Last summer, Sarah Burwash traded one coast for the other. She and two friends drove from British Columbia to Nova Scotia, stretching the trip out over a month and a half by stopping in towns along the way to work on organic farms and making sure to take in landscapes they weren’t familiar with. Though […]
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The expert shopper’s list
Sherry Lynn Jollymore is a Halifax designer. With her label, Fancy Pants (fancy-pantsdesigns.com) she upcycles vintage clothing, reimagining jackets and shirts by applying stenciled rock-related imagery. She went to NSCAD but never finished, though that doesn’t seem to have hurt her career at all. She’s also a veteran of the local retail clothing scene, having […]
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Lost & Found showcases north end art
Right now on exhibit at Lost & Found (2383 Agricola Street, 446-5986) is the works of more than 30 local artists, including Valerie Salez, Chris Foster, Mitchell Wiebe, Cherokee Stoddard, Bethany Riordan Butterworth and Dan Joy. The show’s purpose is to “combine, compare, contrast and enjoy the art of North End Halifax in its many […]
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A Common Angel
To the kind stranger who picked up my phone and ID off the Halifax commons 2 weeks ago and went out of your way to make sure I got them back: Thank you! You are an angel. I hope karma is good to you, I know she will be. Now to whoever found my gold […]
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To the girls who found my iPhone, you rock!
To the girls who found my iPhone in the Sunnyside Mall parking lot: THANK YOU SO MUCH for 1) Not stealing my phone and 2) taking the time to bring my phone inside, drop it at the lotto place and even call my home number to let me know where it was. This makes you […]
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Kindness of Strangers
We went to the Museum of Natural History last Saturday to enjoy their new exhibits and as I was running around with my 5 year-old I set down our silver digital Canon camera somewhere and didn’t notice I didn’t have it until about 30 minutes later. I retraced our steps and had a friend look […]
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Fit for a queen
1. Catherine Popesco vintage reproduction necklace, $119, The Vault. 2. Oh Dina! head piece, $40, Lady Luck Boutique. 3. Jump lace-up pumps, $150, Comfort Zone. 4. Fergie pink sandals, $115, John David Shoes. 5. Gloves of various styles at Elsie’s. 6. Twiggs lace jewellery by Rebekah Higgs, $22-$39, Lost & Found, Biscuit General Store. 7. […]
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Fair leather
1. Chloé comme Parris’s fringe necklaces, coming soon to Clothes Horse. (More CcP leather accessories available at Lost & Found and Clothes Horse.) 2. Reconstructed leather bags by Naiad Clothing in a variety of styles, Boutique Joliette, Naiad Clothing. 3. Reconstructed leather with Orphanage Clothing, available at ProGirl, and for men through orphanageclothing.com. 4. Calfskin […]
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Lost & Found Great Winter Stock Sale
Here at Shoptalk we are desperately looking for signs of spring, and have been genuinely enthused by the regular sunny days of late. Another sign of spring is when the goods of winter drop in price at local retailers like the leaves do in autumn, and we are seeing those sale signs crop up: Lost […]
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Northern lights
King-in-exile of the local music scene, Sloan was the highest-profile band to come out of the mid-’90s Halifax music explosion. Though they’re longtime Toronto scenesters—it even says as much on their website—Sloan often sang of its hometown experience, as on a few key tracks from the 1999 release Between the Bridges. The bridges in question […]
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Go local on Agricola Street
Stretching down from the north end, Agricola Street is a series of pauses, movements and environments. North of Young is the largely residential energy of the Hydrostone, but points south you’ll encounter the dominating presence of the Oland Brewery (3055 Agricola, 453-1867), then the distinguished formality of the antiques district just around Almon. Further south […]
