A guide to what's hot and what's not.
What's hot
Broken Social Scene Expect Toronto's sprawling music collective to electrify Electric Picnic the way their compatriots Arcade Fire did last year.
Queens The potatoes, silly. "Fresh-dug pink balls of flour" from roadside stalls are at their very best now.
www.dublinwaste.ie Look through the Free Trade exchange area on this site and suddenly you want 400 boxes of nails from Santry - just because they are free.
Merrion Square open day Georgian
Dublin looks great from the outside, but take the rare chance to see some interiors as a number of buildings open their doors for guided tours today. Call 01-7026165.
What's cold
Packing up for school And finding your son's lunch from last June lying uneaten at the bottom of his schoolbag.
Ghost riding The worst craze ever? US teens slowly drive their car, hop out, dance on the roof of the car, film it all and post it online. Eight deaths so far.
Snakes on a Plane The blogs about this movie may be funny, but it's murder to sit through in the cinema.
Audi Q7 The new "full-size luxury crossover" SUV looks like an assault on the environment.
Leaving Cert conversations
Enough already.
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