Jul
15
Sipping on cucumber water and organic beer, guests pondered their own green guilt at last night’s launch of Bothered by My Green Conscience a new book by Torontonian Franke James. The author challenged us to think of the things in our own green conscience and read aloud the thoughts from the crowd before reading an essay from the book. James is an artist and writer whose work and life is focused on the environment and her new book is a visual experience of the way she started to strike environmental change in her own life. Selling her SVU, building a ‘green’ driveway, adventures in eco-friendly fashion and even proposing there be laws that enforce green behaviour. It’s a fun read and one that will definitely have you imagining ways you could green your own life.
This weekend Franke James will be at Roots on Bloor for a special public reading and book signing. Be sure to stop by on Saturday, July 18th at 3pm.
Jun
16
Think Roots is a little too outdoorsy for your city girl taste? Think again. This Fall the beloved Canadian brand is amping up their style cred with a chic new line of handbags. Cool zipper details and the perfect amount of slouch in their legendary soft leathers can be found on totes, satchels, sweet clutches and carry-alls. We love the merlot hue of this Carla bag (named for the ultra-chic Ms. Bruni, a hint at their new fashionable direction). The shoulder bag is light as a feather and super comfortable which will make lugging all our necessities around next season a snap. With all this and reasonable prices to boot (the Carla goes for $388), we are definitely going back to our Roots come fall. Oh Canada!
