Category: Review
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All About That Stretch—Parenting & Paper Towels
I won’t skimp on paper plates, toilet paper or paper towels. Clearly I’m rather particular about my paper products. We all have our things. Our new favourite paper product? Viva Vantage—a new brand of premium paper towel being introduced to Canada. They’re all about the stretch, ‘bout that stretch… which means, no trouble. They also…
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A Family Hairstory
I am beautiful. At least this is the message I try to model for my daughter. However, when my head is dotted with dry broken hairs, spiking out from my crown, I feel more like a cactus than a beautiful woman. I envy my daughter’s downy mane and I can’t help but stroke it…
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Parallel Parking Paranoia Isn’t Pretty
I’ve been actively avoiding parallel parking since my driver’s test in 1986 when I grazed* the curb during the parking component. I’ve had PTSD—Parking-Trauma Stress Disorder—ever since. I’ll drive around the block seven times in an attempt to find a spot wide enough for me to pull straight in. Parallel parking is for Europeans in…
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Super Simple Summer Fun
As Canadians we spend a lot of time indoors. This past winter was especially brutal. Spring arrived just in the nick of time because the Thornburys were getting dangerously close to a “The Shining” situation. Rum—good. Red rum—bad. My kids have been itching to get outdoors and back to nature and that’s exactly what…
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Fruit Flies and Chicken Thighs
This time of year, fruit flies come a callin’ and fruit bowls across the country play host to these uninvited guests. Where do they come from? These little PITAS have a nose for produce and can smell a ripe piece of fruit (or a glass of Pinot Grigio) from miles away. And, since these…