02 Oct, 2017
Posted by: andrea tomkins In: Misc. life
I’m not very musical. When I was five or six I got an electronic keyboard for my birthday. It was pretty cool. I could make music! It was PURPLE and portable, and I remember spending hours sprawled out on the living room floor, picking out the notes to Mary Had a Little Lamb and Twinkle Twinkle […]
More and more museums are popping up that seem to be designed around snapping the perfect Instagram photo https://t.co/3PzOtubiWO — WIRED (@WIRED) September 30, 2017 Reddit Limits Noxious Content by Giving Trolls Fewer Places to Gather, nytimes.com Good riddance to the thong! After decades of discomfort, women have finally cracked, telegraph.co.uk #CutYourChains: Sitting Down To […]
26 Sep, 2017
Posted by: andrea tomkins In: parenting
“WHEN YOU EAT AN ORANGE, EAT AN ORANGE!” I shout this to my teenage daughter, not angrily, just as a reminder. (If you’re wondering what I’m talking about, read the first part of this post.) She is barreling down the stairs while reading something on her phone. It’s most likely a Snapchat from a friend. […]
My name is Andrea and I live in Ottawa with my husband Mark and our dog Sunny who is kind of a big deal on Instagram. During the day I work as a freelance writer. I am a longtime Ottawa blogger and I've occupied this little corner of the WWW since 1999. The Fishbowl is my whiteboard, water cooler, and journal, all rolled into one. I'm passionate about healthy living, arts and culture, travel, great gear, good food, and sharing the best of Ottawa. I also love vegetables, photography, gadgets, and great design.
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