The Metrosexual Lifestyle The Metrosexual lifestyle is one of education, creativity and exploration.
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15 Albums You Should Own
1. Buena Vista Social Club- Ry Cooder 2. Chet Baker in Paris- Chet Baker 3. What's Goin' On- Marvin Gaye 4. Du Jazz Dan Le Ravin-Serge Gainsbourg 5. Best of Sade (Remastered)- Sade 6. The Misson: Soundtrack- Ennio Morricone 7. Painted From Memory- Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach 8. Blue Lines- Massive Attack 9. Four Sider- Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 10. The Moderns: Soundtrack- Mark Isham 11. Speaking of Tongues- Talking Heads 12. Best of Bowie- David Bowie 13. Vertigo- Groove Armada 14. Parachutes- Cold Play 15. Berlin- Lou Reed |
15 Films You Should See
1. La Dolce Vita- Federico Fellini 2. Fargo- The Coen Brothers 3. The Elephant Man- David Lynch 4. Cinema Paradiso- Giuseppe Tornatore 5. The Last Emporer- Bernardo Bertolucci 6. A Clockwork Orange- Stanley Kubrick 7. Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down- Pedro Almodovar 8. Wings of Desire- Wim Wenders 9. Amelie- Jean Pierre Feunet 10. Brazil- Terry Gilliam 11. The Remains of the Day- James Ivory 12. American Beauty-Sam Mendes 13. Cabaret- Bob Fosse 14. Koyaanisquatsi- Godfrey Reggio 15. Sunset Boulevard- Billy Wilder |
15 Books You Should Read
1. The Great Gatsby- F. Scott Fitzgerald 2. The Sun Also Rises- Ernest Hemingway 3. Myra Brekenridge- Gore Vidal 4. The Turn of the Screw- Henry James 5. Things Fall Apart- Chinua Achebe 6. Underworld- Don Delilo 7. Maus and Maus II- Art Spiegelman 8. Purfume- Pattrick Susskind 9. On the Road- Jack Kerouac 10. The Stranger- Albert Camus 11. Love in the time of Cholera- Gabriel Garcia Marquez 12. The Berlin Stories- Christopher Isherwood 13. The Unbearable Lightness of Being- Milan Kundera 14. Barrel Fever- David Sedaris 15. Fight Club- Chuck Palahniuk
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Body & Fitness In the realms of fashion, automobiles and investment strategies, the modern ideal is an ever-changing proposition. So it is with body types. Without a doubt, the ideal body image for the new, twenty-first-century, metrosexual man is natural, lean and trim. The pumped-up, steroid injecting muscleman is out, and a healthier, slim physique is now in.
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Home Decor 10 Easy Fix-Ups for Metrosexuals Paint white walls in warmer tones. Replace white lampshades with warmer colors. Define spaces within a room with area rugs. Mix and Match cushions by color and texture on the couch and bed. Rearrange furniture in off-square angles. Fill the fireplace with candles. Enlarge, mat and frame personal photos. Refinish old dressers, tables or shelves. Place a simple glass vase with tulips or bamboo shoots in the corner. Fill a large bowl with lemons or apples as a coffee table centerpiece. Add some hard-to-kill plants or cacti to add life to the space.
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Art and Culture You don't need a scholar to enjoy art, and there is endless fascination to be found in those works of a bygone era. To be modern is to be in touch with the forward edge, but in order to understand what modern is, it is helpful to look backwards and understand the past.
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Travel Top Ten Metrosexual Destinations 1. New York 2. London 3. Paris 4. Barcelona 5. Los Angeles 6. Miami 7. Milan 8. San Francisco 9. Amsterdam 10. Marrakech |
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