The other day my dad told me a story about “Old Man Russian”, who lived on Elgin Street – just a few properties down from Maudslay Court. His lengthy backyard sloped towards McVicar’s Creek, it was…
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In an innocent search for information regarding Port Arthur’s oldest apartment building, Maudslay Court, I stumbled on misfortune. As I mentioned, Maudslay Court is Port Arthur’s oldest apartment building – perfectly situated on Court Street,…
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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.…
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Court Street has a very interesting and long history. It was one of the first streets developed in Port Arthur, with stately homes and sprawling properties. Van Horn Street was actually considered the end…
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Searching for our ancestors can be a lot of work. The best advice I was given was to always start where you live. Oddly enough, you should really begin at the cemetery. Here you’ll…
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This weekend the girls and I went to a Ukrainian Pysanky (Easter egg) Workshop at the very cool Ukrainian National Hall (the ceiling and the crown molding are amazing). Jasmine had this great idea;…
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My good friend Roman Augustyn has graciously translated this blog post; he really is my Polish language guru, and I am so thankful! You can check out his site here. Mój bardzo dobry przyjaciel,…
