So we are two weeks into my favorite culinary time of the year (after the BBQ season of course)… The much anticipated Oyster season!  For all you anti-oyster people who cannot understand the gratification of slurping down such a luxurious delicacy, then i suggest you read on for the ultimate mind changing exprience!  You see, the oyster is a very complex but desirable species.  This ever famous hermaphrodite is made up of one heart, one stomach, one liver, two kidneys, and one blood circulatory system.  So not so different from us after all!  right…Well, just like everything else in ancient history, the Greeks and the Romans were there from the beginning, tempted by their splendor and obsessed by their pleasure.  And how could one resist?  The oyster has been known to be the food of love for quite some time.

It is a known fact that the loads of vitamins and minerals found in the oyster increases your health and therefore increases your sexual desire. It also carries dopamine, a neurotransmitter that effects cerebral activity and therfore influences our sexual desire. They are also full of zinc and protein…are you listening body builders?  So to all those anti-oyster peeps…got your attention yet?? As genuine oyster-lovers themselves, Experience Old Montreal, a group of high-end hotels and restaurants in Old Montreal, invited us to participate in an Oyster tasting, shucking and cooking event at the Vieux Port Steakhouse, one of their delectable abodes.  The evening promised us an exciting event where we could

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Another fabulous fashion story has hit our local city, giving us more reason to go out and shop!  American fashion label, John Bartlett has designed a mini-collection for Fall 2010 exclusively for Quebec mega-retailer La Maison Simons.  This special limited line entitled John Bartlett Collection Signature Simons features an outstanding grouping of military-inspired outerwear, slim suitings, sateen shirts and denim.  This collection was an extension of his latest line-up with stronger focus on the eclectic mix between “urban sexiness and rugged out-door detailing”.

Being his style icon for many years, Bartlett chose to shoot the campaign using the one and only Tony Ward, who exudes all characteristics deserved for this collection. Read More…

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Madame Helen Fotopulos, responsable de la culture, du patrimoine, du design et de la condition féminine au comité exécutif de la Ville de Montréal, est heureuse d’annoncer que le conseil municipal a proclamé le 4 octobre 2010 Jour mondial de l’architecture. La Ville de Montréal se joint ainsi à l’Union Internationale des Architectes (UIA), pour qui le premier lundi d’octobre sera marqué par une célébration sous le thème « Des villes meilleures une vie meilleure. Conception architecturale responsable. ».

Par cette proclamation, la Ville de Montréal renforce sa reconnaissance de l’architecture et du design Read More…

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The commercial titled Kick Ass was done by Santo Buenos Aires advertising agency for Diesel company in Argentina. It was released in the September 2010. Business sector is Clothing & footwear.

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NROTB

Montreal via Quebec City duo NROTB have been on the scene for the last three years, hitting clubs from here to everywhere. I sat down with them at the Festival de Musique Emergente (FME) in Rouyn-Noranda to find out more about the duo that has become one of Montreal’s best electronic exports.

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The latest offering from A-Trak & Armand Van Helden aka Duck Sauce.  We can only sum this track up with one word: Banger!  A staple for any DJ for the next few months and sure to make anyone on the dance floor lose their sh*t.

You’ll also be able to lose it your sh*t and go bonkers when A-Trak comes home for a show at the Telus Theatre on October 10th along with: Shay da Kiss, A-Rock & Hatchmatik.. in other words this a show NOT to be missed!!  Get all the details for tickets after the jump.

Chivers!

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