It’s here. One of my most favourite events of the season… the Craft Revival. revival |rəˈvīvəl|nounan instance of something becoming popular, active, or important again: cross-country skiing is enjoying a revival. This isn’t your…
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Back lanes my friends, back lanes. These overlooked and sometimes eerie alley ways were key in asuccessful 2-3-pillowcase plunder!…
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Canada Day is upon us! For many of us, this celebration equals camp, fireworks, raiding the LCBO (like it’s the apocalypse) and savouring the first long weekend of the summer. Prior to “Canada Day”,…
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Here are a few of my go-to sites for Polish related genealogy/history resources. WWI + WWII Muzeum Powstania Warszawskiego / The Warsaw Rising Museum A tribute to those who fought and died for independent…
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Hey Alex Inspired, where the hell have you been? GREAT question. I’ve been here, there and everywhere. Sadly, just not here, in blog-land. Writer’s block and lack of inspiration tend to be common themes…
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Once upon a time, St. Ansgarius Lutheran Church could be found on the corner of Secord and Cornwall streets. The name, St. Ansgarius was after St. Ansgar, the “Apostle of the North”, who built…
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Warning, any of you golf aficionados may want to just stop reading right now. I know… wtf am I doing writing about golf? I will preface it with this; this was a challenge brought…
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True Story. I became Claustrophobic in the Big Mac Climber. Kids born in the 1970s and 1980s lived in, what I believe, the “golden years of McDonald’s’. These were the years of Happy Meals…
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Joseph G. King was a prominent Port Arthur citizen and Businessman. He was known for his grain elevators and the innovative way that he handled poor, wet and soiled grain so it could be…
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Nothing says nostalgia like Vintage Christmas Ads! Especially when it’s from a favourite childhood department store. I’m guilty when it comes to anything Eaton’s related – gimmie, gimmie, gimmie. Every year, my sister-in-law (Glittering…