The Paper Shop I’m smitten at first sight when I walk into Il Papiro. I found it first in Pisa (notice what is reflected in the photo of the shop entrance) but it has a few shop locations outside of Italy as well. Paper knows no boundaries It was lovely to meet Julia, who was working […]
Collection of Italian mailboxes
I’ve been snapping my way through Italy with my camera. In fact, a slight obsession has emerged — it would seem I have a thing for mail boxes. So, here are a smattering of my favorites. Which one do you like best? Do you have a favorite mailbox of your own? Send me a picture […]
Postcards from the Vatican
Postcards a plenty Even if you don’t send mail anymore, I think it would be hard to argue that receiving a postcard with the Vatican stamp and postmark would be pretty darn cool. And so, in our travels in the history rich city of Rome, we did the typical touristy thing and bought some postcards […]
Stuck in a rut? 4 ideas to run it out of town.
Eclectic is good Last month I attended a TEDxYYC TED talk at the Jubilee Auditorium here in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. I have always wanted to attend a TED (Technology, Education and Design) Talk so I jumped at the chance and subtly (flat out requested) that tickets would make a great birthday gift. I went by myself […]