Milk & Tears

Please Stop!

If you are a man and do not do drag or broadcast the news you should not be wearing make up. There is a disturbing trend happening where men are wearing foundation, eye liner and blush. I saw two people today dressed in normal street clothes with caked on make up. It's a hideous trend and needs to stop. You may think you look flawless in the mirror when you leave the house but, in the daytime sun, you look like shit. 

Bikram Yoga is HOT

After carefully removing my Lululemon label from my yoga mat, I ventured to my first Bikram Yoga class in Vancouver. If you have not yet tried Bikram Yoga, I highly recommend it and recommend you go to 2 classes before you make your final judgement. If you just do the practice once and form an opinion you may not want to return. The more you practice the easier it is and the better you feel. The benefits from this form of yoga are endless. The studio is quite large with numerous classes throughout the day.

Bikram Yoga Vancouver has two locations, the West End and Kitsilano.

Check them out then sweat it out.

www.bikramyogavancouver.com

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Recently single Milo Ventimiglia

Art?

I visited the Vancouver Art gallery yesterday for the first time. I quite enjoyed the two exhibits and in particular this pile of dirt is art.

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Hi There.

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Biggest Loser trainer, Bob Harper.

Kanye West talks about the Rainbow

" ... I'm doing a blog right now where I've been collecting all of the freshest stuff that's rainbows — Denver Nuggets jerseys, BAPE shoes, Nikes with rainbows on 'em — and saying, "Man I think as straight men we need to take the rainbow back because it's fresh." It looks fresh. I just think that because stereotypically gay people got such good like style that they were smart enough to take a fresh-ass logo like the rainbow and say that it's gonna be theirs. But I was like "Man I think we need to have the rainbow" — the idea of colors , life and colors and stuff, I mean how is that a gay thing? Colors? Having a lot of colors is gay?"

5 seconds of Leigh Bowery

Red Carpet Suicide

I am embarrassed to say it but, I bought and read this book. It's an entertaining and a quick read, all of 250 pages with pictures, side quotes and lists.

Perez points out some neat and true analogies on getting fame, keeping it and killing it. A few tid bid secrets you may may not know are also included. 

A fun read and there are no big words, but don't buy the book, Perez has enough money. Save yours and buy your friend some flowers when she loses her job.

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Kelly Slater is 37 today.

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Not sure who these lads are, but who cares?

How do you spell Hypocrite? L-U-L-U-L-E-M-O-N

For the past 10 yrs Lululemon has been unfortunately making it's mark on the planet. They are corporate giants no better than an oil and gas outfit or a mink farm. 

When they first appeared, they had everyone fooled. Yoga was becoming more popular and a yoga focused company from Vancouver became the new fruit smoothy. They were Canadian, encouraged recycling, teeth flossing and making healthy lifestyle choices.

Fast Forward 10 yrs and you have a company who still focuses their marketing activities around promoting a healthy lifestyle that respects the environment and the people who live in it. What most people don't know is that they have moved their production to South East Asia sweat factories. 

Although they still encourage recycling, being good to our earth and treating others with respect they are doing just the opposite in choosing to have their labour contracted to SE Asia. They are taking advantage of inexpensive child labor, polluting the environment and making a fortune doing it. In making the decision to have production in Asia they had to develop a PR response in case someone asks them about their decisions, like I did. I got the following generic response;

"We work hard to remain true to our manifesto and beliefs in all areas of our company. We are a yoga inspired athletic clothing company, committed to manufacturing and designing garments that can be made and worn in good conscience"

I am sure the consumers would feel 'good conscience' knowing their $85 yoga shorts were made by a young girl who works long hours and lives in a shanty shack with the other girls. The factories the garments are made in have no or limited environmental regulations in turn polluting our environment.

In addition, LuLulemon became red faced after being caught in a lie regarding clothing made out of Seaweed, but that is another story for another blog entry.

It appears that what is not seen or heard in Canada is irrelevant to treating our environment and the people that live in it with respect.

I encourage you to rethink purchasing anything from Lululemon not only for the reasons mentioned above but for the simple fact that their clothes have to be one of the worst fashion fuck ups of the decade. 

The Gap and many others have their clothing made in sweat shops as well, however, their brands are not shaped around health, the environment and being a better person.

