Archive for the ‘Lifestyle’ Category

5 Questions to Ask your Yoga Teacher

Yoga is everywhere these days but before you attend your local Yoga class here are some practical tips for finding the right teacher and enhancing your practice says certified Yoga instructor Salimah Kassim-Lakha. 1. What type of training did they receive? Basic curriculum includes information about...
August 27th, 2010 | Lifestyle | Read More

Jersey Boys – Oh what a night!

We at GF became tired of attending the same events over and over again. So we decided to spend a night at the theatre. I’m personally a sucker for musicals though, so any excuse to sing and dance along was fine with me. Coming from London I naturally spend a lot of time in the West End so before going...
April 14th, 2010 | Lifestyle | Read More

Heaven: Chocolate Spa Treatments

There is no denying that chocolate has enriched the lives of many. Its decadent, velvety essence has been celebrated for over 4000 years and, if you’re a chocoholic like myself, then you’ll understand why it once rivalled beer in English bars and Spanish society once served it during Catholic mass. Chocolate...
April 7th, 2010 | Lifestyle | Read More

Breakfast: More than just coffee

Ladies, a coffee doesn’t count as breakfast, just like a bowl of broth doesn’t count as dinner. So many women are strapped for time in the morning that their only solace is a double-double. One hour and 150 calories later, you won’t even feel a dent in your stomach and you’ll...
April 6th, 2010 | Lifestyle | Read More

Cuba comes to Toronto!

If you’re as sick of doing the same thing every week as we are, then you must check this event out. This Saturday, April 10th, the famous Charanga Habanera group are coming to Toronto to perform a highly anticipated one off concert. We came across their music at the Babaluu’s Club in Yorkville...
April 5th, 2010 | Lifestyle | Read More

The Bachelor: We Now Know More About Love

Blogger Susan Read is an active critic on pop culture, lifestyle and women’s issues. After following reality TV show The Bachelor: Wings of Love, she shared her responses to the relationships and true realities of the series. To the people who still believe that The Bachelor represents the decline...
March 21st, 2010 | Lifestyle | Read More

No Fear (well, some fear)

may my mind stroll about hungry and fearless and thirsty and supple and even if its sunday may i be wrong for whenever men are right they are not young.   – e.e. cummings Our word today is “fearless”. I’ve been thinking about fear lately.  Not 9/11, government sponsored,...
March 20th, 2010 | Lifestyle | Read More

Committed, by Elizabeth Gilbert: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage

The sequel to Elizabeth Gilbert’s world-renowned Eat Pray Love more than met expectations for me. Leave it to her to make a fresh wonder out of her new novel, which is generating success almost as quickly as it’s predecessor. Eat Pray Love has a voice unique from the rest of Gilbert’s...
March 20th, 2010 | Lifestyle | Read More

Alice in Wonderland: Fantasy Flop or Fabulous Success?

I missioned the brutal weather this past weekend to see Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland with my best friend. After sprinting to the theatre in the pouring rain, realizing that the 7:50pm show was sold out, and killing two hours at Jack Astor’s, I finally got to see the film everyone seems...
March 18th, 2010 | Lifestyle | Read More

Lelo joins Next Top Model Studios as Lead Makeup Artist

Lelo, our favourite makeup artist and GF contributor, announces some big news on the next step in her career… If you haven’t followed me on Twitter or seen my status updates on Facebook, then you wouldn’t know that I’m the new Lead Makeup Artist and Next Top Model Studios in...
March 12th, 2010 | Beauty, Lifestyle | Read More

six ways lissa loves the one she’s with

DJ Lissa Monet talks about relationships and the key components to sustaining a healthy one (hard work, innit?). the blog title is a little misleading, but this is something i have been spending a lot of time thinking and reading about. anywhoo, here is my list for the blog title above. 1. Communicate. ||...
March 12th, 2010 | Lifestyle | Read More

You’ve Got (Some Sexy) Mail: The 411 on Sexting

Had Tiger Woods not been “sexting,” he probably wouldn’t have faced the predicament he did. Then again, this is true for many others, I’m sure, who have later regretted hitting the send button. But what, you ask, is sexting? It seems funny to think of simple texting as “old-fashioned,” but...
March 11th, 2010 | Lifestyle | Read More

Kathryn Bigelow: Oscar’s Golden Girl

Millions of viewers and film fans witnessed history on March 7, 2010. For the very first time in 82 years of Oscar broadcasting, a woman has won the award for Best Director, only to follow that by winning Best Picture. This woman is Kathryn Bigelow. So who exactly is Kathryn Bigelow? Bigelow has been...
March 10th, 2010 | Lifestyle | Read More

The DivaCup

There is no denying that our world is becoming increasingly eco-conscious. People are switching to hybrid cars and trading in their plastic bags for recycled or canvas sacs. As we become more conscious of our carbon footprint, sustainable products are beginning to emerge everywhere. The DivaCup is...
March 9th, 2010 | Lifestyle | Read More

Frenemies for Life

Betty and Veronica. Paris and Nicole. Lauren and Heidi. We all know these pairs, inextricably linked by their mutual love and hate for each other.  Sometimes they are friends, sometimes, enemies. Always, they are frenemies. A frenemy is best defined as an enemy disguised as a friend; someone who takes...
March 4th, 2010 | Lifestyle | Read More