FOOD. Is it the best Christmas gift?

I have a very long story to share in the New Year about a special challenge my family has undertaken this past year. For now, I will say this: Mark and I aren't exchanging Christmas gifts this year and we have laid out some criteria as it pertains to our stockings. The criteria is this: FOOD GIFTS … Continue reading →

How do you show someone how much they mean to you?*

How do you show someone you love them, honour them, respect them? You can definitely buy a gift, a bouquet of flowers, a box of chocolates, or send a card. Teachers get mugs, retirees get a cake, graduates get a laptop. These are great - and HELLO - who wouldn't like cake! Certainly, gifts have … Continue reading →

Last minute gift ideas for tweens and teens

A Fishbowl reader was looking for last-minute gift ideas for tweens and teens this week. I pointed her to this past post, but I wanted to add a few of my personal faves here too: Texting gloves so they can text without their fingers freezing (Here's a pair from MEC.) Blanket scarves - … Continue reading →

Christmas gifting at Casa Fishbowl

This is where my brain has been these past couple of weeks: This is where my brain has been as I walked and up down Westboro and West Wellington/Hintonburg (two of my favourite shopping districts in Ottawa!), and this is where my brain was as I spent untold minutes idling in abysmal … Continue reading →

Body mod, of a temporary nature

When I was a teenager I wanted a tattoo of an ankh. It looks like a cross but it's looped at the top, a symbol used in ancient Egypt to mean eternal life. (Here's the Wikipedia entry about it if you're not sure what I mean.) At one point I even tossed around the idea of … Continue reading →

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FOOD. Is it the best Christmas gift?

How do you show someone how much they mean to you?*

Last minute gift ideas for tweens and teens

Christmas gifting at Casa Fishbowl

Body mod, of a temporary nature