Mauricio Alas

Tag: Toronto

  • I see music everywhere! Mp3 players that Is!

    Best Buy opened a huge location five minutes away from my place. So I decided to go for a small stroll and browse through the wares my big blue and yellow neighbour had to offer. Especially since there is a three story Future Shop –which was acquired by Best Buy in 2001 for a thrifty […]

  • Bamboo: Now Ultra and Forgotten

    I remember long gone summer days when one could leave the city of Toronto by going onto Queen Street. It was possible in one moment to be in the middle of the hustle and ‘tude of downtown and on the next be in a Caribbean oasis where friendly faces were as common as ice cold […]

  • NewsBrief Part VII: Dove: 99% Pure – Uh, Pure What?

    Toronto – For years Dove Soap has boasted the quality of their product by ramming us with ‘mild cleansing ingredients.’ Over and over and from all directions in the hope we would end up accepting them, maybe even enjoy them. What is more disturbing is their utter refusal to publicly share the composition of those […]

  • Children? Me? No. I Am Good, Really.

    Ah, the opportunity to write a few words on the beauty of not having children. ‘Sure,’ some of you may be think ‘as you get older, you’ll change your mind.’ Well, I would not be too sure about that. As I get older –29 in July- I have been invited to a few parties in […]