I’ve have yet to finish watering my plants pic.twitter.com/UikjA9UPzH — Serene (@JabinSerene) April 19, 2018 A giant indoor farm in China is breeding 6 billion cockroaches a year. Here’s why, scmp.com Dr. Ashante Reese on the Loss of Grocery Stores and the Power of Choice, epicurious.com These Light Bulbs Are Sculptures You Screw Into Your […]
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I really like the premise of Incredibles 2. MUM GETS A JOB! :D https://t.co/Fv6qCUfsXY — andrea tomkins (@missfish) April 13, 2018 How a Working-Class Couple Amassed a Priceless Art Collection, mentalfloss.com ‘There is no such thing as past or future’: physicist Carlo Rovelli on changing how we think about time, theguardian.com Can a regular running […]
What can we do to address the extraordinary advantages and disadvantages that fortune plays in all our lives? Please watch my recent @TEDxKanata talk, ‘Running, luck and the ovarian lottery’ to find out: https://t.co/MjwCZ0IMK8 — Mark Sutcliffe (@_MarkSutcliffe) April 4, 2018 When You Can and Cannot Say ‘No’ When Someone Asks to Switch Seats With […]
This thread is the best. #officepolitics ! https://t.co/BeWfgw3diA — andrea tomkins (@missfish) March 30, 2018 Millennials Are Driving The Worldwide Shift Away From Meat, forbes.com Are you ready? This is all the data Facebook and Google have on you, theguardian.com I Tried to Befriend Nikolas Cruz. He Still Killed My Friends, nytimes.com Why I’m suing […]
For example, how do we get to ‘dagnabbit’ from goddammit? It’s an interesting process https://t.co/B2isXDfYtn — Atlas Obscura (@atlasobscura) March 22, 2018 The time I took Stephen Hawking to a cowboy bar, washingtonpost.com Steven Page on feeling ‘peace and terror’ ahead of Barenaked Ladies reunion, cbc.ca {video} Sundance Film Review: ‘Won’t You Be My Neighbor?’, […]
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- Liz Dick: Just came across this forum now. Funny after all these years I've never seen it. Rummoli has been a family favourite of ours for four generations.
- Molly: A great read, Andrea! I have been to a few estate sales - they can be fascinating. I am far from a minimalist but I am always trimming the amount
- Lynn: Perhaps this could inspire a series of posts about Special Things - the history and what makes them precious. Going to give this some thought! Thanks
- a peek inside the fishbowl » Blog Archive The stories of our stuff - a peek inside the fishbowl: […] we commissioned Dave Allston, a local historian, to compile for us awhile back. (I wrote about it here, if you’re curious.) I was fair
- andrea tomkins: I try not to look! ;) New nightstands would help the problem, for sure. They're just not in the cards right now. Unfortunately, everything I really li
- Marianne: The bed not being centred would definitely bother me. I'd solve it by opting for nightstands on legs, or installing floating shelves. But Id probabl
- andrea tomkins: We actually won it in a blog giveaway a few years ago. It's made by Phillips. I really like it! It has a few different alarm sounds too, all are gentl
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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 (18) and Sarah (16). 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... 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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