I once read that in order to function at our best, people should perform activities that engage both the right and left hemispheres of the brain. I don’t think it meant that we needed to do both at the same time (like the stories we’ve all heard of surgeons who have music playing in the…
Tag: Art
Le Château de Versailles
Although November is technically considered “low season” for tourism in Paris, it’s still mobbed with visitors, though perhaps the line-ups move a little bit faster than they do in high season. The château de Versailles was busy as ever on the day that C and I visited. Several big tour groups arrived around the same…
Vous êtes du quartier? *
In the last 24 hours, 3 strangers have stopped C and me to ask for directions. My favourite request came from an elderly woman early this morning as we were walking to the Louvre (two hours later than we had planned, thanks to jet lag and over-sleeping). She asked, “excusez-moi, vous êtes du quartier? Je cherche la rue…”. She was…
Handmade
I’m a complete nerd when it comes to “handmade” anything, whether it’s a ceramic pomegranate made in Jerusalem, or a table cloth with lace accents made in Italy, or a cotton scarf dyed and sewn in Toronto. I am so easily charmed by anything that is not mass-produced of cheap materials and shoddy workmanship. In Nunavut,…
MEMORIES LIE... 