Posts filed under 'Swellbeing'
Sweet goodness
If you’ve tried Marble Slab Creamery ice cream, you probably don’t need much convincing to head there for a cone. I’ve never had it but a foodie friend swears it is the most delicious ice cream, like, ever.
Whether you love it or are a Marble Slab virgin, definitely try to drop into one of its 73 locations tomorrow (Saturday, July 24th) for a scoop as Marble Slab Creamery stores across Canada will donate $1 to Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Canada for every cone sold. Or if you find yourself there anytime up until August 8th, purchase a paper cone to be displayed in the window to help the Marble Slab folks reach their goal of raising $20,000 for the charity.
This way your sweet indulgence will do more than just give you a sugar high.
2 comments July 23, 2010
Sun screener
Joe Fresh, $9
Tilley, $79
Add comment July 20, 2010
Sweet & smokey
Thank you The Hungry Southerner for bringing Bacon Marmalade to Health & Swellness’s attention. Now this looks like it’d be the perfect complement to buttered crepes with caramel peaches (perhaps spread on a plain scone to give the tastebuds a break from the sweet fruit?)–and I just so happen to be planning a trip to NYC. I’ll definitely have to head on over to Williamsburg to pick up a jar or two at Whisk.
2 comments July 20, 2010
Pursuit of happiness
Surround yourself with shiny, happy people: happiness (and sadness) is contagious much like an infection, says research from Harvard University and MIT. Their research, which involved tracking more than 1,800 people since 1948, has found that you can recover from discontent more quickly than happiness, however, it is more contagious.
2 comments July 9, 2010
Scoop dreams
Take Pop Tate’s Chok’lit Shoppe (you know, Betty and Veronica’s hangout?), give it a stylish makeover and you’ve got the Drake’s Scoops + Tees.
At this new pop-up shop you can treat yourself to a scoop (or two) of all-natural ice cream from local ice cream purveyor Metropolitan (we taste tested pistachio — yum!) not to mention fresh t-shirts featuring limited-edition prints from Shared Beloved Basics.
Our only regret? Not trying the straight-from-the-Drake’s-kitchen ice cream toppings including housemade graham streusel, corn flake crunch and bourbon caramel sauces–but that just gives us an excuse for another visit very soon. And we’ll make sure to stick around long enough after devouring our ice cream to burn off some of the calories at the adorable micro-mini bowling alley (meant for kids…but aren’t we all kids at heart?).
Oh, and did we mention the sweetest deal? Pop by Mondays between 7 and 9PM during Scoops Happy Hour where you score two scoops for the price of one.
Scoops + Tees, 1142 Queen St. West; Open Sunday to Wednesday, noon til 9PM; Thursday noon til 11PM; Friday and Saturday noon til midnight.
Images: Connie Tsang
1 comment July 1, 2010
Classic reads
Heading to the cottage this weekend and looking for something to read?
I don’t know about you, but I’ve always wanted to read the classics I’ve never gotten around to reading – think Jane Austen, Charles Dickens and William Shakespeare — so I’m kind of excited about the new 100 Classic Books, which includes such novels as Pride and Prejudice to be read on any of the Nintendo DS systems.
(now if only the DS could emit that musty weathered book smell — I kinda like that scent, it’s oddly comforting…)
1 comment June 30, 2010
Shop til you drop…
…from an infection, yikes.
Feeling a tad queasy just reading this report on how of 84 reusable shopping bags tested by researchers at the University of Arizona and Loma Linda University, nearly every bag was laden with bacteria, 50 percent of them showed evidence of coliform bacteria (indicating potential raw-meat or uncooked food contamination) and 12 percent featured E. coli.
Shopping shouldn’t make you sick. Add machine or hand washing your super cute reuseable shoppers (we personally love the ones from Blue Q such as this little number here) to the top of your to-do list.
4 comments June 25, 2010
Single ladies
Tuning into some Celine Dion may help you find love faster if you tend to be picky about who you date. French researchers have found that women were more likely to give a man they considered “average” their digits after having listened to a ballad.
2 comments June 22, 2010
