January 6, 2013Toronto, ONI’m Home Sweetland Home after my last great adventure … It feels good. Nothing like a tromp out into the wilds of the world to remind you of how much you love your own neighbourhood. I opened one suspicious eye this morning, and then the sweet, comforting clang of church bells across the street reminded me it…   see more…

June 15, 2011  Brooklyn, NY Word up from the heart of sunny downtown Brooklyn! Me, myself and my metro card have been roaming the streets of NYC all week on a bit of a working vacation. I left lovely uber-rural Rappahannock county Virginia and rolled right into the concrete innards of the big city… A bit of a polar shift….   see more…

May 10, 2010 Edison, NJ Nothing says road girl like waking up in a New Jersey Turnpike motel on your birthday. By yourself. But I am happy as can be so long as these directions to Starbucks get me a doppio espresso asap. Driving into NYC this aft, for a haircut, a much-needed manicure and une petite Sweetlandish birthday soirée. Meeting…   see more…

January 24, 2009 New York, NY Happy Chinese New Year! I have to say, I don’t remember ever celebrating this holiday so thoroughly before. Not since the year of my birth came around last … Long live the Year of the Bunny! It may have to do with my current extreme proximity to Chinatown, or the seemingly eternal desire of…   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…

September 22, 2008London, ON Happy Autumnal Equinox everyone! I am back in London, Ontario for a few weeks of puppysitting and recovery from my NYC exploits. Have much photo and video editing work to do during my stay … let’s see how much I get accomplished in the next few weeks! Until then, I promise to be a thousand times…   see more…

November 14, 2007New York City Have been in NYC for a couple days on self-enforced vacation. Been totally off the technological radar and it feels amazing. I’ve been staying with a good friend from high school on the Lower East Side and am headin’ to Brooklyn to see my Little Red Hen Music compadre and brilliant songstress Jan Bell for…   see more…

November 4, 2005New York City Had amazing show last night at the Bitter End with my pal Olivia Maxwell. We rocked the house, man and now I’m going th celebrate by having a couple crazy days in NYC. Today I made my big official pilgrimage uptown to the Menkes store on 54th for purposes of Flamenco shoes and a new…   see more…