30 Oct, 2014
Posted by: andrea tomkins In: Misc. life|parenting
I’ve already written about the issue of creepy guys before. Yet here I am again. You know why? Because the issue of the creepy guys will never go away, and it depresses the crap out of me. One Mark asked me whether I thought it was true that someone in authority could laugh at and/or […]
29 Oct, 2014
Posted by: andrea tomkins In: Ottawa
Some of you are already familiar with Ten Thousand Villages. They’re a former Fishbowl patron, and a fair trade retailer I’ve written about before. Did you also know that Ten Thousand Villages holds a major “Festival Sale” at the Ottawa Mennonite Church every weekend in November? The Ottawa sale is the largest fair trade sale […]
I was singing the shower this morning. SINGING. I stopped myself, mid chorus, with a shampoo bottle in my hand. Who is this person? And when’s the last time she spontaneously belted out some Dexy’s Midnight Runners? And then it dawned on me. Singing in the shower, to me, is a symptom of happiness, the […]
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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