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South Africa World Cup 2010 (Highlights)

2013-05-16T06:00:00.000-06:00

One more day until the tournament begins. Here are some highlights from the South Africa World Cup to keep you entertained for a while. Crazy enough, some people at this tournament share the same passion and commitment that the professionals themselves display.

Looking forward to seeing everyone!

Yours Truly

Saskatoon World Cup 2013

2013-05-15T06:00:00.000-06:00

This weekend is the annual Saskatoon World Cup tournament. For the past couple of years this tournament has been held on May long weekend. This year there will be 28 men's teams, four women's teams and eight youth teams competing. Like last year, each team is allowed to have players from their represented nationality and three imports (other ethnicities). I will once again be representing team China.

It is quite competitive and a bunch of fun for both players and fans. You can grab a weekend pass to support your favourite team or come just to experience the love of the sport with Saskatoon's soccer community. I encourage you to come watch games, have some drinks and party/socialize with us!

Yours Truly

Kendrick Lamar | Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe

2013-05-14T13:58:00.004-06:00

NSFW

Just a Taste: EE Burritos

2013-05-13T10:40:00.001-06:00

Location
EE Burritos is located on 102 Avenue P and 22nd Street.

Environment
There are two sections to the space, a restaurant and a little grocery store. The restaurant has a bar, stereo equipment, televisions and a lot of space for seating and dancing. Every Friday they have latin dancing from 9:30-10:30 that you can take part in, followed by a DJ to 2:30 am. This space also allows them to have live entertainment and music. The decor is quite plain with latin art and photography that can also be purchased.

Menu
EE Burritos offers an assortment of Latin food from quesadillas, tacos, enchiladas, burritos, fajitas, pupusas and more.

Food
We went with the shrimp burrito. The shrimp burrito comes in a flour tortilla with lettuce, cheese, sour cream and salsa. It was delicious offering a fresh taste and a lot of colour. This came with two sides of your choice. I went with the seasoned rice and vegetables and nacho chips with fresh tomatoes and sour cream. On top of that service was great, our server was helpful with menu items and patient with our decision making process.

Conclusion
This place is delicious, they will can definitely expect a return from me. There are so many items on the meal that sound appealing and I plan on trying some new things. If you watch "You Gotta Eat Here", John and his crew had a lot of good things to say about the restaurant as well.

Yours Truly

Summer Jams: Giraffage - Music Sounds Better With You

2013-05-11T15:11:00.001-06:00

Grab your S.O. because this is a love song.

A little rework of the original song by Stardust, Giraffage gives this that love touch.

Nike SB | Dunk Low Pro "Concord"

2013-05-10T06:00:00.000-06:00

Canada has been blessed with the Dunk Low “Concord”. Like the “Space Jam” Dunk, it is also based off of the iconic Air Jordan XI. The upper is a black patent leather, white mesh paneling and a white patent Swoosh all sitting on an icy purple sole. These will be available at 10 am on Saturday, May 11 at Momentum Marketplace. Please don’t start a riot!

Yours Truly

Daniela Andrade | Stay (COVER)

2013-05-08T20:17:00.002-06:00

I can't stop playing this, I currently have this on repeat. For those of you who like Rihanna, I imagine that you will like this cover. For those of you who don't like Rihanna's version, Daniela creates this different with her softer voice, an acoustic guitar and the tempo of the music.

Yours Truly

The Legends League | Everyone is Ugly

2013-05-07T10:20:00.001-06:00

The Legends League is a clothing company based out of Toronto. It is ran by Bryan Espiritu, an experienced designer and artist. His latest collection "Everyone is Ugly" was sold to ten stores across Canada and his web shop. He released tees, tanks, caps and accessories. I personally think his graphics are clever and funny and are to be looked at in a different light. Some shirts may have vulgar references but his idea, description and meaning allow the shirt to have another meaning to what the shirt actually says.

Buy and read descriptions of the items here.

Yours Truly

Castle River | Painted Eyes

2013-05-02T10:25:00.002-06:00

TRYSA for Jordan | Grapes

2013-05-01T06:00:00.000-06:00

To create a bit more buzz around the Jordan V release this weekend, the french artist and graphic designer illustrates a famous quote from Michael Jordan. It's pretty neat, I personally wish I could draw a nice cement print with my own hands.

