer, Winnipeg relaxed its strict food truck bylaws allowing for us to catch up with the rest of the world when it comes to excellent and interesting street food. Instead of just being relegated to hotdogs and fries(although a little street meat isn't a bad thing!) we now have trucks slinging smoothies, wings, Japanese food, sandwiches, and tacos. I had to head down to Broadway where most of the food trucks park themselves during lunch hour and try one out. The first week of warm... [Keep Reading]

Levi's

Iconic Brands- Part I

  Lately it seems everyone has been making reference to authentic brands. Brands that have legitimate heritage in their industry, brands that have a legacy behind their name and more importantly represent a high standard of quality that each of us wants to be associated with.  It is very refreshing for me to see consumers looking to support and invest in quality products, produced by brands that have a truly authentic heritage, rather than buying the cheap and cheerful products that... [Keep Reading]

Home Made Summer

Light and fresh, your essential al fresco cookbook

  Yvette van Boven returns with her third book in the Home Made series. Following up Home Made and Home Made Winter, this summer edition of her popular cookbooks is definitely a necessary addition to your collection and perfect for summer entertaining. The book is more than a cookbook, but a beautiful collection that more closely resembles a scrapbook of culinary adventures. If you haven't yet had the pleasure of delving into her books, van Boven's collections of photography and... [Keep Reading]

A Stranger Drew Me

Selfless Portraits: a global art project

Not super long ago, I learned about an art project that allowed strangers across the world to draw pictures of one another called Selfless Portraits. The idea that people could offer an outsider's perspective on the reflection of another human was so captivating, I spent hours poring through the online gallery wondering what each subject must have felt when they saw their new portrait. And of course, I couldn't resist trying the process out for myself. First, you choose a profile photo... [Keep Reading]

Travel Tips for Summer Trips

Satisfying your wanderlust with the least stress possible

We here at The Rooster are big fans of packing up and heading out on an adventure - whether it's for the day, weekend, month or indefinitely. Throwing a few things in your bag for the weekend is a truly romantic notion and the stuff that road trip movies and epic novels are made of. Ah, vagabond life. Being thousands of kilometers from home and realizing you forgot THAT thing or arriving at your destination pinching pennies and then realizing you have no idea how to get around anywhere can... [Keep Reading]

Bringing The Laramie Project to Life

Sammy Ramsey and Dalton Lightfoot on The Laramie Project and the Kinsmen Young Company

I recently had a chance to sit down with Dalton Lightfoot and Sammy Ramsey, two members of the Kinsmen Young Company that will be performing in The Laramie Project, written by Moisés Kaufman and members of the Tectonic Theater Project. The show opens tonight and runs until the 18th. For more background on both the Kinsmen Young Company and The Laramie Project, you can check out our earlier interview with the Director, Will Brooks. (Sammy and Dalton notice the Persephone School of... [Keep Reading]

Love, Loss, and Other Oddities

A Smorg of Smart Female Fiction

As I've often said, the biggest perk to hosting the Sask-wide TV program Lit Happens is the fact that a lot of great books end up on my lap (or at least my desk). One recent one was the compilation of short stories, Loss, Loss, and Other Oddities - a collection of short pieces of fiction by numerous Saskatchewan women. The book is a product of the Saskatchewan Romance Writers Association, which is a province-wide writing club which has some pretty mentionable members... [Keep Reading]

Just Be Stevie Nicks

Taking advice from Tavi and Stevie

TEDxTeen - Tavi Gevinson: Still Figuring it Out   Stevie Nicks and that band you may have heard of called FLEETWOOD FREAKING MAC are in town this weekend. Ever since I was a teenager, I have been obsessed with Stevie Nicks and her flowy skirts and jangling tambourine and her "I don't give a fuck"(in the nicest possible way) attitude. She is a woman who is a powerful, present performer with a bewitching voice who is unapologetically emotional, passionate, and you kinda still... [Keep Reading]

Irish Frenzy

Local playwright premieres explosive love story

Bzzt! Trap Door Theatre is back with a new original play
Anthony MacMahon knows the surest path to theatre employment is to create his own work. After his company Bzzt! Trap Door Theatre burst onto the scene in 2011 with WWI epic Vimy, he and producing partner Nathan Howe have returned for their second show, wrapping up Live Five’s ninth season. The Frenzy of Queen Maeve, written by Macmahon and starring Howe, is a Romeo and Juliette-esque love story set in 1970’s Belfast. “During ‘The Troubles’ of Northern Ireland, a... [Keep Reading]

Silly Name, Good Eats

Crazy Sexy Kitchen Cookbook Review and Beetroot Ravioli Recipe

Kris Carr is a bit of a legend in the blogosphere - she is one of the first women to turn a blog into a professional career while also recovering from cancer and documenting her journey. She now identifies herself as a 'cancer thriver' and a 'wellness activist'. I'd seen her cookbook mentioned on a bunch of blogs that I read, but I was skeptical - it all seemed a little 'woo woo' to me. I was definitely wary of buying another cookbook just full of salad recipes or... [Keep Reading]

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