Evergreen Festival’s Evergreen Bright City hall, but make it a gingerbread house. Sullivan’s Pond, but make it Disney’s Fantasia. Yup, the downtown holiday shindig Evergreen Fest has done it again, taking beloved Halifax landmarks and glazing them in enough holiday lights to make for the brightest winters’ eve you’ve ever witnessed. Fill a reusable mug […]
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Shop the city
Over 50 local gift ideas for anyone on your list, at any budget. With online shopping and curbside pickup, you never even have to leave the house. $20 & Under (Left to Right, Top to Bottom) Card $6 Duly Noted Stationery 5431 Doyle Street dulynoted.ca Bird matches $8 Bellissimo Living 2743 Agricola Street bellissimoliving.com Cat ornament $20 Thornbloom […]
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What the pandemic means for a soup kitchen’s holiday meal
Over the past nine months, food banks and shelters have adapted to pandemic regulations. Limited capacity and take-out meals have become the norm. And the holiday season won’t change that. “At first we were quite disappointed, and we really batted around, ‘what do we do?’ But then we thought ‘OK, well if they can’t come […]
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The anti-Amazon in Dartmouth
Amanda Cluett always had a feeling that entrepreneurship was her path. After working years in a government job and raising her three children, she thought, “if I don’t do this, when am I ever going to do it?” and opened Black Bow Gift Co. in June 2019. The company first started out selling pre-made gift […]
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Blocked
QMy boyfriend and I were friends for a couple of years (we’re both 30-year-old gay men), then I stopped travelling around the world and pursued him. We’ve been boyfriends for a year and a half now. We were both happy and we had sex on a regular basis during the first year. I’m more into […]
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In your horoscope: Please come down to earth
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAGITTARIUS (November 22-December 21) “You live best as an appreciator of horizons, whether you reach them or not.” Those words from poet David Whyte would be a perfect motto for you to write out on a piece of paper and tape to your bathroom mirror or your nightstand for the next 30 years. […]
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Add it up
QI’ve always been excited by BDSM, but I’ve only minimally explored this side of myself until very recently. I’m a straight woman and it was difficult to find men who wanted more monogamish relationships on the traditional apps, and a challenge to be honest about what I am looking for where kink is concerned. I’d […]
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In your horoscope: avoid safe and predictable work
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SCORPIO (October 23-November 21) To convey the spirit of the coming weeks, I’m offering you wisdom from two women who were wise about the art of slow and steady progress. First, here’s author Iris Murdoch: “One of the secrets of a happy life is continuous small treats, and if some of these can […]
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There’s something about threesomes. And foursomes.
QWhy are threesomes much more accepted in the popular imagination than foursomes? I was just googling “finding foursomes” and the first result is an article about threesomes that takes for granted that people are looking for MFF. That is a form of heteronormativity, right? I am not judging threesomes, of course, but asking why foursomes are […]
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In your horoscope: family first
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SCORPIO (October 23-November 21) “At every crossroad, be prepared to bump into wonder,” wrote Scorpio poet James Broughton. I believe that’s stirring advice for you to keep in mind during the coming weeks. Broughton’s words inspired me to come up with a corollary for you to heed, as well: “At every turning point, […]
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This senior’s sex drive is just like old times
QI’m a nearly-80 straight male, with undiminished libido. I have no problem with it, just a persistent curiosity. Like, why now? And is it common among us old geezers? Male and female? I’m more sex-obsessed than ever before, including adolescence. Until my sixties, tits were my sexual focus, and other body parts were strictly subsidiary, […]
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In your horoscope: you’re in a limbo zone
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SCORPIO (October 23-November 21) “I hold a beast, an angel and a madman in me,” wrote Scorpio poet Dylan Thomas (1914–1953) in a letter to a friend. That sounds like a lot of energy to manage! And he didn’t always do a good job at it—although he did at times tap into his […]
