1. Cross Chair; 2. Decorative Ball; 3. Osaka Accent Table; 4. Master Chair; 5. Silhouette Floor Lamp; 6. Lexington Sofa; 7. Chicago Bookcase. Like Umbra, Structube is a design store that I’ve seen all over and assumed it was an American company. Sometimes I like to be wrong! Structube was actually founded in Montreal, Quebec in 1974 […]
Author: Meinhilde
Grilled Nectarines with Cheese
I made these when I was kitchen staff at a summer camp in Algonquin Park. At the end of two months of camp, the kids and most of the staff left for home. I stayed to help the chef prepare food for ‘post-camp,’ where head staff would finish up work, maintenance would be done, and […]
Pig Roast at the Queen City Yacht Club
Our aunt invited us to the annual pig roast, hosted by the Queen City Yacht Club on Toronto Island. The event is held every Labour Day weekend, but Ryan and I didn’t go last year because we spent the weekend at Sauble Beach with friends. We were happy to attend this year, though! There were two […]
Summertime is…Peach Iced Tea!
In Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the compound we lived on had a massive, outdoor, Olympic-sized swimming pool. There weren’t many kids on our compound, so whenever we would go swimming, the pool would be quite empty…there might have been a few nurses tanning themselves. Since most of the year the weather was 45 C and sunny, […]
Canadian Design: True Patriot Grub by Cindy Scaife
Why is it that I love art depicting food so much? During August’s Pedestrian Sunday in Kensington Market, Tomiko, Donatello, and I took a look at the Kensington Market Art Fair. It was just a small affair in an empty lot that runs from 12-7pm on Pedestrian Sundays, but there were quite a few stunning […]