By Rod Mickleburgh Last month, I walked 335 kilometers in 16 days, covering a good chunk of the historic, pilgrims’ trail that winds through France and eventually all the way to Santiago de Compestella in Spain. Our party of four was booked into small hotels along the way. The deal also provided breakfast and dinner […]
Seeing through Lululemon
By Mark Leiren-Young Chip Wilson, founding Big Lulu of Lululemon, recently resigned after publicly suggesting the fabric on his company’s Luon yoga pants was fraying at the crotch because women can only search for Shiva’s enlightenment if they don’t have Ganesha’s thighs. As a man who started wearing Lululemon a few years ago, I wanted […]
Is yoga even yoga anymore?
By Rachelle Stein-Wotten What’s more prolific than cats on the Internet? Yoga. It’s out of the ashram and into every fitness club, living room, park, and beach. But yoga isn’t just yoga anymore; it now comes augmented with prefixes and suffixes denoting new cross-breeds – acroyoga (acrobatic yoga), spynga (yoga + cycling), laughter yoga, paddleboard […]
Animal rites
By Bev Schellenberg Zobmondo is a wonderfully bizarre book crammed with handy conversation starters for parties or family gatherings, as is the board game. Let’s play. The idea is to choose from one of two, weird alternatives, for example: “Would you rather have to kill Winnie the Pooh or Bambi?” Or here’s a question that […]
Attack of the RVs
By Jodi A. Shaw I am not particularly fond of outhouses. I don’t like the way they smell when I walk past them, I don’t like the crowd of flies buzzing around them, and not for one second do I enjoy squatting over a hole or chute or whatever form it takes. I am, however, […]
Running on the information superhighway
Marni Ko Randy Troppmann is an Edmonton multimedia developer and an avid runner. He’s also well on his way to becoming something of a household name among joggers. Getting over 20,000 visitors a month, Troppmann’s new website runningmap.com uses licensed content from Yahoo Maps in an innovative application designed to help runners, hikers, and walkers […]
