I told my family that there was NO TIME TO REST during this holiday. As if to prove my point, right after our amazing dinner we decided to pay a visit to Moraine Lake. We were not about to rest on our laurels (or watch Netflix in our hotel room)! Moraine Lake is famous for […]
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10 Sep, 2018
The Fishbowl goes West: The best restaurant in Lake Louise?
Posted by: andrea tomkins In: travel talk
In my previous post about our travels out west I wrote about the gorgeous and awful horse ride we took to the Plain to Six Glaciers. If you’ve ever been to Lake Louise you know it’s not a very big place. In some respects it’s a waystation – a place to stop on your way […]
04 Sep, 2018
The Fishbowl goes West: the best and worst day
Posted by: andrea tomkins In: travel talk
In the previous post in this series, I wrote about our climb up Sulphur Mountain and the gondola ride down, which was very cool even though the views were obscured by wildfire smoke from B.C. Every day of our holiday was jam-packed. At one point the kids asked me if/when we were ever going to […]
31 Aug, 2018
The Fishbowl goes West: in which the family climbs a mountain
Posted by: andrea tomkins In: travel talk
In the last chapter of our journey I wrote about our visit to Drumheller. I’ve been looking over our photos and they are simply not good enough. Honestly, the Badlands are so big and beautiful that no photo can do it proper justice. Anyhoo… From our accommodations in Calgary we moved on to Banff. Banff […]
29 Aug, 2018
The Fishbowl goes West: the stark beauty of Drumheller
Posted by: andrea tomkins In: travel talk
Imagine that you’re a kid and there’s a truck ahead of you that’s carrying a load of candy. You follow it because every once in awhile a piece of candy falls out on to the road. You pick it up – because, hey, IT’S CANDY. You follow diligently, watching the entire time. The longer you […]
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- Family Day 2019
- andrea tomkins: Hi Judy! The oven should be at 450 and you don't cook the dough before the toppings. You put the rolled dough on your pizza stone or baking sheet, add
- Judy: What temperature for oven for pizza dough, can I cook dough before the toppings
- Judy: What temperature for oven for pizza dough. Should I cook dough before adding toppings or not
- a peek inside the fishbowl » Blog Archive One dress, thirty days (day 13 update) - a peek inside the fishbowl: […] brought up an interesting point in her comment on my previous post about the 1Dress challenge: germs. Now, if I worked in a doctor’s o
- andrea tomkins: Sarah: washing it is a must, but as you said, it would be a different story in the summer! In terms of linens, we have one set of bath towels and I wa
- Misty: My kids also do the annoying "throw everything into the hamper" trick. That said, I do feel a bit germaphobic about their clothes that come back from
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My name is Andrea and I live in the Westboro area of Ottawa with my husband Mark. We have two daughters: Emma (19) and Sarah (17). I am the managing editor of our community newspaper, the Kitchissippi Times. 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, 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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