WTF: Really?

So I got the call today from the Georgia Straight online newspaper saying that I am going to be a voluntary guest writer for the their online newspaper with over a 1M hits a month.. FANTASTIC.. I’ll be writing a column on young urban women in Vancouver called “Trash or Truth”, how exciting! After the call ended I went online to read from the plethra of articles and found this:

http://www.straight.com/article-152943/i-being-watched?

My thought: WTF..Really?

My next thought: Hmmmmmmm… is there a term for such a fetish?… And how much money would he make if he started a webcam from his home! Are their girls really into this? Ok, so that’s three indulgent questions..

I’ll let you do the honours of checkin out the article and see for yourself!

Vancouver’s Newest Find.. Fresh is Best

 I GOT SOMETHING TO SING ABOUT… And its not Elvis’s Sideburns but just as good!

So having a love for new finds in Vancouver and having a thing for chips, yes, those things we find in the stores all over the world that are made from corn or potatoes and often dips in different sauces like salsa, french onion dip, spinach and artechoke spread, seven layer dip, and oh so much more, I am excited to tell you all about Fresh is Best.

Fresh is Best is a Kamloops based business that has come to Vancouver and changed the lovely city of Kits. Although its been around for a little while it’s just breaking ground on West Broadway.

After a day of wandering the city with a friend from Toronto we met up with her Adam Behr, an incredible voice over expert based in Vancouver, BC. We decided to get crazy and have a Mexican themes evening with Mexican beers (Corona, Sol, and Modelo) and an improvision of Mexican food. Adam took us on an adventure for food, beers, and the likes in his neighborhood and we our first stop was Fresh in Best. Man was I in heaven.

Fresh is Best has an array of salsa, hot sauces, amazing tortillas, and more. Being a bit of a chip and dip connoisseur I was like a kid in a candy store! Now I have to tell you that I love to cook, making up new recipes as I go,  and get a kick out of mixing and matching new finds so this store has now made the PaSSioN-Girl list of favs.

All their fresh items are sugar and gluten free and delicious. Their chips have jalepeno or chilli in them with a slight twist of lime!

After 30 minutes in the store I am excited to say that these are among my favourites:

First and foremost the hot sauce of choice is the Moletn Mango.. its like a party in your mouth… SERIOUSLY! If you like a hot sauce that is just sweet enough to smile, just hot enough to kick your eyebrow up a bit, and pleasant enough to put on the bbq or your favourite tortilla this is the hot sauce for you!

As for dips I have to say that the Garlic and Spinach Dip is to DIE for! Using fresh sour cream, a LOAD of garlic it leaves you saying OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! that’s goooooooooooood! More peas!

The next on my favourites list is the Smoked Black Bean Dip the best part of this is that you can get it alone or in the layered dip. It’s got a nice subtle smokey taste and a not so harsh beany zest. Yes thats right folks, I said beany!

So if you are looking to hit a party in the Kits neighbourhood, or happen to pass through stop by Fresh is Best I promise you won’t be disappointed. Ask Maxine for some help on finding a salsa or dip that you like, she might even give ya a little taste or two!

Location 2972 West Broadway, Vancouver, Bc (604) 737-2442

www.freshisbest.ca

Let your tastebuds do the talkin’!

 

 OLE!

Watch that scene…

Digg it the Dancing Queen….

With all the great summer movies that are coming out like…. Hell Boy II, Hancock and BatMan… you feel inspired to sit in an air conditioned movie theater and eat pop corn.  But these are not the movies that are really making me get all tingly about.  No. That is reserved for the one and only ABBA smash HIT  Mamma Mia!!  

What?!?  You don’t think that is something to get excited about?  You think that ABBA should have stayed in the ’70’s and is just a musical foot note in history?

Well that is your opinion.  Meh!  To you.  ABBA all the way. 

 

If you would like to way in on Mamma Mia as a movie I have a challenge for you the reader.  Go see it.  Come back here and leave a comment on the movie. If you love it tell us why.  If you hated every second and stormed out to get your money back well… I want to hear that too.  

I’m going next weekend so let’s make it a date.  Monday morning, July 21.  I’ll be here, will you?

Love Lynda

What is passion?

Through the events of my day I came to a thought about the term I’ve using for years “purpose and passion”.

I’ve always said that I am a passionate person who believes in following a good hearted purpose in life, after all without purpose we are mirely zombies walking around humming and hawing over unimportant events.

So my thoughts lead me to this belief:

Passion is an energy that stems from a belief that something is important. Right? When we are passionate about something we then have a purpose to carry out. Whether we are passionate about fashion, political matters, nature, photography or well… cheese (and yes I know someone who had a deep passion for cheese who often refers himself as a cheese expert- go figure!) we tend to take that passionate energy and do something about it. If we are into fashion we read magazines, find the latest trends, and go shopping often; mixing and matching making some unique statement about who we are. If we are passionate about political matters we follow parliament, legislation, whos in power around the world and are on top of every election pushing friends and family to vote because its a privilege and right we have as North Americans.

So if passion is just an energy that we create that gives us purpose to live why dont more people have passion and live life to the fullest? Perhaps they are zombies without heart or mind or perhaps they are just so overwhelmed that they cant see themselves clearly. Whatever the reason I’ve learnt that if you take the time to find something you are passionate about- something that betters who you are, or better yet create that energy in your life that makes you wana wake up in the morning and do something with purpose this world would be a better place.

Today I challenged myself to create more passion in my life and my look on my life changed.

The crazy lady who does portraits on water street in gastown who was yelling obscenities at me today for asking directions while she was pursuading a window shopper to get a portrait didnt bother me.. I knew she was passionate about something and it just obviously wasn’t me…

Where do you find your passion and how does it better your world?

What a rattle… Have a hum

Welcome to {Rattle} & Hum.. Here you’ll find all the crazy things we think about, hear about, and wonder about .. We are a bunch of crazy Vancouverites looking to offer the young hip urban world a good laugh, some thought invoking stories and showing you some sweet sights of our beautiful city… Feel free to drop us a line!

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