In the 1970s, a group of California surfers revolutionized skateboarding and left an indelible fingerprint in the sport. Meet Dogtown s very own Z-Boys.
It’s the wild west for straws a year-and-a-half into Gainesville’s single-use plastic straw and stirrer ban. Every establishment has picked its own solution to satisfy the city ordinance.
Karma Cream uses a commercially compostable paper straw. Chick-fil-A uses a commercially compostable polylactic acid (PLA) straw. MOJO Hogtown uses a compostable and ocean-friendly polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) straw. So, whose choice is the best?
The environmentalist mantra of reduce, reuse, recycle would argue that Starbucks and Opus Coffee are doing the best. They’ve gone straw-less. Instead of using a straw and lid, both coffee chains use a straw-less lid shaped much like the lid used for hot coffee. These new lids are made of polypropylene (PP) or PLA.
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Canada is being gripped by hockey fever once again – between two of the most celebrated teams in hockey history.
And it’s coming down to the crunch between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Montreal Canadiens – the bitter rivalry between the two is legendary – with Game 5 of the NHL playoff series this Thursday.
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We all know hockey runs through the blood of citizens from both cities, so anticipation and excitement are at a peak. But we also know both cities are celebrated for their amazing cuisine history, not to mention the wealth of talented chefs and restaurants and a food industry that, although sucker-punched by the pandemic, will hopefully rise to full glory sooner rather than later.
Dandies rebelled against social, gender and fashion norms for 200 years. Some say time is ripe for a revival
The original British dandy dates back to the 18th century, but since then, several generations of, mostly, men who identify as dandies have been challenging prevailing conceptions of masculinity and rebelling against social norms. Now, some who ve studied this cultural movement say it s time to revive the figure of the dandy and cast him in a more progressive light.
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Posted: Apr 15, 2021 3:22 PM ET | Last Updated: April 15
Young dandies Tony Maake, Ntabiso Sojane, Lourens Gebhardt, Samkelo Boyde and Mpumelelo Sojane walk through a vintage clothing street market in the Braamfontein neighbourhood of Johannesburg in June 2016. They were photographed by Rose Callahan for her book We are Dandy: The Elegant Gentleman Around the World.(Rose Callahan)