18 Aug, 2007
Posted by: andrea tomkins In: Easy ways to make kids happy|Ottawa
1) Back to school shopping 2) Ottawa SuperEx We have officially covered them both. We did the bulk of our back-to-school-wear shopping earlier this week. Thankfully, our school doesn’t require us to buy school supplies. We pay a supply fee at the beginning of the year. It’s great. Seriously, all schools should do this. This way: 1) The parents […]
29 Dec, 2006
Posted by: andrea tomkins In: Challenge me, challenge you|Shopping Embargo
ETA: thank you Andrea … for submitting my site as a December Just Post. – I’m not big on resolutions. First, I hardly keep them. I tell myself that I’m going to exercise, eat right, yadda yadda but I inevitably give up …(although I REALLY do plan to get up off my @ss and do […]
27 Nov, 2006
Posted by: andrea tomkins In: - Thrifty is nifty|Oh! Things!
I picked up this book for about a quarter at a local thrift shop. If I had stopped at the cover I would have given it a pass. It’s called “My Clock Book” and the cover illustration is an uninspired 1970’s sketch of children gathered around a pile of clocks. “Originally entititled WHAT TIME IS […]
My name is Andrea and I live in Ottawa with my husband Mark and our dog Sunny who is kind of a big deal on Instagram. During the day I work as a freelance writer. 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, travel, great gear, good food, and sharing the best of Ottawa. I also love vegetables, photography, gadgets, and great design.
If you're so inclined, you can read more about me here.
I've deactivated the commenting function as well as my contact form so if you want to get in touch, please drop me a line at quietfish@gmail.com. Thank you!
