Snackbox

It's been a couple of months when I first heard of Snackbox, I didn't pay much attention to be honest, but then when I stumble upon it again today I realized how an amazing service it is. It's a simple deal: You either pay monthly or every three or six months and you receive right on your door a box full of snacks, and not just any kind of snacks, but the healthiest type. Gluten free, low sugar, whole grain, organic... just about everyhting I like to hear when it comes to food, specially about snacks. Don't you find it hard sometimes to find the right snack? Either it is that you're hungry or craving for something tasty or sweet in between meals when you end up eating whatever you can find which is often the unhealthiest thing ever. Snackbox solves this problem, it supplies you for a month worth of healthy nutritious snacks and hey! they look delicious too! Which is great news and as far as this whole idea makes me happy there's also a downside to it; they only ship in Canada (I know, sad face). Its funny to me knowing that I lived in Canada for three years and never heard of it, I wasn't in the whole healthy lifestyle kind of thing back then anyways, but it is still ironic you know? While I was there I never appreciated the extensive vegetarian/healthy/organic/outdoorsy kind of lifestyle Vancouver offers, and now that I no longer live there crave for all those amenities the city has for us people interested in all these fun stuff. It is already a challenge living in Mexico City and being a vegetarian let's not say gluten/sugar/fat free and unprocessed food junkie. That being said, Snackbox would make me the happiest person if they would ship here. I hope someday they will, in the mean time, I wanted to share this service with you darlings, in case you are in Canada. 

Isn't this like snack heaven?
Images from Snackbox

Has anybody enjoyed snacks from this wonderful service? Would love to hear about it!!

Xx,

Elle

Style.com's Style Map

Style.com

It seems that the always-trendy Style.com came up with a new way of turning their platform into a multicultural community, where contributors all around the world will write for the site. With topics like culture, food, music, and of course fashion, people like Kylie Minogue, Courtney Love, Zachary Quinto, Nicole Richie, and other interesting personas, who live in the most transcendent cities today, will share their insights on the cities they habit.

I personally think that this is a great way of bringing, not only followers and readers, but diversity also. Sometimes the world of fashion, specially, seems so limited and not available for everyone, even for some countries, that it might seem out of reach for many. Style.com has made out of itself a very nice, reliable, and more importantly essential source over the years when it comes to style (we all know that if it is in Style.com it is law), so for them to involve this many people (60 to be exact), will help broaden the horizons to other possibilities and to share with all of us, style seekers, an international, fresh, and innovative perspective on style. Have I said the word style enough times already? In case I haven’t, I shall continue.

The map shows where the contributors are located. There's one in Mexico City, yay!
Style.com

One thing that really catches my attention is Mexico City’s contributor to the site, Hamish Anderson. This guy is from England, who lived in NYC for most of his life, that has recently come to Mexico to learn about the typical food, and soon to open a restaurant in one of the trendiest neighborhoods in the city. This makes him a great contributor on the food category of the site, not to mention how Mexican food itself adds an excellent proposal to the project. I would love to see a fashion category for this city on the new Style Map, I believe that there’s a lot of potential in this city for it to be a fashion capital one day.  I hope they can add a fashion insider to the contributors list soon, I propose myself to do the job, Style.com you got your girl ;)

Mexico City is still a rough diamond; it only needs more people to realize that.

Xx,

Elle