Here’s hoping the rain stays away for this year’s Open City. Dozens of local businesses are providing good eats and store sales, so you may need to do some running around to get the most of it. The full schedule is on the I Love Local (HFX) website. I honed in on several of my […]
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Ten weekend picks that are better than Netflix
10 Halifax Record Fair Saturday Music lovers can get their hands on some hot (and cool, and rare!) wax at this shopping session filled with over 40 tables of LPs and 45s. 9 Craft Beer Week Full House Friday // Saturday Start training now for this marathon session that features over 25 local brews! 8 […]
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Alexa Pope turns two
Halifax-based, internationally-visited online shop Alexa Pope is all about girl power. As a trio of businesswomen with backgrounds in fashion, business and photography, these style mavens believe in following your dreams, finding your passion in life and seeing your vision come alive. Marianne Thompson, Melissa Marchand and Lauren Wambolt of Alexa Pope will be hosting […]
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Open City 3.0: Eight things I want to eat
Tomorrow marks round three of I Love Local’s annual Open City festivities and my god there’s a lot of fun and flavour to choose from. People are making spread sheets to organize how in heaven’s name they can see, taste, feel it all! It’s intense, and very necessary. With a list of 143 happenings it’ll […]
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ShopTalk visits the Hydrostone
If you judge this book by its cover, the Hydrostone Market is a page- turner. Steeped in history and soaked in style it looks good, yes—so good that when Mother’s Pizza went up, it used the original row of shops for design inspiration—but this wee shopping district feels good, too. The tight-knit strip of boutiques, […]