Does this weather get you thinking about sunnier places and warmer times? I've been remembering a big summer house we visited regularly in the 1990s, that relaxed comfortably in a mature landscape on the Atlantic coast near Chester, Nova Scotia. Our friend Joanne was a friend of the owner's family, and would rent the house…Read More

Recently the design for the redevelopment of the old World Trade and Convention Centre was presented to the city's Design Review Committee. My attention was attracted by the proposed changes to the facade facing Duke Street, because interesting designs for steep east/west streets in downtown Halifax have long been a challenge to architects. Pedestrians are often trudging…Read More

Today, a post about some businesses that created stories, bad and mostly good, that I like to tell. VW lied to us Buying a new car is not our favourite activity but last time, in 2015, Sheila was clear that a nimble, VW Golf, with their new, clean, diesel engine was it. As an ad…Read More