The Good Lovelies

I first heard the Good Lovelies a couple of years ago when I joined my friend Teresa for their show during the In the Dead of Winter festival in Halifax in 2009. These ladies were fun and their music joyful. The Company House hosted them again last Tuesday, October 26th.


(photo found here)

The show was again a two-set night of hilarious stories (they must practice beforehand, they're so well-timed and funny) and heart-swellingly uplifting songs. I've never thought of myself as a bluegrass fan, but if this is bluegrass, I am.

These last days of October

bring early nights and cold, cold wind. But there's still some time for the kids down the street to get some sidewalk chalking in before winter sets in.

The Khyber Side

By Michelle SaintOnge

Sartorialist Archive

(found here: January 12, 2007)


(found here: September 12, 2006)

The Wilderness of Manitoba

The Wilderness of Manitoba played at the Company House for the Halifax Pop Explosion last Thursday. I told everyone I knew about the show and brought along as many friends as we could fit into our taxi. Other friends who'd already seen them spread the word as well. I've seen them play a couple of times already and am invariably moved by how beautiful they sound:



They played with Acres & Acres, Christina Martin, and Erin Costelo.

[Full disclosure: Melissa Dalton of WOM and I have been friends for nearly 20 years]

Sartorialist Archive

(found here: November 26, 2007)


(found here: January 24, 2007)

Needle Roll Redux

Kate is a good friend, who happens to be a fellow knitter. She visited me while I was living in Toronto this summer and, among other things, we went to Lettuce Knit. She picked up a needle roll and might have bought it, but I offered to make her one for her birthday if she a) promised not to buy herself one and b) forgot that I offered. She turned 25 last week. So, using bespoke uprising fat quarters, I made one for her this afternoon. Thankfully we're celebrating her birthday tomorrow. Otherwise, I'd be late.