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Trends on tap for 2009
Can't afford Paris? No biggie. There's lovely Montreal instead if you want to sample big city French culture. Holidayers won't stop taking trips, but they'll be making more economical choices. And get prepared for the return of the road trip. With gas prices below 70 cents a litre in the GTA and expected to stay relatively low due to large supply and low demand, throwing the kids in the car and heading out on the highway never looked so good. Or, take a page out of Green Party Leader Elizabeth May's book and see the country from an environmentally friendly train.
It's not just the car industry that has noticed big (trucks and SUVs) has given way to small (Minis, Smart). Homebuyers are also opting for smaller, more space and energyefficient houses. Large theatres appropriate for Broadwaystyle shows sit dark while smaller venues, like David Mirvish's Panasonic Theatre currently home to We Will Rock You, pack 'em in. Shoppers Drug Mart has set up small beauty boutiques in 141 stores and is planning a freestanding boutique store in Quebec this year. Big box stores are also following suit. Restaurants are unbundling their prix fixe meals, and converting to bistrostyle menus with lots of small plates. People will feast on starters alone or share mains. And, yes, it is perfectly all right to ask for a doggie bag for leftovers.
"In all tough times, people need a laugh," says Iowa artist Andrew Shaffer, who created Christmas cards featuring Depressionera photos with sentiments such as "I can't wait for Christmas dinner. We're going to have squirrel instead of rat." Latenight talk show host Jay Leno says, "To give you an idea how bad the economy is,[url=http://www.sport.fr/smartphones/moncler.asp]moncler homme[/url], Wall Street investors are clinging to their guns and religion." Another comic complains, "This is worse than a divorce. It's like whistling in the dark. Joking about our problems may not make them any lighter but at least we're doing something.
We've got the controversial sparkly crystal at the ROM. The Frank Gehrydesigned renovations to the AGO are pulling in record crowds while the Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art is proving to be a midtown jewel. After years of hanging our heads, Torontonians have reasons to stick our chests out with pride. We're looking good. The National Ballet School, the Royal Conservatory of Music and even our new Terminal 1 at Pearson International Airport, with its eyecatching art by Richard Serra and Sol LeWitt, all add to the city's lustre. For pedestrians, Bloor St. is being turned into our own Miracle Mile for seeing and being seen while Queens Quay transforms itself into a Grande Alle on the waterfront. Construction begun in good times will lift our spirits when times are tough.
There's no question that new Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff is a smart guy. The former Cambridge, Oxford, Harvard and University of Toronto academic is publishing his 16th book this spring. George W. Bush's clueless everydayness will not be missed in this current climate of crisis. Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's selfdescribed "Joe Six Pack" inclinations are so yesterday. We want smart people at the helm. The vacuous airhead, as popularized by Paris Hilton types, has had her day.
Municipalities from London to Toronto are banning bottled water from civic facilities. Why buy something that you already own and whose containers cost us all in landfill or recycling costs? It's also a health issue for children who are getting cavities because they drink nonfluoridated water from bottles instead of treated municipal water. Toronto restaurants are only too happy these days to fill glasses from the tap, and bottles of pricey spring water aren't pushed on diners. Reusable drinking containers, from fancy multicoloured flasks at Mountain Equipment Coop to the humble jam jar, are popping up in lunch boxes everywhere. We're lucky to have potable water at the turn of a tap, so drink up. Liberal finance minister who has just been named chair of a federal economic advisory panel, sports similar spectacles. And who can forget American vicepresidential candidate Sarah Palin's $700 designer glasses by Kasvo Kawasaki which sparked a glasseswearing craze at Halloween. Forget Dorothy Parker's lament that "men don't make passes at girls who wear glasses." Eyewear is definitely in and sexy. And so is maturity. None of these women is young; Fey is 38, Taylor is 60 and Palin is 44. Beauty Carla Bruni, who is married to French president Nicolas Sarkozy (but who doesn't yet seem to be wearing glasses) is 42.
This frosty employment climate has students flooding back to school to improve their chances of getting a job later. In the recession of 1990, enrolment in Canada's postsecondary institutions held strong even though the numbers of 18yearolds was in decline. Recently, 70 Canadian university presidents met in Ottawa to plan their strategies for handling a horde of incoming students while the pursestrings are tight. Tuitions may rise but students shouldn't be deterred, says Concordia president Judith Woodsworth, as an education is always the best bet in a recession. And it won't be just the kids hitting the books. Unemployed executives and others let go in corporate costcutting will seek upgrading, too. The University of Toronto's Rotman School of Business Management is launching a program this month for unemployed female execs.
Rolex watches, designer Louis Vuitton bags and Porsche automobiles all suffered drops in sales this year as flamboyant luxury was banished and frugality embraced. You shouldn't be flashing bling, even if you've still got a job and can afford it, when friends are on the dole. Good cloth coats, cashmere sweater sets, freshwater pearls will be the sedate choices for special purchases shouting out both quality and value. These are items that can be passed down from mother to daughter as they were in the old days. Similarly, men will return to the safety and class of a traditional tuxedo. Massproduced, supercheap clothing that barely lasts a season and even falls apart at the seams after one outing producing more waste will be passed over for longerlasting items. And forget knock offs; it's all about authenticity now.
David Miller has been the incredible shrinking mayor, dropping 47 pounds in three years through diet and exercise. And he did this while running Canada's largest city. Who knows how much weight Prime Minister Stephen Harper has lost but he's definitely much leaner than when he sported a bulky fishing vest on an international mission a few years ago. Barack Obama exercised almost daily during the gruelling American presidential campaign and recently wowed the world as "President Beefcake." flashing his abs on a Hawaiian holiday. Obesity is a deadly epidemic in North America but these three leaders show that you're never too busy to be healthy. Core training, Pilates, yoga and strength training, all of which can be done at home inexpensively, will be more popular this year. As television and publishing super honcho Oprah Winfrey recently decided after tipping the scales at 200 pounds, it's got to be about being healthy, not just the weight.

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