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24 May, 2014

Weekend reading: May 24 edition

Posted by: andrea tomkins In: Weekend reading

“Frolic … harder!” Today’s editorial cartoon by Brian Gable. View more May cartoons: http://t.co/NrZJN4XfAv pic.twitter.com/t6xx4WORly — The Globe and Mail (@globeandmail) May 23, 2014 Why Was Target Canada Such a Disaster? Ottawa had its own version of The Great Escape Peter Mansbridge: CBC’s anchor in a storm Is Your Tween Ready for More Freedom?

22 May, 2014

I can’t stop eating this chickpea salad

Posted by: andrea tomkins In: Recipes and Food

This was today’s Daily Lunches dish and I wanted to share it here because it was The Perfect Lunch. The original recipe came from here, but I made a few small changes. I cut the whole recipe in half. It still made plenty! I added some finely diced red onion in place of the green […]

20 May, 2014

Pitching paper towels, part two

Posted by: andrea tomkins In: Yaktivism

Awhile back I wrote about our family quest to remove paper towels from our lives, and I’m happy to say that things are going well. I now gladly skip this Wall o’Paper at the grocery store. And I don’t miss the added expense either: Here’s a rather obvious observation: I figured out that the best way […]


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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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