TYRSA for JORDAN from Axel & Julien on Vimeo.

Yours Truly

Air Jordan V | Grapes

2013-04-30T20:45:00.001-06:00

This Saturday (May 5, 2013), the Grape V's will release in select Saskatoon retailers. These came just in time for Spring and will make a nice Summer shoe but an even better street ball shoe at your neighbourhood court. The Jordan V is my favourite from the collection of the 23 options and this colour always stands out, not to mention the icey sole. Your best bet is Foot Locker and Momentum.

Yours Truly

Summer Jams: Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams | Get Lucky

2013-04-27T08:21:00.004-06:00

Of course I gotta throw down this track. I bet all my earthly possessions that this album will be the summer soundtrack of 2013.

Vertical Horizon of Hong Kong

2013-04-25T23:19:00.002-06:00

Romain Jacquet-Lagreze is a French photographer and graphic designer. I came across him on my daily Hypebeast check up. Here he took vertical shots of Hong Kong to give people like you and I the second hand taste of their architecture. These photographs can be found in a book along hundreds of other cool photos. You can purchase the book here.

Yours Truly

Summer Jams: Karma Kid | In My Arms

2013-04-24T10:24:00.002-06:00

Imagine this, you're driving with the windows open and it's warm as hell out and you're wearing a t-shirt and shorts or something.

Sorry I'm bad with visualization because I do none of these things during the summer. But summer vibes guys!

Summer Jams: Disclosure ft. Eliza Doolittle | You & Me

2013-04-21T06:00:00.000-06:00

Guys and gals, summer is around the corner. So let's stock up on the feel good jams. Starting with Disclosure's new single.

Just a Taste: State & Main

2013-04-19T06:00:00.000-06:00

Location
The exact location for State & Main is 100 - 475 2nd Avenue South. It resides between River Landing and the Galaxy theatre.

Environment
The restaurant is quite nice, it is filled with televisions playing sports channels, has free wi-fi, dim lights and well utilizes booths. The staff is also polite and patient with their guests. One thing worth mentioning is that the floor rises in certain areas of the restaurant and you must be careful not to trip, I am just stating this through personal experience. State & Main is open to adults only.

Menu
Being similar to Original Joes, State & Main offers a fun two-paged menu and a large drink menu. They offer specials on either appetizers and/or drinks daily.

Food
This post is based on two different evenings. First, the guys and I went on a Wednesday evening for wing night. BBQ, hot, buffalo, teriyaki and salt and pepper chicken wings were all $3.90. It's not a crazy selection, but they definitely hit most of the bases. I went with the buffalo wings, which weren't spicy but had a nice taste.

Just the other night I went again with my girl to get a proper meal. We ordered calamari as an appetizer, the grilled chicken club and the grilled cheeseburger (thanks for the recommendation Mike). The calamari is really good, being crispy, not being too salty, having battered jalapenos and peppers and having a nice red pepper aioli. Aashna even claimed that it was her favourite calamari in the city.

The grilled cheeseburger was crazy, offering two side dishes as well. The burger was delicious, but make sure that you are prepared to eat. The name says it all, it's a grilled cheese sandwich with a patty in the middle. Then I made a bad decision of ordering two side carb dishes, fries and mashed potatoes.. The fries came with a delicious gravy and a dill dip and the jalapeno cheddar mashed potatoes was some kind of wonderful. Not to mention, that Aashna said her chicken club was far from being a disappointment.

Conclusion
To conclude, I will definitely be back again. They have great meals and appetizers, a good selection of beers and good service.

Yours Truly

Drake Feat. James Fauntleroy | Girls Love Beyoncé

2013-04-18T11:13:00.002-06:00

This is the Drake that I enjoy listening to, that "So Far Gone" Drake. James Fauntleroy also blesses the track with the chorus of "Say My Name" from Destiny's Child.

NSFW

Yours Truly

Frank Ocean | Lost

2013-04-14T09:56:00.000-06:00

frank ocean [lost] from christopher francis ocean on Vimeo.

