April 29, 2012 by Gail
I <3 this cake topper. Perfectly simple but simply perfect!
Post-wedding days are Recovery Sundays at the House of Fielding. These are the days when the cat is glad to have company after being “abandoned” for an eternity (Saturday), and I eat wedding favours for breakfast.
I’m supposed to finish filing my taxes right now, but I’m editing photos instead. That should tell you something.
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April 28, 2012 by Gail
And to round out the evening (or start off the morning?) is an auto-reply tweet from a bot. Welcome to 2012, where the previous sentence actually makes sense.
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April 26, 2012 by Gail
three musketeers
Guess what I’m doing right now? If you guessed lying on a beach listening to the surf, adjacent to a sangria and an assistant who’s editing all my photos, *BINGO* you just read my wishful thinking. Delete all but the last four words, is more like it. I’m on my third editing project this week and I have a wedding on Saturday, so I doubt I’ll come up for air until next week month. In the meantime, I’m going to post an album that’s 99% finished and set aside for now, with lots of photos to look at (currently 105 if you have the guest pass, 61 if you don’t).
I’ve included some of my favourite pics here, starting with the one up top, which includes Marin’s oldest friend in Toronto — a momentous occasion since it’s going back something like 20 years, from the university days.
this is what surprised looks like
you can never have too much cake!
Buying these number balloons was one of the best ideas I had for decorating the party room, along with splurging for helium. Did you know that helium prices are *pun alert* on the rise? Despite the cost, the number balloons made such great props, and they’re reusable! Can you believe my original plan to make the pinata was to papier-mache these? I had to completely give up that idea since they were just TOO BIG.
There was, however, one partygoer who wasn’t particularly impressed with the balloons:
I give it another six months and he’ll be chasing after them.
As per usual, the album is best viewed as a full-screen slideshow (the only way to see all the photos; you’ll need a guest pass if you’re not in my Flickr list), or as thumbnails, or view a selection in the smaller slideshow below:
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April 25, 2012 by Gail
The Heavy-Duty Editing continues unabated, interrupted only by eating, sleeping, afternoons at The Firm, and laundry. Oh, and the Turning 40 Plan in progress. Not much downtime here at the House of Fielding, but it’s a good kind of busy.
Hope you’re enjoying spring, too. It’s good to see colour back in the city and in my walking-home pics. This week marks 10 months of walking home!
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April 24, 2012 by Gail
tofu, or as my friend calls it, "edible plastic"
Let’s face it, fat tastes good. This is a problem, because if you take the fat out of your food, it just doesn’t taste the same. Take butter, for example. Is there any real substitute? I think not.
I’m a fan of tofu, but I forget most of the time that it exists. It’s usually tucked away somewhere in a corner of the grocery fridge so I walk right by it. But it pays to enjoy tofu, not just for economic reasons (how can you beat $1.49 for about half a kilo?). Tofu is also a decent meat substitute if you want to pad your dish with protein that’s low in calories, high in calcium, low in fat and has zero cholesterol.
“Tofu tastes like plastic,” my friend opines. But I cooked him up a tofu stir fry one night with red thai curry paste and he actually liked it. “See? You just need to experiment.”
I can't seem to cook without onions. Sorry, Helma!
spice up your life
Well, I tried an experiment with some tikka masala spices I’d bought, but this experiment fell a little flat. The spices were good, but I ran out of tomatoes, I had to sub the lemon juice for some leftover calamansi powder from my cookie-making spree, I had no cilantro, I’m out of cream, and my natural yoghurt is from skim milk, not full fat. It’s not really tikka masala without tomatoes, but the one thing I feel makes a huge difference is cilantro. If you’re a cilantro person (there are only two kinds of people in this world, people who love cilantro and people who hate it), you’ll know what I’m talking about.
Can’t blame the tofu this time. Next time: cilantro, tomatoes, ultra-natural yoghurt.
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April 23, 2012 by Gail
The House of Fielding on a chilly Monday evening
You know what comes after a Mega-Shooting Weekend, two weekends in a row? Hardcore Editing Week, that’s what. I’m buried up to my eyeballs in RAW files waiting to be processed. So while you are probably disappointed in Old Man Winter making an unexpected return to the GTA, I’m not! (I half-Bixi’ed, half-walked home in that windy mess, too.) I will be planted in this very spot at the computer screen for days and nights to come.
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April 22, 2012 by Gail
me on a day pass, haha
Behind a camera I can get quite bossy.
I made them change a bunch of times.
These guys Work Out A Lot.
You know, I can think of much worse ways to spend a Sunday, even if it’s 9+ hours of shooting after 4 hours of sleep. As you can tell by now, my brain is a little fried (and my camera wrist is sore) after the last 48 crazy hours.
I won’t be able to post any of today’s photos for a while, so you’ll just have to, um, use your imagination until then. That’s what I had to do when I was told about this shoot!
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April 22, 2012 by Gail
After reviewing all the pictures I took at The Bachelorette Party, which wasn’t many compared to what I ordinarily shoot because I was much too distracted this time, I’ve decided this is the only picture I can show. For now.
If you’ve been to a bachelorette party, you’ll know why. Lots of things going on. Attendees are busy participating. Stuff happening.
So, yeah. This pic was taken at the end of the night, at Cafe Awtash on College Street.
Part 3 of the weekend is coming up in a precious few hours, so I’d better get some sleep.
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April 21, 2012 by Gail
This was why I had to keep the pictures below hush-hush. The party was Friday night and I feel like I’m still recovering from it!
building a pinata
finished pinata
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April 20, 2012 by Gail
You know you’re getting old when you are at the same time relieved it’s Friday, yet bracing yourself for the weekend’s activities. I’m going to need some fortification for the next four days, maybe it’s time I introduced myself to this thing called Red Bull.
The photo above was taken yesterday on the way home, in front of the ritzy Ritz-Carlton Hotel. Pop by if you find yourself in the area — there are some gorgeous yellow blooms there in the form of tulips and daffodils.
You might’ve noticed people wearing daffodil pins and buying daffodils recently. That’s because it’s daffodil time, a month to show your support for people living with cancer.
In related news, I just had my first mammogram today at Princess Margaret Hospital, a place I drive to every week to deliver patients who are in treatment. After participating in two cancer research studies there and driving patients there for nearly two years, it was a strange feeling to be there for a screening. It’s worth it, though, for peace of mind.
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