Remember when we used to get news from around the world? About all kinds of different issues? Is there still a functioning world out there? I’m starved for news on Harry and Meghan (well, not really, but you know what I mean), or what is the latest scientific evidence on cancer-causing teas or breakfast cereal. What’s happening in Europe? Is Brigitte Macron still wearing her…
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Baroness von Sketch: Catch it while you can. That’s an order!
The good news is that the new season of Baroness von Sketch Show starts this week on Tuesday, October 6th on CBC. Check your guide for local times. The bad news is this is their fifth and final season. If you haven’t been following this hilarious half-hour sketch comedy show by four brilliant Canadian women, then, where have you been? Living in a cave? Get…
What this boomer learned from the September 2020 issue of Vogue magazine
The September issue of Vogue magazine is traditionally a really big deal. It’s so prized, so anticipated, so revered that in 2009 an entire documentary film was created specifically in its honour called, what else, The September Issue. And, for the past seven years that I’ve been blogging, I’ve penned an annual bitchy critique of Vogue’s September Issue. The 2020 edition arrived discreetly in my mailbox recently…
Take a trip to rural France without leaving home
With all the restrictions on travel these days, some of us may be feeling the pinch of not being able to take vacations we’d saved and planned for before COVID-19 hit. My friends Debbie and Terry had to cancel a gourmet cooking expedition to Tuscany. I had to cancel a writing retreat in Paris. We can get a bit of relief watching Rick Steeves on…
I went to the mall and got homesick!
The indirect fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic hit me in a very peculiar way this week. I went to Sherway Gardens in Toronto to pick up some winter socks and slippers and decided to grab a bite of lunch in the second-floor food court. Many of the tables and chairs have been removed so it’s easy to physically distance. As I sat there enjoying my…
Linda Grant gives us permission to love fashion and helps us understand its value
Ten years ago Linda Grant wrote a book called The Thoughtful Dresser, The Art of Adornment, the Pleasures of Shopping, and Why Clothes Matter, which gives us permission to enjoy being fashionable without being burdened by the guilt and sin of vanity. Grant’s book was recommended by Sue Burpee in her High Heels in the Wilderness fashion blog which is an excellent resource for baby boomer…