In the spirit of ice-cold toes and all of the giving that goes on during this month, Barb Mulrooney—a friendly face you might recognize from Julien’s Bakery’s stall at the Seaport Farmers‘ Market (1209 Marginal Road)—is holding her second annual sock drive for Shelter Nova Scotia and the Mobile Outreach Street Health program this Saturday, […]
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Oh snow you didn’t
Ice crystals, better known as snowflakes, make for a whimsical winter tale—but this is one fable founded in cold hard fact. Apart from perpetuating Canadianisms and a subconscious love of holiday commercialism, snow is complicated, close to home and, of course, icy cool. “It’s a story of many facets,” says snowflake specialist Kenneth Libbrecht, professor […]
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The nog whisperer
Egg nog is a weird and wonderful thing. Basically a drinkable custard, the milk-sugar-egg mixture—which, in carton form, contains a serious lack of eggs—traditionally exists mostly as a way to make drinking spiced rum at all hours of the day acceptable, and more recently to transform the traditional latte into a religious experience. But it’s […]
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Present sense: local gift ideas
1 The BFF The rad, and radical, creations of Taylor Made come from the hands of Anna Taylor, who aims to “empower, encourage and softly redefine norms” with her work. She freehand embroiders great things like Not Sorry, Feel No Shame and Fuck This Shit onto hand-dyed fabrics, and you can find her work at […]
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Rappers unwrapped
CAM SMITH This is going to sound so corny but when I was in high school I documented every day of December in a notebook and gave it to my then-girlfriend. Here comes the icing on top of the cake—I left Christmas Day blank and included a pen so we could fill it in together. […]
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Tis the season at city council
[Image-1] “The councillor’s heart is in the right place. I think this isn’t the spot for action.” —Darren Fisher “I wasn’t part of what happened in the past. I am part of what this council does in the future.” —Steve Craig ”Was that something we discussed while I was out?” —Mayor Savage NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS […]
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Christmas by the Sea sails away
Lynne and Michael Pierce have spent 27 years helping shoppers count down the days until Christmas at their shop Christmas by the Sea (1880 Hollis Street), which made its beginnings in Saint John in the mid-’80s. “It was a perfect storm,” says Michael Pierce, who says a rough couple of years in combination with a […]
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Loo Loo Loo, Loo-Loo
cool dad This Sunday December 12, the CBC Radio 2 program Inside the Music will be airing a documentary called “Good Grief It’s Serendipity Vince Guaraldi: The Making of the Charlie Brown Christmas Album.” In the doc, legendary percussionist Jerry Granelli travels back to San Francisco and shares stories of playing on that legendary album, […]
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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…
So there are “holiday” wreaths up on the street lights in downtown Dartmouth. I thought that it was in bad form to put up Christmas crap before Halloween. This must be a mistake.The grinch
