The Joys of Giving

Today was indeed an exciting day. Today I discovered the joys of giving- specifically the joys of giving magazine subscriptions!

Anirvan and I were out gift shopping for a friend and he waxed eloquent about how magazine subscriptions were the best gifts ever. Wendy and Charlie having received such gifts probably know this about him.

Amazon calls it "the gift that keeps on giving". I browsed for familiar names--Real Simple, Readymade, Utne and such. I found that the Readymade website had the best subscription price for the magazine than was listed at Amazon. But on Utne was where I made the real discovery. Utne's Street Librarian section had a recommendation for "Spacing", a magazine about Toronto's urban landscape. "Spacing" is also a nominee for their Utne Independent Press Awards under "Best New Title".

My next stop was the website for Spacing. This was one of most exciting magazines about urbanities that I have ever seen. I am not even sure that there are any more out there (if you know of one, please let me know). Their current issue has articles about "The Importance of the Poster", if you live in Berkeley then you will immediately recognize what I am talking about and another article about a direct action group called "Reclaim the Streets" that "reclaims streets and roadways for parties and political uprisings. Specifically related to the work I do was an article about a public art project called "Splash Pads" where artists "filled" neighborhood wading pools and another one about the tiles of the Toronto transit system. Wow. I am excited to see their next issue. Needless to say I bought a (gift) subscription.

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