Story time.
So my family moved to New York City in late 1983, settling in a neighborhood called Rego Park for about four years. In 1988, my parents, deciding that they didn’t want to raise a family in Queens, moved to Toronto, and the rest, as they say, is history.
I will admit that this reflection on […]
April 2006
New York in the 1980s
Building a Better Toronto
Early last week, Mayor David Miller and city council launched a website called Building a Great City, outlining some of council’s achievements over the past three years and detailing the priorities that will be shaping municipal action in the upcoming years.
As easy as it may be to discard this website as a piece of political […]
Canadian Expeditions
I’ll admit, I’m not usually a fan of the travel section of newspapers. I usually skip them over pretty quickly. However, Eye Magazine’s short and well-written travel section seems to have won me over: the articles are short and to the point, and surprisingly topical compared to other travel sections that only write about Europe […]
The Lulu Blooker Prize Celebrates New Forms of Content
The winners of the 2006 Lulu Blooker Prize for Blooks were announced yesterday, and Julie Powell, Zach Miller, and Cherie Priest were judged to be the best in each of their respective categories. Celebrating the best in blooks (books with content that was developed in a significant way from material originally presented on a website), […]