14 Aug, 2016
Posted by: andrea tomkins In: Recipes and Food
After 13 years of car camping, we’ve pretty much nailed down our daily routine. It’s almost always the same. Wake up, eat breakfast, go for a hike, eat lunch, enjoy some beach time, eat dinner, sit around the campfire, go to bed. Of course, in between those things there are camp chores that need to […]
Watership Down and the power of not-quite-appropriate children’s books: https://t.co/SyHW8p3kDQ pic.twitter.com/vr4cszzxb1 — Slate (@Slate) August 12, 2016 After biggest blunder of his career, CBC’s Elliotte Friedman wants no sympathy, si.com New swimming star Penny Oleksiak showed talent from a young age, theglobeandmail.com I’m much too jealous of that one percent of your life, puzzlingposts.com What […]
12 Aug, 2016
Posted by: andrea tomkins In: Easy ways to make kids happy|travel talk
I don’t think we’ve expressly stated this, but we’ve somehow made it a mission to visit a new campground at an Ontario Provincial Parks site every summer. These are the ones we’ve been to so far: Algonquin Park (Achray) Presqu’ile Provincial Park Grundy Lake Silent Lake (in a yurt! In March!) Lake St. Peter Bon […]
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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