Pandemic baking! It’s all the rage. So is pandemic eating… at least around here. Sigh. Yesterday we picked up an order from the Ottawa Bagelshop. (Curbside pick up!) Cue the angels: I have officially entered the world of the no-knead breads. Frankly, it’s miraculous how such a lovely loaf can come together with so little […]
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26 Apr, 2020
Weekend reading: the ABC edition #6 (Anything But Coronavirus)
Posted by: andrea tomkins In: Weekend reading
Meet the 19-year-old who sets up as many as 15,000 dominoes to make incredible chain reactions: https://t.co/U4KC9JWVNk pic.twitter.com/2azcD7YI17 — WIRED (@WIRED) April 25, 2020 25 Movies and the Magazine Stories That Inspired Them, longreads.com How to Make Better Coffee at Home, wired.com How to propagate plants at home, cbc.ca 7 ways drinking alcohol can affect […]
19 Apr, 2020
Weekend reading: the ABC edition #5 (Anything But Coronavirus)
Posted by: andrea tomkins In: Weekend reading
Can modern art heal? This children’s hospital is betting on it https://t.co/m3fq6s2pFM — Co.Design (@FastCoDesign) April 19, 2020 At the Sourdough Library, With Some Very Old Mothers, nytimes.com Samsung Redesigned Its TV Boxes to be Easily Converted Into Cat Houses and Entertainment Centers, gizmodo.com How Reddit’s “Am I the Asshole?” became the definitive document of […]
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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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