Listen Up | Daniela Andrade

2013-04-12T15:35:00.003-06:00

My friend Patrick recently shared a video of Daniela, a local Edmonton girl singing Thinking About You. Procrastination and my attention span got the worst of me as I was studying and I had to view it. After watching that video, I had to check out her YouTube channel and view more videos. Her voice is soft and feeds my ears with goodies. Not to mention, she plays an acoustic guitar in every video I have seen so far. Here are some of my favourites:

I had to suscribe and it wouldn't hurt if you did too. Now excuse me, but I have five years of videos to catch up on.

Yours Truly

Jay-Z | Open Letter

2013-04-11T14:15:00.002-06:00

NSFW

Yours Truly

Lets Chat: Instagram

2013-04-11T06:00:00.000-06:00

Instagram allows me to share photos with my followers and vice versa. The interactiveness of social media has gone beyond my head being a former user of MySpace and Nexopia. This is a simple and fun ways of keeping yourself entertained at school, on the bus or a lunch break. People may be like "I don't care what you do in your day to day life!" Well, this might not be the thing for you but for those of you who enjoy seeing where a person has been traveling, what they have been eating or cool shots in general, Instagram is a must have. I will give you a break down of my current top three accounts to follow.

1. Legends League -Bryan Espiritu

Bryan is a hardworking graphic designer creating clothes for his Toronto clientele and the rest of the world. In my opinion, he is one of the best graphic designer's in the street wear industry. He's edgy, does what he wants and people like me are really loving it. He posts a lot of photos of current clothing and his artistic ability.

2. Nike Football

As you can tell, I love soccer. Not only do I enjoy playing, but I am interested in the product too. I once wanted to pursue a career not only as being an athlete but perhaps a shoe designer or Nike representative. This is a way of staying up to date on their current products, athletes and more.

3. Alex Maeland

From what I have learned off of Instagram, he is a marketing manager of Hypebeast (I'm a creep). He takes a lot of landscape shots, city views and that's why I like to follow him. Just off of this photo below, you get a good sense of what he posts regularly.

And if you are interested, we also have our own Instagram account: @hellosaskatoon

Who do you follow?

Yours Truly

Lemieux on You. | Tyler, The Creator

2013-04-10T13:28:00.001-06:00

Paul Lemieux has been the sole reason why MTV Canada is still on my radar. 'Lemieux on You' is a candid sit-down interview where nothing is held back, and personalities are brought out in natural form.

Recently Paul (see: Paul The Intern), met up with OFWGKTA's most outspoken. The usual went down from both parties. Enjoy!

NSFW (Not Safe For Work) - Mature Content.

the Method to my Madness,

JP Plunier and Chris Gibbs | Vintage Soccer Gear

2013-04-07T17:41:00.000-06:00

JP Plunier of the store Feal Mor and Chris Gibbs of LA's Union get together to discuss JP's love for vintage soccer gear such as a vintage Ajax kit.

NSFW

Yours Truly

Disclosure - White Noise

2013-04-05T10:14:00.001-06:00

I love this song so much that I insist you listen to it.

Review | Stars

2013-04-04T07:00:00.000-06:00

Let me level with you guys, I never did listen to Stars’ two most recent albums. I kind of fell off after ‘In Our Bedroom After The War’. I guess after my soft rock phase I went through a screamo phase. It’s really hard keeping up with music, frankly it’s a pain in the butt.

Stars recently rolled through town and decided to go check them out for nostalgia sake. I thought it was gonna be bogus since I didn’t know any of the new stuff. Man was I wrong. New songs or not, Stars knows how to put on a show.

What I love those most about a band is how well they can put on a live show. If you don’t got the energy and just stand there and sing while your band stands there and strums, then I’m gonna go night night. But Stars had it all. It was a spot on performance, especially from Torquill Campbell, the male singer, the man is lunatic. I hope to be that good looking when I’m 40.

But what really did it for me was how sincerely thankful this band was to play in Saskatoon. Sure bands say it all the time “Saskatoon, you’re honestly our favourite city to play in. Thank you” then they jet. But Stars would thank the city, then recall times they’ve played here, tell a story or two about the city and how they have some history in it. Additionally, you can tell that they are truly thankful to the fans and how lucky they are to do what they love. And you really can’t knock on a band for that.

I’m kinda just gushing right now. It was a beautiful show and I’d do it again in a heartbeat.