Environmentally friendly and hand-crafted, the Edit line of accessories is, simply put, fun. The colours are bright, the patterns are playful, and best of all they’re reasonably priced and quality pieces. Scarves, the world’s cutest mittens, bags; if you’ve got a great idea for an eco-friendly accessory, chances are Edit already makes it. The bags featured here are all created from vintage leather. Their creator, Joanne Maharaj Lewis, hunts down her materials in thrift shops. One bag began life as a vintage ‘80s miniskirt, many others as retro jackets. Her …

Previously, in The Adventures of Mason Pursuant: parts 1 & 2, Mason took a case pursuant to a case. A mysterious dame sauntered into his life offering a cash reward for the safe return of her uncle’s case. Soon, Mason had tracked it to local flim-flam artist Mickey Hogan, and at Hogan’s he stumbled into the double cross of a lifetime at the hands of the Italian fascist militia. Now, with the dame and Hogan dead and the militia and police hot on Mason’s tail, he is trying to sneak …

American politics, when compared to the fare produced by their Canadian neighbours at least, are an explosive, exciting affair. Personally, I believe it stems from the amount of money involved in the whole thing, combined with the fact that the American 24/7 news cycle has absolutely nothing better to worry about than what one of those wacky politicians are going to say next. That is not to say that Canadian politics aren’t interesting, it’s just that things seem to be a bit more dignified up here. I like to think …

As some of you may have noticed, the Drink of the Week column has been absent for the past couple of weeks. We will now be running the bi-weekly Crafting Cocktails column by Greg Patenaude (so check out that one next week!), a man who is far smarter than me when it comes to creating copious concoctions to render you carefree and catatonic.
This week, we’re talking Daquiri. Not a frozen Daquiri, mind you, so you’re gonna need a cocktail shaker, as well as a couple of blood oranges. They’re in …

I received this book as a gift for the holidays and cracked it over the vacation. I couldn’t put it down. No, it’s not a gripping tale of swashbuckling adventure; it’s actually a detailed factual history of how the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel was painted by Michelangelo in the early 1500s. While this may sound like an instant snore-fest for the average reader, King presents the information in an entertaining, albeit historical context with excellent references, sources, and a little dry wit to go along.
The book surrounds the central …