Working my way ever-so-slowly through my photos from Saturday night of the Pi-Leau show at Nathan Phillips Square. Here’s one for now. I really love the drama in her costume — fingers, sleeve, tail, etc. — together with the clock.
February 10th, 2009
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Mermaid Queen
February 10, 2009 by Gail
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Is My Blog Making You Hungry?
February 10, 2009 by Gail
If so, I apologise. It makes me hungry, too, and I’ve already eaten the food! Maybe in the future there will be an Order This! plugin for the food photos. Until then, here are some sushi pics I shot last night while introducing my neighbour to Vincent Sushi, the friendly local sushi joint who I created a website for (just over a year ago) in exchange for sushi. The presentation is impressive considering they’re mostly a take-away.
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So Far, So Good
February 10, 2009 by Gail
A follow-up to this post from November 17, 2008.
I’ve been getting organic produce and other items delivered weekly for a couple of months now from Mama Earth Organics and it’s working out fantastically. I’m eating much better these days because I’m cooking a lot more for myself than I have in the past few years, and my eating habits have changed for the better since I started the service. I’m much more motivated to cook because I work my way through this bin during the week, no matter what was delivered on Monday. (The company tries to buy produce when it’s in season, and locally whenever possible.)
The challenge to eat produce that I wouldn’t normally think to buy (butternut squash, beets, swiss chard) stimulates my creative side in making meals with the goal of consuming EVERYTHING and wasting nothing. It also provides a great deal of variety in my weekly diet, as I tend to buy the same produce most of the time from the stand and the store. Even with fairly standard items such as oranges, the sources change all the time according to availability. On the other side of the invoice is a recipe with ingredients that are in the bin, which is helpful since I don’t typically buy a lot of, say, root vegetables and occasionally I need some inspiration.
I’ve had organic produce and other sundry items delivered before, when I lived in Vancouver, but the other company I used had spotty service and selection, and substitutions appeared to compound the mistakes. Mama Earth Organics has been doing exceptionally well in the consistency and quality departments. The produce selection is very good, packed carefully, delivered at the same time every week, billed correctly and receipts are issued at the same time weekly. Also, I’ve had no problems with their custom online ordering, although it was only recently that I decided to add more items to the standard bin size.
Keep up the good work, Mama Earth Organics!
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