Fresh Picked 2/13/14
By Alexa Volland | Feb. 12, 2014Each Thursday, the Avenue will dish out the best in entertainment. From the silver screen to hidden Internet gems, check out this week’s top picks.
Each Thursday, the Avenue will dish out the best in entertainment. From the silver screen to hidden Internet gems, check out this week’s top picks.
Valentine’s Day is around the corner, and we know some of you will be sulking in front of the TV with a heart-shaped pizza. Depending on what your Facebook relationship status claims, here’s how we suggest spending Friday night with everyone’s favorite Valentine: alcohol.
TED talks’ younger, hipper brother is coming to downtown Gainesville.
Before taking our chemistry tests, a friend of mine used to say we weren’t actually anxious, but we were instead excited, like electrons. I would just look at her and roll my eyes. No one could convince me that my increased state of agitated energy was anything but an expression of dread and fear.
More than 4.6 million people entered 2014 with a little less privacy after hackers published phone numbers and aciITcount information from the smartphone app Snapchat on New Year’s Eve.
According to the Calorie Control Council, the average American downs up to 4,500 calories leading up to and including the big kahuna — Thanksgiving dinner — and that figure doesn’t even include breakfast, lunch and snacks along the way. Don’t deprive yourself of enjoying good food, family and friends during the holidays, but use these tips and tricks to help guide you in making healthier choices. This way you can have your pumpkin pie and eat it, too.
Attention college slackers, of which there are many: There is now a bona fide guide on how to live your life to the least potential.
“What you don’t know can’t hurt you.”
About Danielle (nationally qualified bikini competitor)
The first time the Grooming Standard participated in Movember, 447,808 Mo Bros and Mo Sistas were registered to grow mustaches and support mustache growth.
Halloween: n. the holiday excuse to dress up as a slutty schoolgirl, consume countless grams of sugar in candy and — since it’s a college town — drink until you actually believe you are the character of your costume.
It’s Halloween day, and you still don’t have a costume. Your sources are limited, and you’ve lost all hope. Fear not. These last minute creative ideas are sure to allude to the fact you totally did not plan your costume.
Don’t be surprised if you haven’t noticed the new ads on Instagram. The company is being very cautious about how they introduce them to the public.
Your time until Halloween is dwindling. All those elaborate costumes you dreamt up in class are now seeming less and less possible. There are still a few simple costumes you can pull together to avoid recycling last year’s ensemble.
Koalas are an iconic part of Australian culture, but a new study reveals that the country’s lack of koala protection may result in a dramatic loss of the population.
Eating clean 99-percent of the time is a challenge, but doable.
Liz Delgado, a 30-year-old mother from Miami, does the Vixen Workout because it makes her feel sexy.
It takes four weeks for you to notice your body change, eight weeks for your friends and family to notice and 12 weeks for the rest of the world.
You’re done with being the same ol’ cliches for Halloween. Why not use this year as your chance to branch out and create a costume with more relevance? Chances are there won’t be anyone in your group with these costumes. You’ll be the talk of the costume party — and not because you drank too much punch.
You CAN have your protein cake and eat it, too, with these two delicious recipes: