Boy, do I ever have a special treat for you today! I’ve teamed up with 8 amazing Canadian bloggers; bringing you an awesome array of Christmas activities, recipes, decor, adventure and more! It’s almost like choose your own adventure novel! Once…
The Port Arthur Cenotaph
Did you know… The Port Arthur Cenotaph , located in Waverly Park is all thanks to women? Yes women – The Women’s Canadian Club of Port Arthur, to be precise. They not only advocated for a Cenotaph, they formed a search…
Remembrance Day – Alex’s Film & Series Picks
With Remembrance Day around the corner, I rounded up my favourite foreign WWII Film & Series picks to share with you. Television is great, however I find a lot of the WWII documentaries and shows are extremely biased towards the United…
Phantoms of Port Arthur
On the occasion of All Hallows’ Eve, an evening dedicated to remembering the faithfully departed, I have found my way to the 1800s to visit the Phantoms of Port Arthur. This starless story isn’t my usual saucy demeanour, however I think it’s…
Vintage Halloween Ad Art
It’s no secret, I have a fondness for vintage ads and pretty artwork – especially from the 50’s and 60’s. I was thinking of someway to incorporate this appreciation into classic Halloween decor, nothing cheesy or short-lived. I wanted to…
Thanksgiving Dinner at the Eaton’s Grill Room
It’s no big secret, my adoration of Eaton’s comes inherently, most likely because everyone on the Golden side worked there. I found a cute letter my Grandpa Stan wrote to my Nana while away visiting his brother, Tom in Winnipeg – with little…
Chris + Trisha – Rustic Chic Autumn Wedding
My cousin Chris and his beautiful bride Patricia, tied the knot two weeks ago. Trish and I conspired together to make a rustic chic autumn wedding inspired program, menu, table seating and name cards. Everything was printed on Kraft paper…
Classic Fall Playlist
Apparently Fall is here. Yay!? I’m still on the fence because of the nice weather *knock on wood*, however I’ve put together a few classy favourites you can play from September to October. Heck, this would be a great playlist for…
Passport Application Particulars
I stumbled upon a treasure trove of Passport Applications from FamilySearch.org. So many Passport Application Particulars! Sadly, all of these applications are American – apparently the Government of Canada didn’t keep copies of passport applications or passports issued to individuals. Only a…
Make it have a Dishwasher! I don’t Care about the Rest.
Next week I’m heading to Toronto for the Blogpodium conference! One of the sponsors is General Electric (Don’t you just want to pull a Kate and Leopold and say: “The General of Electric”? no? ok, maybe just me). via GIPHY…
Kiss Me, I’m Irish – no really, I’m really f*cking Irish!
My entire life has been a lie. *gasp* Contrary to popular belief, I am not Scottish. None of us are Scottish (if any of the Hares are reading this). Thank you Ancestry DNA for illustrating the lack of Scottish blood, not running…
Fall Flair – Crisp design trends for Autumn decor
Lately I have been thinking about fun, easy and inexpensive outdoor décor ideas. I am quite fascinated more-so with containers to hold pretty things, like arrangements of flowers and branches. According to Google and Pinterest, the recent fall vessel trend…
