Whenever I’m looking for a gift to mark an important occasion in someone’s life, like a wedding for example, I head over to The Guild Shop in Yorkville. Besides the odd trip to Whole Foods, its pretty much the only place I shop at in Yorkville. The Guild Shop carries work by hundreds of Canadian…
Category: Odds & Sods
Happy Dia De Los Muertos!
That’s right folks, its the Day of the Dead! Not An Artist and her fiance are gettin’ hitched today and I found the perfect little gift topper for them yesterday. I don’t know if they know much about Dia De Los Muertos or (the Mexican celebration of the Day of the Dead) but I still…
A new winter project
On Thanksgiving weekend Chris’s parents dropped off this old piece of furniture for me, something they’d had stored in one of their old tobacco barns for years and years. I’m hard pressed to give it a name – I have no idea precisely what you call it except that it’s likely some kind of draftsman…
What would you wish for?
Fifty People, One Question: New Orleans from Benjamin Reece on Vimeo. A coworker put me on to this incredible video, which I just have to share. It’s amazing as much because of the filming technique, employing super-shallow depth of field, as it is for the content itself.
City a-glow-glow
So the critics are having a hay-day as usual with this past weekend’s Nuit Blanche offerings, and I have to admit, I found it a little lacklustre, myself, with a few exceptions. First of all, there’s something magical about everyone being out exploring the city. There were people in every nook and cranny, every alleyway,…
As the Cookie Crumbles…
Looking for a little afternoon distraction? Perhaps its time for a tea and a Peek Freans Lifestyle Selections Blueberry Brown Sugar cookie, and your weekly episode of As the Cookie Crumbles, the brainchild campaign of a friend of mine and his marketing team, created for Kraft Canada. As the Cookie Crumbles – Episode 1 –…
I have a nephew!
Word came last night at about 11:30 that my new (and first!) nephew has arrived! Magnus Daniel Mulholland was born at 10:18 pm on September 3, 2008, weighing 8 lbs 4 oz. This has been a difficult pregnancy for my sister-in-law due to blood pressure problems so the delivery was induced after some stress tests…
Lakeside rejuvination
The blog has been quiet on the home front because I’ve been lounging at the cottage. I know, I’m spoiled. And this year especially. We had a full week with only one day of rain, which was really only a misty wet day, which was kind of pretty in its own right. Fall is coming…
Gifts from the past
I’ve had it really rough the last few weeks. Being off work in the height of summer is really hard work! Truthfully though, I have a good reason for my slacking off! At the end of July I under went a surgery to remove my parotid (salivary) gland on the right side of my face….