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BOOK REVIEW: Sailor Girl
The novel that will make you want to drink and screw...
The Scribble
Weekend Ideas
Submitted by Jen on Fri, 07/18/2008 - 08:34.
Don't end your night with a hot dog, but I do recommend 7/11 as a good venue to conduct sociological 2AM experiments.
The patio at Sweaty Betty's last night was a jungle gym of tangled limbs and bodies. You were either sitting down three inches away from someone's bum or standing up drizzling beer on someone's back. I'm sure everyone was removing themselves from stiflingly hot apartments to find a cool patio – but it started to feel utterly uncivilized when I had to do straddles over chairs and lunges over short girls to trek to the washroom. A sweaty game of twister it was.
Ship Disturbers
Submitted by Jen on Wed, 07/16/2008 - 14:20.
A reading series about young women who aren't afraid to rock the boat.
Bound to entice: Shedoesthecity is proud to host an evening of readings by Globe and Mail Style Editor, Sheree-Lee Olson and Globe and Mail Life Columnist, Claudia Dey from their respective new novels, Sailor Girl and Stunt.
Counter Culture
Imports vs. Domestics
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 07/14/2008 - 11:10.
While we’ve busied ourselves arguing over – and in some particularly pathetic cases, donning the t-shirts – Team Jolie versus Team Aniston, sexiest woman alive Angelina Jolie has slowly but surely imported a football team sized family of reinforcements. With the sexiest man (if you dig men prettier than you are) casually strewn off her tattooed arm, Brangelina is set on world takeover.
Tell Me Your Story
STRENGTH – A Fundraiser to End Breast Cancer
Submitted by Jen on Thu, 07/10/2008 - 14:03.
Celebrating the life of Jackie Kirsh
by Jen McNeely
If Jackie Kirsh was alive today, she would be forty years old, probably running a successful publicity company based out of 401 Richmond, still living in the Annex, and jamming in a girl punk band on the weekends. Tragically, Jackie passed away shortly after her thirtieth birthday, after battling out breast cancer for three years.
Shedoesthecity is a site that is fun and entertaining. Second to that it’s a resource for adventure around Toronto, but in every vein it is a tool for young women. I think it’s very important to recognize that cancer is not reserved for women post fifty years old, and we all need to be very conscientious and aware that it can affect us, our family members and friends.
After learning about Jackie’s life, I quickly connected with her personality and spirit and immediately recognized that she embodied the qualities of most of our readers; tenacious, adventurous, hard working with an incredible zest for life.
In Video
Talking Chrissy Doll
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/18/2008 - 10:01.
SDTC Finishing School
Showers
Submitted by karen_cleveland on Fri, 07/18/2008 - 11:01.
by Karen Cleveland
My thoughts on wedding showers are brief. To be plain, I’m not a big fan of them in the traditional sense: my blood pressure skyrockets when I think of a community hall basement, decorated in pink with the little wife-to-be getting outfitting with all of her housewares. The feminist in me dies a little with each of these showers that I attend (but I do attend them, nevertheless).
Cyber Stalker
eatPES – Home of the Twisted Films of PES
Submitted by Rachel Miadovnik on Thu, 07/17/2008 - 09:14.
Why we like: Today hasn’t been just your average “bad day” where you’re tampon exceeded its ‘soak limit’ and you leak all over your office chair. This bad day was much more dramatic and filled with way more gore. Well orchestrated from start to finish, there wasn’t a single component that went according to plan. Mom’s boyfriend polished off all the berries for my daily yogurt, granola and berry breakfast. I straightened my locks after Dear Franky Flowers reports humidity on Breakfast Television. Forgot more than a handful of work-related deadlines. Fought with my Father…then the boyfriend. And following both feuds, I stained my new sundress with blood after picking a hangnail on my thumb. Yes, it’s like a massive Mac truck was gunning it down the freeway, and took me by behind. Gorey enough? The only glimmer of light, was my fresh new finding of the week – yes ladies, eatPES is the remedy for any ghastly, dreadful, horrifying day.
What you’ll find there: Ingenius and unpredictable animated films that keep you interested and amused from intro to outro. Whether you are enduring a painful day or a stressful week, or you’re one of those perfect bitches that get everything right – eatPES takes your mind off everything and soothes the soul with a smile, or two.
