The Temperature: February
Our monthly assessment of all things faddish and fleeting
AG-Oh my God, this place is awesome. Frank Gehry, will you marry us?
After some seriously bad PR in ’08, cold cuts get a much-needed publicity boost from charcuterie hot spots Bite Me and the Black Hoof.
Holy crap (we couldn’t resist). The Toronto Zoo introduces poo power, a plan to generate electricity with animal waste.
The kings of Comedy Central show us some love: Feist goes on The Colbert Report; Jon Stewart mocks our parliamentary meltdown.
We’re not sure if Hollywood heartthrobs are taking cues from Queen Street hipsters or Jack Layton. Either way, enough with the ’70s porn ’staches.
Rip off much? The new BlackBerry Storm tries unsuccessfully to mimic the iPhone. Sort of like your dad trying to pull off a faux-hawk.
A delish upside to the economic downturn: with lobster prices plummeting, crustacean junkies don’t have to settle for shrimp.
Brainiac Stephen Hawking takes a post at the Perimeter Institute. As if Toronto wasn’t already feeling intellectually inferior to Waterloo.
A little soul with your sole: enRoute dubs Amy Winehouse Canada’s preferred (if most overplayed) restaurant songbird.
New Girl Guide cookies are now 90 per cent lower in trans fats (because, let’s face it, those short blue tunics aren’t exactly forgiving).
Can we tire of retailers who continue to hawk Obama merch more than two months after the election? Yes we can!
The reckless necklace trend has gone from hot to hostile. Who wants bling that looks like a 15th-century torture device?
Photographs: AGO by Sean Weaver; lobster, salami and elephant from iStockPhoto; Hawking, Winehouse and Pitt from CP Images
Comments
Comment on this story
Neither the author nor Toronto Life necessarily agree with the comments posted here. Editors will not correct spelling or grammar. Toronto Life reserves the right to edit or delete comments entirely. Read our full policy
Some articles on this site require that you have a Torontolife.com account in order to comment, and this is one of them. If you do not have an account, you can register now.
Follow Toronto Life on Twitter, Facebook and via RSS