Next week, I am going back to summer camp. Yes, you heard me correctly. Next week, Lesley Bishin, age 30, will be at camp, sleeping in a camper’s cabin on girl’s hill. Along with 4 of my oldest friends, I am attending Tamakwa’s 75th anniversary Post camp. I’m as excited as I was when I [...]
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Reintroducing Roots
Loving the new Roots shoe campaign. And of course, I have a soft spot for the tagline...
READ MORE »Ahhhhhhh! Kevin McCallister is 30
When I was 20 the thought of turning 30 made me cringe. I thought life would be over. Like most people at that stage of life, I also thought I knew everything. As Bob Dylan said quite eloquently: “But I was so much older then, I’m younger than that now.” That was before I lived [...]
READ MORE »Killer Queen
I’ve been on a real Queen kick ever since I accidentally came across Queen Rocks Montreal-a show filmed in 1981 at the old Forum- on TV last week. I knew Freddie Mercury was a great performer, but I don’t think I quite understood the magnitude of his presence, and I certainly didn’t know he had [...]
READ MORE »The return of the stored sofa
When I moved into my place – now over two years ago – one half of my sectional sofa ended up in storage. At the time, I was working full time, and my significant other was still in law school, so he took the brunt of the moving responsibilities. He did a great job, with [...]
READ MORE »Suri’s Soiree
This Saturday, March 27, 2010, at 9pm, the Israel Cancer Research Fund is honouring the life of Sarah “Suri” Gonshor at it’s 7th annual new leadership event, aptly titled Suri’s Soiree. This is an occasion which is very close to my heart, not only because the funds go towards eradicating cancer, but because it is [...]
READ MORE »Bishin speaks for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation
Each year, thousands of Canadians of all ages and from all walks of life unite to participate in the Run. Their reasons for participating vary, but they all have the same goal; to create a future without breast cancer. You can read about my reasons for participating here. This past November, I was lucky enough [...]
READ MORE »10 Things I Learned about Canada watching the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
Here are 10 Things I Learned about Canada watching the Vancouver Olympic Opening Ceremonies: 1. Buying mechanical items made in Canada is probably not a good idea. While most of the show went off without a hitch, in the final, pivotal moments, an equipment malfunction left one of the final four torchbearers, Catriona LeMay Doan, [...]
READ MORE »Next on CBS: Angry Women
Well, CBS hasn’t botched their late night programming quite as effectively as NBC has, but they’re racking up major idiot points of their own: Next Sunday is the Superbowl, and CBS has come under some serious fire for its decision to air an advertisement by the organization Focus on the Family – who vehemently oppose [...]
READ MORE »Palmer’s Snowboots dance
When it gets very cold, Palmer needs to wear little boots to go outside (otherwise he refuses to walk, and stands with one leg in the air like a tripod). He loves the boots once he’s outside, but everytime we put them on, this is what happens:
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