Category: Totally Random

Happy New Year!

Hey pals – just quick note to say Happy New Year and I hope you enjoyed your holidays.  It was a total whirlwind for us – a week filled with family, excellent food and drink, and winter colds for everyone. Oh well, such is life with a baby, I guess.

Speaking of the little munchkin – guess who learned how to crawl? She’s so proud of herself and her new skills. She crawls a few feet, and then sits up and claps with joy.  It is beyond adorable.

Later this week I’d like to tell you all about my New Year’s Resolution… but now I’m off to watch the Bachelor with friends. Yep, it’s a guilty pleasure, and I’m not afraid to admit it!

[image above of the Centre Island pier in winter by Flickr user gardinergirl. Part of Torontoist’s roundup of the best photos from 2011]

Happy Holidays!

That’s it for me – I’m officially on holiday, so I won’t be blogging next week.  I’ll be back with regular posts starting January 2.   I hope you have a wonderful holiday break; enjoying good company, eating good food, and getting lots of sleep!

Don’t forget to track Santa as he flies around the world Saturday night…

[image above: Christmas angels and a Santa Claus ride on Segways in Berlin on November 3, 2011. Photo from The Big Picture, c/o Wolfgang Kumm/AFP/Getty Images]

Movies I Want To See Over The Holidays

The Golden Globe nominations were announced yesterday, which reminded me to look and see what movies I’d like to see over the holidays. At the top of my list are The Artist, The Descendants, and The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.  I think I’d also like to see Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (don’t you just love Gary Oldman?  And Colin Firth and Benedict Cumberbatch are in it too), and Carnage (from the Yasmina Reza play God of Carnage).  I see there’s a film version of Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (the extraordinarily amazing book by Jonathan Safran Foer).  I don’t know if I can sit through that one – the book was so great, I’m afraid the movie won’t do it justice.  And I would be a total wreck – bring the Kleenex if you go to that one.

What movies are you excited to see?

Sawdust City Brewing Co.

Ian’s good friend Sam Corbeil is a brewmaster.  Having previously worked at a few breweries (including Mill Street), Sam has moved back to his childhood hometown (Bracebridge, Muskoka) to start up his own brewery, Sawdust City.

They just launched their first beer – Golden Beach Pale Wheat.  They’re working on building a brewpub at the Muskoka Wharf in Gravenhurst, but in the meantime, you can try Sawdust City’s Golden Beach Pale Wheat at the Griffin Gastropub in Bracebridge.  Not heading up north any time soon?  You can have a sip at some of Toronto’s best beer bars – Golden Beach will be on tap at The Only Cafe, Burger Bar, C’est What?, Highway 61, Grapefruit Moon, Bryden’s, and Bar Volo.

Congrats on your first brew, Sam!