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Continue reading →: Emmy awards & season premieres
Being the t.v. geek that I am, I stayed up later than usual on a Sunday night, watching the Emmy Awards, then watched my PVR recording of Lost Girl (s.2, ep.3) – and it was a night of spectacle, surprise and gorgeousness. Aside from the glamour parade that is the…
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Continue reading →: Alumnae Theatre goes After Mrs. Rochester
It’s that time of the year – and the fall theatre seasons are off. My pals at Alumnae Theatre open their 2011-12 season with Polly Teale’s After Mrs. Rochester, opening next Friday, September 23 and running till Friday, October 7 on the main stage. Directed by Laura Roald (who directed Closer for…
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Continue reading →: Stand up for the arts in Toronto
Hey all – As I’ve mentioned, life with more cowbell is not meant to be a political blog per se, but recent developments at Toronto’s City Hall have inspired me to get this message out there. I believe that the arts are vital to the cultural and economic well-being of our city.…
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Continue reading →: St. John’s highlights – places
For my last post on my St. John’s trip, I’d like to feature the various places and spaces I visited throughout the city. My first full day, I took a boat tour with Iceberg Quest Tours, where I got an excellent view of the harbour, the skyline, the Battery (see…
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Continue reading →: ELLAmentary, darling
One of the shows I missed during this year’s Toronto Fringe and Best of Fringe was Christine Aziz’s ELLAmentary – A One Person Musical About Filling Out & Fitting In. I finally saw the show last night at Red Sandcastle Theatre. Aziz wrote the script and music, and performs in…
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Continue reading →: St. John’s highlights – people
Instead of doing a day-by-day, chronological description of my time in St. John’s, I thought I’d go with a more thematic approach. And what sticks in my mind first and foremost are the people. At The Bluestone Inn B&B, there were our hosts: owner/operator Gerri and her daughter Sarah, who…
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Continue reading →: St. John’s highlights – arrival
The morning after Les and Derek’s wedding in Ottawa, I was busy checking my flight status (I checked twice: once when I went down for breakfast and again just before I checked out of the Lord Elgin) to see if Porter was still a go for the afternoon flight St.…
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Continue reading →: Getting married in Ottawa
Okay, so now that I’ve more or less recovered from my vacation week/Labour Day weekend – though, to be honest, I could use a week off to recover – thought I’d share some moments from my time away. And, no, it was not me who got married in Ottawa. The…
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Continue reading →: So I’m not crazy…
… and what a relief! I always feel blue after a vacation and, compounded with the end of the weekend blues – and Labour Day weekend on top of that – I was feeling especially low-key yesterday. And, even though I know, intellectually, that fall still has a few more…
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Continue reading →: Ottawa & St. John’s – where I stayed
Hey – Please bear with me; I haven’t been home much this long weekend, so I still haven’t downloaded any pix yet, but I thought I’d start with where I stayed and include the links. In Ottawa, I stayed at the Lord Elgin Hotel, which has a very handy location…







