January 20, 2009 New York, NY Just a quick note to say I had the most amazing night … Finally did what I’ve been threatening to do for so long and went to the Opera! It was Orfeo ed Euridice at the Met and it was gorgeous. A little trip to the Underworld in the name of true love was…   see more…

January 18, 2009 New York, NY I’m having a “Rear Window” moment. Remember that scene where Grace Kelly sneaks into Thorwald’s apartment looking for the wedding ring? Just after her and Stella dug up the flower bed trying to find the dog? Thorwald comes home, Grace Kelly hides in the bedroom. James Stewart watches everything through binoculars from his apartment…   see more…

January 1, 2009 New York, NY Bonne Année everyone, from the sweet streets of Soho. Me and my impractical footwear have been braving the icy cityscape and loving it. Rung in the new year in Brooklyn helping out at my friend Juliette’s Shanghai Mermaid speakeasy cabaret extravaganza. Spent most the night running back and forth opening red velvet curtains and trying…   see more…

December 30, 2008New York, NY After a very long drive and more than one adventure I’ve finally arrived in Manhattan! Just succeeded in carrying my entire army of small red bags plus a motherload of musical gear up way too many flights of stairs. .I am so exhausted and I thoroughly surrender. There will be more tales to tell when…   see more…

December 24, 2008 London, ON Gentle Readers and Bestest Friends, Bonsoir from swiftly-melting snowbound suburbia. I’m hiding away in my chamber at the Sweetland ranch, post family bonding and pre sugarplum fairy. Looking up from my nest on the white sheepskin rug I see a sky of glow-in-the-dark stars shining on walls I painted black in grade nine. I’ve spent…   see more…

December 19, 2008 Dalkeith, ON Word up from Sweetlandish Siberia and the frozen glacial fields of Ontario farm heaven. It’s a balmy minus 18 degrees Celsius (That’s zero Fahrenheit my precious Americanos) BEFORE windchill, and dropping! Just in from a trip to town for supplies, hauled some wood and am now snuggling by the fire, waiting for the mother of…   see more…

December 13, 2008 Montreal, QC Ice princess of the North reporting for duty from bitterly frosty Montreal. I decided I needed a night on the town and came in from my warm toasty country lair for some roaming of the unforgiving streets. The recent major ice/snow storm here left roads more than a bit sketchy and driving -not to mention…   see more…

December 9, 2008 Dalkeith, ON Bonjour from the snow-covered countryside of Eastern Ontario. I’ve just come in from a tromp in the beastly storm for a fireside whiskey reward! The snow was up past my knees in parts of the path, and I kept falling over face down into pileloads of powder. There is photographic evidence! I can’t believe I…   see more…

December 6, 2008 Farm Heaven It’s family weekend in farm heaven and all my ladies are here for a wee country vacay. I’ve been reading the Twilight series (like a good little girl) and have been joking that my gal pals are my “vampire family.” Because of my usual need for photographic mayhem I declared it “family portrait night” in…   see more…

November 29, 2008 Toronto, ON It’s been a November bender of fun in the big smoke of Toronto. Came in spontaneously last Thursday to play the Open Door Festival of Music benefit at the Mod Club with Lyndell Montgomery. It was AMAZING! I had so much fun and officially love being a guitar slingin’ sideperson. More please! Stuck around town this…   see more…