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Retro English/Paris Apartment Cliché
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TweetLooking around my home I’m realizing that I have a weakness for colour and florals. It’s starting to feel a bit retro English with a dash of Paris cliché. In other words, dust and an awareness of clutter. There are the French linens from Coucke (bought at a spectacular price thanks to a closing sale) [...]
Weekend Reading
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TweetA little research for the weekend. I’m playing catch up with my reading of the magazine variety. I’m going to take myself out for brunch and spend a few hours flipping through them. It’s not just fashion and shelter magazines, I’ve got a few money ones in there but they aren’t thick so you can’t [...]
The Ethnic Aisle’s One-Year Anniversary
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TweetI’ve said more than once that I don’t write for free. I make an exception for The Ethnic Aisle because it provides something Toronto needs: a voice that actually represents those of immigrants and born-Canadians of colour. And the writers are awesome. It’s been great writing for this publication and now we get to celebrate [...]
The Rewind Button: The Beatles or The White Album
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Tweet(The Rewind Button is a group blogging project. Every Thursday, we review an album from Rolling Stone’s Greatest Albums list.) It’s not actually called the White album. It’s called The Beatles but because it’s white, well, there you go.
Blogs I Enjoy
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TweetI read blogs but tend to avoid the obvious ones like Manrepeller, Fashion Toast, etc. They have no interest for me. What I do like are more specialized blogs run by women who really seems to have fun doing what they do.
Staining an Old School Writing Desk
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TweetI attempted to refinish this desk. It’s an old school writing desk, the kind that opens up. I got it from a friend’s sister. My father took a look at it and based on the nails, it could be from the first half of the 20th century. Maybe the 1940s. I decided not to fill [...]