Japan has emerged as the premier global destination for value menswear shopping in 2025. This article delves into three distinct shopping experiences for value-conscious consumers: outlet malls, curated vintage shops, and traditional thrift stores. Continue Reading
Tension is reflected in the music I loved this year. No matter what it sounds like, most of the songs on this list are being held between two opposing forces. It’s been an emotional year and I’m glad there are artists that makes music that reflects that. Continue Reading
TL;DR The Spotify playlist can be found here. I used to be a lot more romantic about being an indie music fan. In my teens and early 20s, I would push away all mainstream music as I saw it as… Continue Reading
tl;dr: Spotify Playlist It was a great year for music. The pent-up energy from all the album delays and logistical issues since the beginning of the pandemic finally got released and almost all my favourite musicians rushed to put out new albums. So many songs that I… Continue Reading
tl;dr: Spotify Playlist 2021 was a lot. Living with the pandemic for a full year, much of the time felt like it was spent dulling my senses as I waited for the cloud to pass. With constant starts and stops in day-to-day life,… Continue Reading
tl:dr The Spotify playlist can be found here. In a normal year, I usually attend 20-50 concerts and a couple of music festivals on top of that. In 2020, I went to one. It was King Princess in mid-January at the Queen Elizabeth… Continue Reading
TL;DR The Spotify playlist can be found here. Musically, 2019 is the year I embraced pop music wholeheartedly. It was an evolution that had been brewing for years but this year I fell completely into the rabbit hole. K-Pop, Indie-Pop, Mainstream Pop, Electronic Pop, it really… Continue Reading
TL;DR The Spotify playlist can be found here. 2018 – what a year! I’m sitting here in my room in Vancouver writing this as if nothing has changed this year but in reality so much has changed. First off, I… Continue Reading
I remember there was a moment when I was 16 where, in between bites of a croissant and with Beirut’s The Flying Club Cup playing in the background, I thought to myself “it would be really cool to live in France one day”. In the three… Continue Reading
TL;DR The Spotify playlist can be found here. 2017 was a blur. From the first week of January on, it has felt like an endless cycle of change and adjustment in my life. This year I left a job, wrote… Continue Reading