by ARossier | Mar 21, 2016
Today on the blog our special guest writer, author Ariel Lawhon, writes about her new novel, Flight of Dreams. Like many people, I have long been familiar with the iconic photos of the Hindenburg’s destruction. The zeppelin, with its nose in the air, spewing flames,...
by ARossier | Mar 7, 2016
Now that Christmas is behind us for another year, it might be time to laugh at ourselves and how tricky those family get-togethers can sometimes be. The Coopers certainly have a time of it in his heartwarming and hilarious new movie with an all-star cast. With her...
by ARossier | Feb 29, 2016
Waste not One of my husband’s New Years Resolutions was to avoid wasting food as much as possible. Our aim, for the shopping day, is for the fruit bowl to be empty and the vegie crisper to only contain vegetables that you could eat (not drink). He’s not too bad at it,...
by ARossier | Feb 22, 2016
Lately in my Facebook newsfeed, I’ve been seeing lots of pics and posts about bento boxes. Do you know what a “bento” is? Basically it’s just a Japanese lunch box, but like so many things, the Japanese have turned it into an art form. The idea is that fresh, healthy...
by ARossier | Feb 15, 2016
Best friends. They make the good times better and the hard times bearable. And they deserve to be celebrated, like in Miss You Already, the Drew Barrymore/Toni Collette movie that is about to be released to own on digital, Blu-Ray and DVD. Our friends at eOne are...
by ARossier | Feb 8, 2016
Summer is such a great time to kick back and read – but don’t forget there’s a long weekend looming too, so if you’re feeling overwhelmed and gloomy you can always put these on the reading list for Easter. The Marble Collector – Cecelia Ahern This wasn’t one I’d...
by ARossier | Feb 1, 2016
For the first five apps we recommend, see here. 6. Learn a language By far the best thing around at the moment to help you learn a language is Duolingo. It’s completely free (doesn’t even have ads), and a brilliant tool for picking up Spanish, French, German, Italian,...
by ARossier | Jan 25, 2016
Every year around this time I provide a list of apps and programs to help you with your New Year’s Resolutions. After all, there’s no better way to procrastinate than to get the right tools to help us with our resolve ;). But in all seriousness, having a little extra...
by ARossier | Jan 19, 2016
Ideas for TV series to binge on Usually over summer the husband and I catch up on movies (formerly video rentals, or the Sunday Night Movie, then DVDs, then rented through the iTunes store or Google Play or similar). I find it hard to get excited about a movie or TV...
by ARossier | Dec 21, 2015
Our blog will be taking a break for the holidays but we’ll be back in January, so stay tuned for more reviews, competitions, recipes, articles and more in 2016! Meantime we’d like to warmly wish you a happy and peaceful holiday.