Are you watching season 3 of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt? Every time Amy Sedaris is on the screen, portraying ditzy, fairweather friend socialite Mimi Kanasis, I laugh. Here she is, in action: Mimi is, without a doubt, my favourite part of the show. And it reminds me, this weekend I also saw a review of David…
Eons ago, we watched Ali Wong’s standup routine on Netflix, Baby Cobra. Without giving too much away, she had some funny parts (I thought) about wanting to leave the workforce. “Housewives” she said, “are geniuses.” I laughed, very hard. (Z not so much.) Around that time, I’d also had a conversation with a couple of…
Hang on guys – a lot of the best pieces I’ve read lately have been very heavy. Recently, some great writing on slavery and domestic abuse: My Family’s Slave, in The Atlantic, was an excellent look at modern slavery, which is more common than you’d hope. As Alice Su wrote of the piece: “He uncovers…
Have you been watching Catastrophe? I love almost everything Sharon Horgan’s character wears. Love! So chic, yet playful. And lots of prints! Here’s the season 3 trailer: I’ve managed, with a great deal of internet sleuthing, to find a few of her outfits… Exhibit A: She doesn’t stick to one kind of print – she’ll…
We went for a walk last weekend, and saw hundreds of little crabs – some of them were likely babies or newly hatched, and some were likely hermit crabs. Here’s a video of a couple of the ones I saw, as a reminder: get out there and enjoy nature!
Tower is a largely animated documentary, telling about the 1966 mass shootings from the Tower at the University of Texas, Austin, considered the first mass campus murder in America. It’s less about school shootings in general, and almost not at all about the killer, and instead about the victims and events of the day, as…
Driving home from dinner last night, Z noticed a particularly erratic driver behind us, in a little Volkswagen Golf. Z: “Oh man, he has California plates. Not from around here.” On Sundays, the right lane of many busy streets in Vancouver becomes a parking lane – you can’t stop there during the week, but evenings…
Are you going to a wedding this year? Between us, Z and I have made all the wedding gift etiquette mistakes you can make. Some years, I’ve been flat broke, and given barely anything. Other years, I’ve been more than generous. Once, I went too big at the shower and then not big enough at…
Our pride and joy turned 7 this week. 7! Which is roughly 54, in dog years. This past year, he’s slowed down. While he still loves running and fetching, after a long walk in the woods chasing sticks, he needs time to recover, and his hips are stiff for at least a day after. We’re thinking…
As usual, I’ve had the general feeling that I’ve been “letting myself go” lately. I tend to feel this way every couple of weeks, depending on my schedule and what I’ve been focussing on. Taking care of yourself requires energy and regular attention, you know? There’s no “setting and forgetting” your personal grooming, alas. In…
