The Merry Dairy frozen custard truck

I am a bit of a snob as it pertains to frozen desserts. We make a wicked strawberry ice cream here at Casa Fishbowl that's made out of sugar, cream, milk, and strawberries. That's it. Once you've tried ice cream like that it is very hard to go back to that other stuff. My latest piece for … Continue reading →

Paint you can eat? Yessir.

I am convinced that one of the best things you can do as a parent is let your kids doodle their hearts out. Free-form art is good for the soul, and all you need is some paper, pencils, crayons, and paints. This week's column at Canadian Family is about an edible finger paint you can make at … Continue reading →

Ottawa giveaway alert: 7 Doigts de la Main PSY-Mind-Blowing Circus

I have an amazing giveaway here from courtesy of the NAC! There's a new show in town called PSY, Mind-Blowing Circus and it's performed by a group called Les 7 Doigts de la Main. Here's a blurb from the NAC website: PSY merges acrobatics of the body with acrobatics of the mind and … Continue reading →

Nine things for Operation Trim: #5 – Hello breakfast, goodbye bread

In the first post of this series I mentioned that my ill-fitting pants were a direct result of the terrible meals I was eating in the month before our move. I just wasn't making time to feed myself properly. I almost always forgot to eat breakfast, so I'd eat one lunch at 11, and another at 1:00 or … Continue reading →

a peek inside the fishbowl

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The Merry Dairy frozen custard truck

Paint you can eat? Yessir.

Ottawa giveaway alert: 7 Doigts de la Main PSY-Mind-Blowing Circus

Nine things for Operation Trim: #5 – Hello breakfast, goodbye bread