Eco-friendly between the sheets
By: Jessica Moy Meredith eagerly walks to Alex’s bedroom. She’s about to deliver joyous news that his soul-searching girlfriend, Izzie, is finally coming home. After briskly opening the door, Meredith’s taken aback. At the sound of her gasp, another girl frantically awakens beside Alex. It’s his ex-girlfriend, Lexie, whose lover, Mark, just had a baby … Read more
The organized chaos in Hipsters and Sports
By: Christina Cheng I brought myself back to the third grade and drew a two-circle Venn diagram on a yellow sheet of construction paper – the circle on the left was labeled ‘Hipsters’ in red ink, the circle on the right was labeled ‘Sports’ in blue, and in the middle was labeled ‘Similarities and Differences’ in green. I started by listing … Read more
Marijuana and Hipsters walk Hand-in-Hand
By: Christina Cheng Known as Toronto’s one-of-a-kind cannabis-friendly lounge, Vapor Central was definitely the go-to hot spot for potheads on Wednesday night. The hazy second-floor lounge was packed for Weedy Wednesdays, the popular weekly comedy night where only true hipsters catch a laugh. The air was thick with smoke from dozens of blunts, joints, pipes, … Read more
Alternative eating in the raw
By: Kayla Kreutzberg Natural sunlight lit up the large rectangular table in the medium-sized kitchen in Woodbridge, Ontario. The sun had highlighted an assortment of containers and different coloured plastic bags spread across the surface. Inside the containers and bags contained powders, liquids and vitamins. Many of the containers had unfamiliar names sketched in marker … Read more
Clearing the smoke surrounding shisha
A first-time visitor would see an aged shawarma joint, complete with moody old men noisily playing backgammon and a television blaring the latest news from the Arab world. A few visits later, Layale Al Shark will start to grow on you. The loud newscast in an unfamiliar language gives way to a sporting event with … Read more
