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Kool Brew Coffee
In other news from The Shed, their canned coffee, Kool Brew, is now available. It’s potent stuff: enough to share over an afternoon with someone you love.The Shed
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Orderly Clutter
We all have all sorts of business ideas, never executed, buzzing around in our heads. “Turo, but for dogs,” and the like.One of mine, long-standing, has been a bookstore that only sells 10 books. I...
View ArticleDave on the Bus
In today’s edition of The Quack, Dave writes about public transit on PEI:My teens love the bus now. All of them. And mostly because it’s free for them.We are so lucky in Charlottetown to have this...
View ArticleAnn in the bigs
My friend Ann hit the big time, with a mention of her cabbage cookbookin The New York Times.Proceeds from the book fund the Little Free PantryBlooming House; I’m hopeful that the influx of purchases...
View ArticleOptimistic
Bruce shares a story of a corner-turn with a pleasant twist.Bruce is the most curious and well-read person I know: this tale is but one example of how his curiosity has taken him interesting places.
View ArticleSundae
At the dairy bar last night after supper:“I’d like peanut butter ice cream with chocolate and toffee sauce, please,” I ordered. “Do you want just the ice cream with those sauces, or do you want a...
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Unfinished Bumble Comic
Started last August. Never completed. In retrospect, rather true. BumbleComix
View ArticleKatherine Says Goodbye
Katherine Burnett tells the history of Lady Baker’s Tea as she passes the business on to new ownership:I was only a year into my single life after 35 years of marriage. I had relocated to Prince Edward...
View ArticleVivian Turns 100
Thelma’s mother turned 100 yesterday and Thelma wrote a lovely tribute to her and to the event, one that brings tears to my eyes.
View ArticleMontrose Intersection Realignment
From time to time a press release comes over the wire with a title that screams “this should be the name of my progressive rock band.”Today’s Montrose Intersection Realignment is once such...
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Khoaw Pon Class Act
My favourite takeout lunch order is from Khoaw Pon: basil stir fry with shrimp and cashews. Today I ordered it by delivery, as I was working and didn’t want to get out of the zone. The order took...
View ArticleAn Elegy for Nimrods'
Nimrods’ announced on Facebook this week that it’s closing its Stratford location:Hello!My name is Jesse and I co-own nimrods with my good friend Nigel and we have important news to tell you. Sunday...
View ArticleHow to Podcast in the Modern Era
Matt Haughey, who has been helpfully publicly digital for a delightfully long time, just published an update to a 2011 blog post about podcasting: A less exhausting guide to podcasting in 2022.Other...
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Naïve Melody
An unexpected late night beer on the patio at Craft Beer Corner. Reading newly-arrived Holo 3.Craft Beer Corner
View ArticleVictoria Park Pool
Until last week I’d never swum in the Victoria Park Pool, the public swimming pool operated by the City of Charlottetown that’s an easy cycle from my house (and an easier cycle still from Lisa’s).I’d...
View ArticleThree Calls to the Lazyweb
Three things I need help from the lazyweb for:Flat Light SwitchI have a light switch for a half-bath that a pantry door opens into. It is a low-profile “decorator” light switch, but the profile is...
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NO THING
My favourite installation at Art in the Open this year was Sandi Hartling’s NO THING. I took a vertical panorama of it:Art in the Open
View ArticleEveryone is Failing
In Failblog, Bethany writes:You don’t see when I stay up late night after night trying to catch up and not making it. Or when I fail to be there for a friend, or let down my family. Or when I don’t...
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