Where in the world: Big Hint. Ian Ziering and Tori Spelling. 90210.
In a nutshell: A quick mental-relief remedy to be used in conjunction with other related tasks such as Yoga, meditation and deep breathing. Give your anxiety a vacation and watch pointless videos of human skateboarding, spaghetti made from childhood craft materials and lazyboy chair porn. Go on, show off those pearly whites.
You Voted...
Acrophobia
Submitted by Jen on Wed, 07/16/2008 - 09:17.
57% of you would rather sail around the sky in a giant blimp with Alfred Hitchcock than have Bat Man rescue you falling from a skyscraper.
Top 5
forgotten talking toys
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/18/2008 - 09:58.
forgotten talking toys
- Teddy Ruxpin
- Cricket
- Peewee Herman Doll
- Jill the talking doll
- 1960’s Chatty Cathy
Recent Grad
Hard Knock Life? Knock louder, I can’t hear you
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/10/2008 - 13:19.
Is there anything quite as humbling as the TTC ROS (Ride of Shame)? You wouldn’t think so, by its name. But I’ve learned to take Joseph Heller to heart when he wrote (in Catch 22) ‘Maybe that’s the answer. To boast about something we ought to be ashamed of. ‘ Thus, if you’re going to greet Front Street at 8:30am on Sunday sporting cleavage, liquid eyeliner and hair that screams of passionate tugs and caresses, you best strut past the families en route to Centreville and make them feel as if they are shamefully overdressed.
T'was Said
Twin History
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/18/2008 - 10:35.
”Are you the twin I know, or the twin I don’t know?”
Kinky Sex Story
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/18/2008 - 10:27.
“So, did he eat the poo off the spoon or did she?”
Demented Pleasures of Marriage
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/18/2008 - 10:18.
“I sort of enjoy showing him my period stains…it pleases me.”
Dine and Dish
The Steak Out
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 07/07/2008 - 12:20.
by Julie Reitsma
Finding ourselves, rather awe-stricken, seated across from the illustrious Sara Waxman for our dinner at Toronto’s newest carnivorous eatery, Steak Restaurant and Bar, we were thankful for the pre-dinner lavender-adorned blueberry martini and that we’d brought an appetite for something rare. There’s no ignoring New York’s influence on Steak. Walls laden with imagery from the great metropolis and a large, dark-wooded, boothy vibe, the space is high on the cozy, while still remaining quite open, with unobstructed views across the dining room available for those who find suit-watching an enjoyable accoutrement to any steak dinner.
French Kiss
Summertime French Cooking
Submitted by Denise Dias on Wed, 06/25/2008 - 14:24.
Laura Calder, host of the Food Network's French Food at Home, offers helpful advice on fabulous summertime French cooking and tips for entertaining comme les françaises.
As a young professional with a demanding schedule, I'm not exactly Mademoiselle Suzie Homemaker. It can be très difficile to even eat le petit déjeuner, let alone plan meals for the entire week! But Laura believes that you don't have to plan far in advance to eat well daily. Just keep good quality staples on hand.
Herstory
Empress Theodora (c. 497-548)
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 07/09/2008 - 09:51.
by Bea Wayne
Why We Should Care: Empress Theodora became one of the greatest rulers of the Byzantine Empire, despite growing up an orphaned peasant girl in Constantinople. She worked variously as a dancer, an actress and a wool spinner until her incredible beauty caught the eye of Justinian, the emperor’s nephew. The ottoman equivalent to Wallis Simpson, Theodora convinced Justinian to change the law that prohibited marriage across classes, and soon she and Justinian were crowned empress and emperor of the Byzantine Empire. More than a skilled social climber, Theodora was a highly intelligent and influential ruler, who instituted incredibly important reforms for women and children.
Guess the Pic
Toy Kitchen
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 07/07/2008 - 10:20.
Q: Where is this?
A: Egg. A curious new store in Kensington.
You Guessed
Exercise Machine
Submitted by Jen on Mon, 06/30/2008 - 12:22.
Q: Where is this?
A: Musical bike installation on Toronto Island