You know what is srsly awesome? We’re handing out our 100th grant of $1,000 dollars! Want to see what $100,000 of crazy, brilliant ideas looks like? Come celebrate with us on April 19th! Register here https://t.co/CLeaYxe22K #ottcity #awesome #Ottawa pic.twitter.com/QHzkb3r9cU — Awesome Ottawa (@AwesomeOttawa) March 15, 2018 When Twenty-Six Thousand Stinkbugs Invade Your Home, newyorker.com […]
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WATCH: A brand new #HeritageMinute about Canadian literary icon L.M. Montgomery. Follow her journey to become one of Canada’s bestselling authors, as told in her own words #IWD2018 pic.twitter.com/7qyiifssew — Historica Canada (@HistoricaCanada) March 8, 2018 The NME Bows Out of Print. We’ll Miss the Inky Fingers, nytimes.com When women journalists turn off their microphones, […]
Find calorie-counting cumbersome? Focus on diet quality instead https://t.co/nSLJuchu2Q From @Globe_Health — The Globe and Mail (@globeandmail) March 3, 2018 160 years of Atlantic stories, theatlantic.com Women Are Overburdened With Their Families’ “Mental Loads”, slate.com ‘Looks good enough to eat’: inside the home of Japan’s fake food industry, theguardian.com You Get Thirsty and Drink. How […]
I’ve never seen this presented so clearly before. Really wonderful. pic.twitter.com/Al1mS9EYwY — Mike Rundle (@flyosity) February 19, 2018 Canadian newspapers have a future — if publishers get support for the present, nationalpost.com How the Guardian’s Instagram strategy is winning new readers, digiday.com Inside the OED: can the world’s biggest dictionary survive the internet?, theguardian.com The […]
Here’s a comic about everything I’ve learnt about women’s fashion. pic.twitter.com/6FtFed6DcE — Joe Decie (@joedecie) February 16, 2018 Edmonton woman catches purse-snatcher, returns wallet, takes thief for coffee, cbc.ca One Teacher’s Brilliant Strategy to Stop Future School Shootings, rd.com Boston Globe front page on shootings: ‘We Know What Will Happen Next, thehill.com How to Break […]
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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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