Sunday, 10 November 2013

Are you in your late 20's or early 30's? Yes? Then you are probably doing 1 of these 3 things.

Within the last few months, I've noticed that almost everyone on Facebook (well everyone on my Facebook, which I suppose is a general cross-section of mid-20 to early 30 year old middle-class Canadians) can be fitted nicely into a few categories based solely on their update status and photos, myself included. There are a few outliers of course...but in general, there are three main categories:

1) Expanding the family:
These are the people that are getting engaged/married/having babies. 99% of the facebook updates will include photos about the engagement/wedding/impending baby arrival. The importance of the correct shade of pale pink and off white (Eggshell or vanilla..ooo! Maybe ecru??) and hand made decor to compliment the upcoming nuptials show the dedication this group has towards a perfect wedding and a perfectly decorated baby room.

2) Budding Photographer:
These people like taking photos. They like taking photos so much they have spent thousands on Nikon cameras and fancy lenses to capture their entire life in beautiful, photoshopped, colour-enhanced  or black and white detail. This group considers themselves artistic, being able to find the je ne sais quoi in the monotony of everyday life. This group has also starting up their own photography business (advertising on Facebook but of course) and going out every weekend to do photo shoots for the people posting about their weddings and engagements and also the people posting about their babies.

3) Head Chef and/or Smug Foodie:
Ahh finally...this is where I fit in. Except I was ridiculous enough to spend thousands of dollars and go to pastry school. Don't get me wrong, Cordon Bleu was amazing and I would do it all over again given the chance...but sometimes I wonder if I just has a mini quarter life crisis and decided to be a pastry chef/chocolatier.
This group fancies themselves the food critic of the group, finding new restaurants to go to and eat deconstructed meals for exorbitant prices. In many cases, lists are kept of places to try, plates are photographed at the restaurant, and meals are recreated at dinner parties hosted by the smug foodie. These people also have a large collection of cook books, a ridiculous amount of kitchen equipment and will talk your ear off over the benefits of maldon sea salt over regular old sodium chloride.

As one final comment, these 3 groups can also blend together (the horror!), resulting in smug foodie photographers, bride/groom chefs creating their own dinner and wedding cake for the big day and new mom's/dad's using a vitamix (ooo ya a vitamix...beautiful) to create gourmet baby puree...and then post photos of the artfully decorated jars on Facebook...in sepia tones.


1 comment:

  1. I am none of these things! Also, what is the thing going on right now with Mason Jars? I just don't like, they are not my thing and they seem to be everywhere!

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