Archive for the 'Field Trips' Category

Montreal roap trip

Friday, February 26th, 2010

26th Feb, 10
A friend of mine came to visit last week.  A refugee from Vancouver who came all the way to Toronto to get away from the maddening Olympic crowd.  He been here a few times before and after about 5 days, we kinda ran out of things to do.  So for his last weekend [...]

Weekend Thrifting

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

27th October, 09

I had such good thrifting opportunities last weekend.  On Saturday we got a tip from a friend of mine to check out the CAFTCAD (Canadian Alliance Of Film and Television Costume and Design) biannual movie wardrobe sale.  We thought it was going to be just a bunch of vintage clothes, forgetting the fact [...]

Vintage shopping in Paris

Saturday, October 3rd, 2009

2nd October, 09
As promised here’s a little insert about vintage shopping in Paris.  Paris has lots of vintage shops, as well as markets.   Some markets are for food, some for antiques, some for clothes… I didn’t get to go to all of them but did hunt down a few.  So here it is, my [...]

Last day in Paris

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

So on the last day in Paris I FINALLY perfected how to order coffee the way I like it. What a shame that by the time I come back to visit I will probably have forgotten and have to learn it all over again…
I thought I was going to spend my last day checking out [...]

Paris continued…

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

23rd, September, 09

Paris has been amazing so far!  Though today has been the first day Ive been traveling alone. My sweet friend Luis left for Chicago early this morning. He’s been going to school in Paris for the last couple years and my trip just happened to coincide with his last few days in pairs. [...]

Planes, trains and (I wish I had an) automobile

Monday, September 21st, 2009

19th September, 09

Did you guys miss me? I left for Europe a week ago on holiday and have been having a wonderful time! I’m typing this post on my iPhone so please excuse me if some of the words run intoeachother or if worss are mis-spelt. I heart my iPhone but the keyboard is tiny [...]