Russian born entrepreneur, Natalya Toporova, certainly has a keen eye for fashion. As a graduate of the Richard Robinson academy for fashion in Ottawa, Canada, Natalya has taken everything she’s learned to create one of the hottest swimwear lines in the city of Miami; a place that expects and commands world-class quality and flair .
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When I was young, I was deeply in love with popular culture. Entertainment Tonight was my daily news because I was a kid, and the real news was boring. I always knew about things like the Berlin Wall, sort of; but I also knew when Spike Lee would release his films, when it was Michael Jackson’s birthday and whether his sister Janet would challenge him for pop supremacy.
Southern style cooking, when done correctly, is the best comfort food you could possibly have. When I say ‘southern style cooking’ I’m not talking about fried chicken made by a colonel, I’m talking about Yardbird. That’s right; buttermilk fried Yardbird. I’m also talking about catfish with Creole remoulade and double smoked bacon.
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Young Janes
223 Dalhousie Street Ottawa, Ontario K1N 7C9 Map Tel: 613.794.6452 youngjanes.blogspot.com[/note] Every wardrobe should have some unique vintage statement pieces that can bring out an authentic look that is completely your own. Young Janes makes it easy for you to peruse delicately picked fashionable items in a special almost dollhouse-like setting.
I remember the east coast, west coast feud; the massive event that changed hip hop forever with the deaths of Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G. I’ve compared that beef to comic book story lines where they kill off main characters and spawn an alternate universe. We’re living in that alternate universe right now, where the anger and volatile nature of the feud is gone.
New Years Eve, a day of new beginnings. It’s a day meant to remember your accomplishments from the past year, forget the ills, and to look forward to a clean slate of possibilities. When we celebrate the New Year, we do so by attending lavish parties, dancing the night away, and secretly hoping that we get that New Years kiss when the clock strikes twelve.
I’ve partied at Babylon for the past 6 years and I have never had a bad night. I discovered my love for the live show, reinforced my love of Hip Hop music, acquainted myself with numerous bands and styles of music that I never had before and met some of the chillest people this city has to offer.
As a bartender and someone who is in love with the art of building and mixing cocktails, I can honestly say that after visiting the team at ‘Barchef’. I realize that as much experience as I’ve accumulated, there is still a big mountain of knowledge out there. With drinks such as the Vanilla Hickory Smoked Manhattan, in which it takes about 25 minutes to create and is literally forged through Ice and Fire, you realize that ‘getting a drink’ can be much more than just that.
If you couldn’t tell by the constant music references in our articles, we at the Antidote, are in love with music.
In the summer of 2011, our love of music brought us down to Manchester, Tennessee for one of the greatest music festivals in the world. Bonnaroo, a four-day banger with multiple stages featuring your favourite artists across a 700-acre farm, was everything you could ask for in a music festival.
The Rock the Bells Festival Series is the greatest hip hop tour in the world. From its inception in 2004, the tour has grown from one man’s vision to reunite the Wutang Clan on stage, to one of the best known music festivals in North America. Founded by Guerilla Union, the festival that began in San Bernardino California has evolved into a multi-city concert tour that features some of the greatest in hip hop music.