Dance, Sing, Floss and Travel but do it without Lululemon, after all we have been doing it without them for years.

Marc & Madge

Paula Abdrool

Paula wonders why people speculate that she is drunk or on drugs all the time. If you watched the Grammy's last night you would have seen a slurring and hideously exposed Paula. The only thing missing from this piece of clutter is the drool.

State of Mind

There is a store called State of Mind on Davie Street who's owner/stylist is bat shit crazy and I love it.

I visited the store about 4 years ago and the experience was one I will never forget. Linda is a bald lesbian and stylist. Although, she has a store on retail busy Davie Street, she will yell at you if you walk into her store and demand who told you about it. After yelling at me she 'complimented' me on my style and told me that as a gay man I did not 'look' gay. Well thanks Linda! I managed to escape without buying anything.

Other people I have met in Vancouver that have experienced Linda have all different sorts of bad experiences from being told "you have horrible fashion sense, get the fuck out of my store" to "you are wearing Lululemon and for that I can not have you in my store". I agree Lululemon is a complete disaster on all fronts.

I fully recommend visiting her and seeing this crazy bitch in action, although sometimes she has the door blocked off so nobody can get in. She has styled stars like Bruce Willis and Tegan & Sara and specializes in men's fashion.

If you do want to spend a fortune and be styled by Linda call ahead and make an appointment. She will lock the store, strip you down to your underwear and style you, not allowing you to look in the mirror until she is complete. She has been in business for 10 yrs so she must be doing something right.

State of Mind is located at 1100 Davie St in the West End. 604.682.7116

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Who wants Jake? I do, I do.

The Chop Shop

I stumbled across this gem in an effort to ditch my $70 hair cut at Toni & Guy for something recession friendly but stylish. I had no appointment and Jeff gave me a fabulous cut for $31.50. I also learned that a reality series was filmed there about the staff and their lives in the shop. The staff are friendly and hot. Check out the trailer for their show. The Chop Shop is at 1007 Granville Street

The Biltormore

There is a tonne of cool shit going on at the Biltmore in growing Mount Pleasant area. We dropped in on Friday for the first time and absolutely loved it. The decor and space are both timely and the music inspired a 50's dance hall feel. The crowd is fun, friendly and trendy. Check the going ons at this decalescent night spot.

http://www.biltmorecabaret.com

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Quasi surfer and water polo player. Simon Baker is best known for his role in The Mentalist.

New York City & Lego

I love NYC & Lego, so naturally I would love this when I came across it. I am disappointed, however, that there are no Chelsea Boys included.

SOURCE: http://visualingual.wordpress.com/2009/02/05/i-lego-ny/

Brilliant!

Woodpigeon

I was lucky last night and got to see Woodpigeon from Calgary. They were playing in a small but cozy venue called Little Mountain on the east side. A very talented band that you should check out.

http://www.myspace.com/woodpigeon

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Potty Mouth!!

Best Milkshake Ever

Hamburger Mary's on Davie St. has an amazing Chocolate Peanut Butter milkshake. It's a taste explosion and left me feeling carefree and special inside and out.

Go have one for dinner!

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Who doesn't remember this CK ad campaign featuring a young, ripped and very enjoyable Mark Walberg?

Holigay in Puerto Vallarta

I recently took a week vacation or Holigay as I like to call it to Puerto Vallarta. It was very enjoyable. I wanted to mention one single bar that became my best friend. Apaches. It's a small quaint lounge owned and operated by Marianne from Vancouver. Her partner Andrika tends bar and has a personality that will make you love her immediately. After one week I felt I had known her for years. Their drinks are strong and delicious just like the server Freddy. The menu is of varied choices and it's really tasty. Your drinks can be enjoyed listening to everything from the Supremes to Amy Winehouse to the Jackson 5, playing to the crowd that fills this spot nightly. They have a bistro next door to the lounge which serves a full menu, it's cozy and a nice place to be.

It's small, exceptional, always busy and frequented by gay and straight alike. Next time you are in PV, please check it out, it will make your bum hum! I can't wait to return.

439 Olas Altas. Tel: 222-4004

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David Beckham is smoking hot, he knows it and so does everybody else.

"Hey Victoria, you get to fuck this on a regular basis, why don't you smile once in a while? "