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Food and Drink, Lifestyle

Product Review: Enjoy Life Foods Seed and Fruit Mix!

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Beach Bash and Mountain Mambo Seed and Fruit Mix
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Here at The Gig, we are enthusiastic fans of Enjoy Life brand foods, having previously reviewed their fantastic Crunchy Flax Cereal as well as a variety of their Chewy, Soft Baked and Decadent Snack Bars, which are all excellent. So, today it is our pleasure to introduce you to Enjoy Life‘s all-natural Seed & Fruit Mix. These healthy and delicious snacks are ideal for people who love to snack on Trail Mix, but have nut allergies, as they satisfy the same craving for something crunchy while being 100% free of nuts and other food allergens! Salty, sweet and crunchy, both varieties of Seed & Fruit Mixes are so good you won’t even miss the nuts! Continue reading Product Review: Enjoy Life Foods Seed and Fruit Mix! →

Arts and Culture

Ai Weiwei’s Sunflower Seeds at The Mary Boone Gallery

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Ai Weiwei Sunflower Seeds Installation at Mary Boone Gallery
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If a first glance at the photo above has you wondering how a gallery floor covered with a vast and pristine aggregation of Sunflower Seeds qualifies as “Art,” please consider that these aren’t merely sunflower seeds but, rather, tiny hand-painted ceramic sculptures of Sunflower Seeds, and you may find your perception shifting. The Mary Boone Gallery in Chelsea is currently hosting an installation of Ai Weiwei’s Sunflower Seeds (2010), which originally debuted at London’s Tate Modern, where it covered nearly the entire floor of the Turbine Hall gallery. The Boone Gallery show has been significantly scaled down in size (from 100 million seeds in the original installation to several million here) but it is nevertheless an impressive sight. Continue reading Ai Weiwei’s Sunflower Seeds at The Mary Boone Gallery →