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Awhile back I received an email from Canadian Tire about the goclean waterless car wash, asking me if I wanted to try out a sample. I am often on the lookout for useful/new/cool things for my editor’s faves column in Capital Parent Newspaper, and this seemed like a good candidate. (I’d also seen goclean on […]
14 Apr, 2014
Getting ready for a new season of composting
Posted by: andrea tomkins In: Home/reno|Oh! Things!|Yaktivism
We are a little bit compost crazy here at Casa Fishbowl. We have a city-issued green bin, a backyard composter (it’s big and black with two hinged flaps on top) as well as two big “cages” for leaf compost in the back corner of our lot. We’ve been using the big green bin all winter […]
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If you get Ottawa Magazine delivered to your home you may have probably already seen my mugshot, grinning away on page 16 of their special “Neighbourhoods” edition. The article is by Patrick Langston (a very charming fellow) and the photos are by Ottawa photograper, Jessica Deeks. I saw them all on her blog some time ago but […]
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- A bit about Bluesfest School of Music and Art, plus a giveaway!
- This lil’ mamma is right outside our window!
- Thinking about cars on Earth Day
- Easter Monday
- Weekend reading: April 19 edition
- A waterless car wash? Yes, it can be done!
- Getting ready for a new season of composting
- Weekend reading: April 12 edition
- Giveaway alert: spending money from terra20, Ottawa’s eco store
- This is what spring looks like at our house
- HollyStar: Amazing! So excited to welcome this school to our community. I'd love to take the "Family Ukelele" class with my son.
- Christine: i would try the ukelele class!!
- Carolyn: It would likely be Family Art or Family Djembe. Any one of our kids would totally be into those if only because then their parent would have to final
- Tracey: Our family would sign up for family guitar - amazing!! I wish we could sign up for 'family' stuff everywhere, especially at the gym!!
- Bonnie: Music in Motion 1 for my eldest daughter. What fun!
- Brenda A: Rock n Roll choir sounds like such a great time and my girls would love this course. I wish much success to the Bluesfest School!
- Jennifer D: Music in Motion 1 looks like a lot of fun!
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My name is Andrea and I live in the Westboro area of Ottawa with my husband Mark and our two daughters Emma (14) and Sarah (12). I am the Editor of the Kitchissippi Times as well as Capital Parent Newspaper. I'm also a regular contributor to MediaSmarts.ca. I am a longtime Ottawa blogger, and I've occupied this little corner of the WWW since 1999 (which makes me either a total dinosaur or a veteran, I'm not sure which). The Fishbowl is my whiteboard, water cooler, and journal, all rolled into one. I'm passionate about healthy living, arts and culture, family travel, great gear, good food, and sharing the best of Ottawa for families. I also love vegetables, photography, gadgets, and great design.
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