August 8 I bought a small terrarium last weekend. Basically it’s a small glass bowl that has a little garden inside of it. The first thing I said when I saw it was: how hard is it to kill this? (because if it is easy to kill, I inevitably will). The answer was that it […]
July 17 Although I am incredibly excited by the abundance of fresh, cheap berries available all over the place, I have been enjoying the peaches even more. Whenever I bite into the perfect, juicy peach I always think of the Seinfeld episode where Kramer goes beserk for Mackinaw peaches. I think that in some ways, […]
July 6 I lived in London for about a year and, by far, my favorite part of the city was all of the amazing markets. When I left, it was definitely the thing that I missed the most (other than the people of course!). Beyond the amazing food that you could buy, the best thing […]
July 2 I’ve never lived anywhere where the possibility of a natural disaster was a regular thing. I think that it would be absolutely terrifying to live in a place where wild fires or tornados were a yearly occurrence, so the flooding here in Calgary was definitely a new experience. It’s crazy to think that […]