by Kaitlyn Rosenburg | Mar 28, 2013 | Culture
Martlet readers who know me IRL will be well aware of my technology obsessions. (By the way, “IRL” is online-speak for “in real life”.) Digital communication fascinates me. My latest fixation? The Apple emoji app. Most iPhone users understand the mystique and...
by Kaitlyn Rosenburg | Mar 21, 2013 | Culture
The media loves corruption, wrongdoing and flat-out failure. Headlines such as the Vancouver Sun’s “Ethnic vote report finds serious misuse of B.C. government resources” engage the reader much more than, say, this: “Top five things federal government got right.”...
by Kaitlyn Rosenburg | Mar 14, 2013 | Culture
Metaphors — aren’t they dandy? One thing is used to represent another. Need an example? Perhaps a group of friends from high school meet up for dinner at McRae’s Bistro. Customers at all the other tables appear to be having the time of their lives as we try to hide...
by Kaitlyn Rosenburg | Mar 7, 2013 | Culture
I’ve noticed that everybody in my life (friends, roommates, co-workers and Internet acquaintances) loves to discuss restaurants with me. It’s great, except when it’s not. Allow me to explain: I’m extremely impressionable, so if a fellow eater has had a bad dining...
by Kaitlyn Rosenburg | Feb 28, 2013 | Culture
If, like me, you’re a fan of Portlandia, you’ll recall the season two finale, “Brunch Village.” In it, all characters converge on a hot new breakfast spot, Fisherman’s Porch, for Sunday brunch. The fictional restaurant has become so popular that a line of hungry...