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LIFESTYLE, URBAN Living | March 8, 2010

Throw a Dinner Party on Earth Hour

Turn your lights off on March 27th, 2010 at 8:30 PM to show that you care about the environment. Earth Hour was created in 2007 by WWF in Australia. It did not took long for the idea to spread and to become a worldwide event. A fun way to participate is to ask friends that live [...]

LIFESTYLE, URBAN Living | February 12, 2010

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The Knitted Hat Campaign

If you visited Montreal lately, you probably noticed those cute knitted hat on top of billboards across the city. They really convey the message that milk is comforting. I like the concept. It is part of a campaign for Fédération des producteurs de lait du Québec (Quebec Milk producers association) built around knitting and storytelling. Two night [...]

LIFESTYLE, URBAN Living | February 10, 2010

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What will be Jamie Oliver’s TED Prize Wish?

I am looking forward what will be the wish of Jamie Oliver as the winner of the 2010 TED Prize. It will be revealed tonight. We will know tonight. TED partners with CNN.com to deliver a live-stream of Jamie Oliver’s speech at TED 2010. Check for it at 8:50 pm ET tonight on CNN.com. To know [...]

LIFESTYLE, URBAN Living | February 6, 2010

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Zurbaines Event at Vic Park

Last Wednesday, I went to a fun event organized by Les Zurbaines in collaboration with Vic Park (also called spa Victoria Park), a zen-like, upscale gym and spa located in Westmount, Quebec. I got the pleasures to chat with my fellow bloggers and journalists in the lifestyle and fashion market. They set up sessions for us [...]

LIFESTYLE, URBAN Living

January 3, 2010

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I want my Wii Fit Plus

Like everyone’s else at this time of the year, I want to exercise more in 2010. Going to the gym does not fit my schedule. I used to do a small wake-up my body yoga routine every morning followed 3 times a week by a longer yoga session. Then, I add a Wii Fit session [...]

LIFESTYLE, URBAN Living

December 28, 2009

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Yakkay Brings Fashion to the Bicycle Helmets

As more and more people use their bike for their every day transportation needs, it is about time that a company provides a cute cycle helmet. Sport gears are designed for guys. They may be built for performance but they fail miserably when it comes to fashion style. Since wearing a cycle helmet became a [...]

LIFESTYLE, URBAN Living

November 25, 2009

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Volvo is Testing a Pedestrian Detection System

If you are a regular reader, you might remember that I believe that cities should be developed around pedestrians not cars. I walk a lot. I do own a car but I do not use it for short trips in the city. Finding a parking on busy streets generates unnecessary stress that I prefer to [...]

LIFESTYLE, URBAN Living

September 15, 2009

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City Guides and European City Life

Sometimes I like to give me little posting challenge. This time, I wanted to showcase two blogs seen with each having two posts related to city living. It seems like a good follow-up story to my previous post about PARK(ing) Day. Haus Maus As you may know, Holly of Decor8 writes a second blog where she talks [...]

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