On a cold but sunny spring day we piled into the car and drove up to Bruce’s Mills Conservation Area, one of the sites for the Sugarbush Maple Syrup Festival on the outskirts of Toronto. When we were tykes, our mom would stuff us into the car and take us to the springtime maple syrup […]
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Marimekko Spring/Summer 2015
It’s no secret that I love Marimekko. It’s been so cold here in Toronto – it feels like -30 C with the windchill. So what better way to keep warm than dream of warmer days with Marimekko’s spring and summer 2015 collection? I just found Marimekko’s spring and summer 2015 collection photos via Pinterest. It seems […]
Canadian Design: Senay Studio
I saw the beautiful painted pillowcases of Senay Studio at the spring One of a Kind Show in Toronto earlier this year. Senay is a textile designer whose beautiful, wistful designs are digitally printed on cotton, linen or silk pillowcases. I love the above birdies, which remind me of the little robin from the The […]
Road Trips: Providence, Rhode Island
I had never been to Rhode Island before, but we had to stay somewhere on our way to Cape Cod, and we decided…why not historic Providence! Not only is it home to the Rhode Island School of Design, it also the home of Brown University. We wandered around the College Hill and Wayland areas, looking […]
Ruby Red Rhubarb and Strawberry Crumble
Rhubarb is a sour, pinkish green spring vegetable that cooks down into a delicious pink or red compote. It used to grow in our mother’s garden when we were kids, and we couldn’t resist taking a bite of the puckeringly sour stalks (just stay away from the leaves, which are poisonous). Once June rolls around, we […]