My name is Steph Bowen, and I’m a music festival addict. It’s been one week since I returned from the Sasquatch! festival at the Gorge in Washington, and I don’t know if I have the strength to hold out until my next scheduled festival, in August. My love affair with music festivals began in earnest [...]

The change of seasons is upon us, and while impending beach time is no doubt significant to both sexes, we ladies have an added challenge when dressing for the weather. Though both men and women change the basic nature of their wardrobe come summer, an inevitable (and, some might argue, unnecessary) shift in women’s styles and trends seems [...]

It should be fairly obvious by now that the array of authors of this blog have at least one thing in common: our belief that community is a good thing. In the midst of a community that nurtures and nourishes, individuals can become the most positive and effective iteration of themselves. It would appear that [...]

Love them or hate them, there was something undeniably awesome about the energy the games brought to Vancouver. Be it through political protest or exuberant celebration, communities were galvanized and Vancouver’s many social silos crumbled in the wild 17-day melee of sport, art and culture. And beer. Enormous issues aside, the games quickly became one big party.

It wasn’t the most enchanted of meetings: our first night in Zihuatanejo, Mexico, my travelling companions and I were spotted by the bartender at a corner bar and ceremoniously greeted with a loud, “HEY, GIRLS!” Nonetheless, we had ventured into town from my parents’ upscale hotel on the hill, and anything looked better than the [...]

Thanks mostly to dumb luck, I have become responsible for the publicity of an art project called the Mondo Spider, made by a foundation called eatART, during a sporting event called the Olympics. The Mondo Spider is a giant (8×8-foot) steel robot spider. It’s currently being upgraded to electric power, making it the world’s first zero-emissions walking [...]