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04 Aug, 2009

Tennis anyone?

Posted by: andrea tomkins In: Misc. life

As a gal of Eastern European decent I feel like I should be hardwired for soccer, not for tennis. Although now that I think of it, one of the most famous tennis players in the world is Czech. So maybe I come by it more naturally than I had thought. My parents weren’t exactly sporting […]

I was talking to someone recently who asked me how I manage to work and have kids running around the house at the same time. Summers were really challenging when the kids were small. I wasn’t able to accomplish much work during the day so I’d stay up until godknows o’clock just to get work done. The girls […]

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11 Jul, 2009

Turning off and tuning out

Posted by: andrea tomkins In: Misc. life

Dear friends, my brain is full. I am twitchy. My thoughts have been fragmented, fractured, and frankly, all over the place. That’s why I’m going into a self-imposed media detox for a few days. I’m tired of feeling like a mental magpie. There have been times these past few weeks when I have felt my attention span withering away to […]


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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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