Food Adventure #5 Happy 2014 Osgoode! Having abandoned our New Year’s diet resolutions in favour of something more realistic (flossing?), we’re ready to re-engage with the city’s best (student budget-priced) lunch spots for the benefit of Canada’s legal community! This week features Luke facing down the terrifying dual-headed hydra of travelling to Toronto’s West End and (gasp!) shared...
Growing up, I was always told to treat others the way I wished to be treated. What no one every really mentioned, though, is that I should also treat myself the way I wish to be treated. I’m always quick to offer friends and even strangers compliments, but I rarely offer one to myself. The sad truth is that I easily believe negative comments from others, probably because I actively engage in...
American Hustle (2013) 3/4 Deviously antic, deliriously energetic, and unrepentantly jumbled, American Hustle is a stereotype-drenched piece of cockeyed comedy and a pratfall-ridden work of dazzling showmanship. It’s juicy, relentless, dizzying, diverting, and works from the feet up, leaving you revved and tickled. Writer-director David O. Russell has mashed up a larcenous cast from his last two...
It started with a joke. On our way to Washington Square Park, struck by the startlingly warm – especially for November – air, we saw a falafel stand. I turned to my friend Daniel and remarked to him with complete sincerity – sorry, artificial sincerity, I was completely lying – that it was the best falafel in town. It was probably no more the best falafel in town than the hot dog stand at St...
Kate Cash is one amazing second year student. As a fellow Section D buddy and having seen her perform, I wanted to write about her for the second edition of Avant Garde – but through the process, I learned that my talented friend can teach us about the importance of following your heart, but keeping your brain fed, too, throughout the journey. Kate has been a musician and bartender for much of...
Mid-semester doldrums? Spice it up. Grand Electric, the largely abandoned hipster stronghold of 2011 is past the line-up insanity of its infancy, yet remains an excellent setting to gorge on tacos.
Road House stars Patrick Swayze as James Dalton, a professional “cooler” – an elite-level bouncer – hired to bring structure and sanity to a road-side bar in Missouri that is replete with short-tempered heavy drinkers prone to violent outbursts. This, I suppose, makes sense. The resulting conflict between Dalton and Brad Wesley, the corrupt businessman who provides the bar with its alcohol, does...
Blue Jasmine (2013) 3/4 Delightful, tonally sound, and uncomfortably hilarious, Blue Jasmine finds Woody Allen back in fine form after a schizophrenically inconsistent string of films that ran the gamut between pleasantly diverting (see: Midnight in Paris) and maddeningly sketchy (see: To Rome with Love). Much of the film’s success has to do with Cate Blanchett’s marvelous performance as the...
There is no longer the notion of a ‘typical law school applicant’ – the Osgoode student body represents an increasingly assorted lot of personal and academic backgrounds. Among these diverse pre-law histories are those who come from fine arts programs – so many of our classmates bring with them their musical, theatrical, and other artistic talents. This is in many regards...
Horror movies, like all movies, fall somewhere along a spectrum. At one end, there are original and genuinely scary movies – The Exorcist, The Blair Witch Project, Halloween, Saw and, most recently, The Conjuring. At the other, there are campy, poorly acted, over-the-top “scary” movies that make you laugh as much as they make you scream – Army of Darkness, Child’s Play, The Hills Have Eyes...
Comfort food is a must heading into the Fall and Winter seasons, and with your health and happiness in mind, we went to the heart of the Entertainment district to find out whether a Toronto soup institution has what it takes.
Last Sunday was more than a high-school reunion. In retrospect I took away more appreciation for artists, especially those dedicated to their craft despite the difficult reality of an artist’s lifestyle. I learned too that law students need to look at their lives in perspective, and understand that every profession has seemingly insurmountable challenges: to each their own. I am interviewing...
TRAVIS WEAGANT <Editor-in-Chief> I thought I was becoming an elitist when I booked the tickets. How does this read: third-year law student takes a trip on Thanksgiving weekend to a world-class Shakespeare festival, sees two productions, enjoys a dinner at a restaurant that requires reservations weeks in advance, and spends an afternoon perusing boutique chocolate and book shops. “Shit,” I...
DANIEL STYLER
<Staff Writer>
Editor’s Note: there are abundant Breaking Bad spoilers below. Do not read them if you do not want to. Any complainants will be mocked at this week’s staff meeting.
MARIE PARK <Layout Editor> As night fell upon the streets of Toronto on October 5, 2013, hundreds of thousands congregated to experience Nuit Blanche. Though many were artists in their own right, many were also members the general public with a topical understanding and awareness of modern art. Many such individuals may know of Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse, but may shake their head when...
DAN MOWAT-ROSE & LUKE JOHNSTON <Contributors> Round 2. We’re back with another food pick for you, Osgoode. Venue: Leslieville Pumps – 929 Queen Street East Cuisine: Smokehouse BBQ/Corner Store Food: Luke: Hickory Smoked Chicken Thigh Sandwich $7.75 & Bacon Infused Corn Fritters $4; Dan: Southern Style Beef Brisket Sandwich $7.75 & Coleslaw $3; Shared: Cornbread $3...
DAN MOWAT-ROSE & LUKE JOHNSTON
<Contributors>
This new column will document two 3L students’ explorations in the Toronto food scene, with an eye to student budget concerns, good eating, and a exposure to a broad range of culinary experiences.
KAROLINA WISNIEWSKI
<Editor-in-Chief>
It’s that time again, Ozzies. The initial start-of-the-new-academic-year enthusiasm is slowly but unmistakably ebbing.
ANGIE SHEEP
<Arts & Culture Editor>
As we get used to the pace of law school (again) for the next few weeks, all of us will most likely encounter some hectic mornings (especially those not lucky enough to avoid the early classes)
KAROLINA WISNIEWSKI
<Editor-in-Chief >
Though I profess no expertise in the realm of fashion (I instead defer to our resident fashionista, Angie Sheep)
Happy New Year! School year, of course. Hopefully you have all had a wonderful break and are refreshed for another exciting term. For those of you entering Osgoode’s halls for the first time, welcome and thank you for picking up the very first 2013/2014 Obiter issue. The Game of Thrones series seems to have captivated the entire globe. During my travels this summer, I encountered GoT fans...
ANGIE SHEEP
<Staff Writer>
If you were too busy with summary-building to catch all the highlights of Toronto Fashion Week, read about the dominating trends here!
MAXIMILIAN PATERSON
<Arts & Culture Editor>
For those of you who are looking for a new stupid internet video fix now that those “Harlem Shake” videos have moved from the amusing category to the annoying category, there is a new trend you should take a look at: it’s called Gallon Smashing.
Maximilian Paterson
<Arts & Culture Editor>
For those of you fortunate enough to score a ticket to Mock Trial (and the even more fortunate of you who scored a ticket to the proceeding pub night), you were treated to an entertaining romp of musical numbers, videos, comedy, dance, and mance.
ANGIE SHEEP
<Staff Writer>
With a shiny New Year comes shiny new clothes, and this year is no different. Runaways and fashion magazines everywhere have revealed the new looks of 2013 and distinguished the absolute must-have items amongst them.