Category: Blurr
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Sticking To The Program
When it comes to starting at the gym, we are our own worst enemy. Until we are truly ready to make important, healthy changes to the way we live our lives we continue to ignore the warnings signs. We also tend to be resentful of those who are taking measures to improve their health and…
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The Routine
Guys, whether you’re pounding away the hours at your 9 to 5 or you’re making your own hours and your own rules, we all must do our best to stay in shape and look good doing it. Jack Black has been on our radar ever since we had a friend smuggle some of that fantastic…
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The Great Razor Debate
I know that for a great number of men their biggest worry is the size of their – beard. Making sure your manscaped face is shaven and sculpted to perfection is as important as the razor you use. We recently tested the difference between Harrys razors and Gillette’s Mach 3 and here’s what we thought.…
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Making Your New Year’s Resolution Work
After a month of celebrating the holidays with our friends and family, indulging in cookies, candies, chocolates and so much more it’s always nice to find one’s self in the calm after the storm. January is a month of quiet repos where our time is spent resolving to reset and start the new year off…
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Autumn In Montreal
Montreal is a great city to live in all year round but autumn in YUL is spectacular. The sweltering heat of summer begins to cool off, the trees go from deep green to fiery yellow, red and orange and wrap ourselves in the warmth of cozy sweaters and scarves as we move from September to…
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The Demise Of St. Denis
We’ve all heard the familiar joke: there are two seasons in Montreal, winter and construction. As spring finally appears to be laying waste to winter, we’ve rolled out of the depths of salt and snow, we’ve scraped our way into and out of crater sized potholes and from there we must now navigate around the…
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Minding Our Manners
In Montreal, the restaurant industry relies on many factors to support the 3000+ restaurants that operate in the city. In the last few years that industry has been put through the ringer with rising costs, perpetual construction and a municipal government that antagonizes more than it helps. It’s safe to say that these guys don’t…
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MissFresh
Because it’s 2015, just about everything we need can be ordered online. From books to clothes and everything in between, we can have the world brought to our door at our leisure. Across the country, subscription services are booming and amongst the plethora of box of the month clubs, there exists in Montreal a niche…
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Merry Christmas!
2014 has been a big year for us here at Day Jobs and the Nightlife and we are happy to share our success with you. From St. John’s, Newfoundland to Victoria, B.C., and around the globe you keep coming back for more and we couldn’t be more grateful. As the year draws to a close…
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Dashing Date
We live in a somewhat hectic time. Our society seems to move at a breakneck speed with work, friends, family and everything in between taking up our time. It isn’t always easy for singe people to meet Mr. or Mrs. right. For those serious about giving up the single life, it can be daunting and…
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Internet Profiling
Ten years ago Internet dating was still seen as a seedy medium for those socially awkward “losers” with lowered expectations and no other choice but the evolving online world. Backs then the people who were brave enough to come out of the online dating closest were met with looks of unsanitary squeamish pity. Flash-forward to…
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Day Jobs and the Love Life
Today’s modern, urban singles have very busy lives that make it all but impossible to get out there and meet new people. We have friends, family, work, gym, shopping and an infinite number of excuses reasons that take up our time, leaving little time to worry about the person who will eventually mess up our…
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Looking/Not Looking
Forget the zombie apocalypse or the monstrous shark filled tornados that threaten our very existence on a daily basis. Compared to being single these things are nothing to shuffle around about and certainly nothing more than a biting breeze. Being single is seen by some as a prison sentence rather than a choice, an uncomfortable silence…