Good Feet Moment #112: Toe Shoes

For years I danced ballet, and for years have secretly mourned the decision to stop. My silver sandals pictured here on a surprise visit to the National Ballet of Canada where I relished in the world premier of Aszure Bartons's "Watch Her." I could hardly breathe while watching it was just too painfully beautiful. The dancers were impeccable, not a finger out of place, the costumes reminded me of Prada in New York City, and every move was drenched in fantastic emotion. This choreographer is definitely one to follow, admire, obsess over.

Good Find #25: A + J + Glass + Ceramic = pretty

The perfect combination from a duo of artists: one part glass, one part ceramic = A+J Creations. I chanced upon this artist at the Interior Design Show Montreal and immediately wanted the entire collection. The mortar and pestle pieces are the perfect example of their winning combination. Pictured here, this piece started as a simple white ceramic vase, add a drop of glass on top to cover the opening and it goes from practical vase to showcase.

Good Food Moment #71: Mystery Fruit, March 2009

It was a common cold rainy morning when I found fruit in my path to work. Two separate days, same canal edge, different fruit. Someone else's good food moment. Any city, like Amsterdam, can surprise you if your eyes are open to it.  

Good Food Moment #154?: Sprouts for breakfast?

Q got this from the St. Lawrence Market today. I am reluctant to touch it. He tells me it's Arugula sprouts and you're meant to trim off the tops, throw them into your salad and enjoy. I tell him we have a chia-pet growing in our fridge. What do you think?

Good Find #27: Wind beneath me

French artist Emilie Faif makes beautiful mixed media installations. Her "paysage" puts me in that lightened state that comes and goes throughout the day. My favorite part is when the fabric slowly looses itself as the air turns off- proving their interdependence. 

Fine, don't buy me!

I originally posted this basket table for sale on Craigslist because I couldn't stand the sight of it anymore. I was asking for a measly $30 and it just wouldn't go! So what the heck I moved it with me, slapped on a coat of white paint and now I can stand it again. I'm quite happy with it actually.

Turning Junk into White Gold

Got this old solid wood cabinet delivered to me off Craigslist for $35 (including delivery charge.) It came from an uber paranoid couple who were frantically leaving Toronto to escape the inevitable plague that would be H1N1. They left for a safe place they wished not to divulge. For some reason I picture the witch's house in Hansel and Gretel in the middle of a deep forest. But back to my story. A fresh coat of white paint makes almost anything look sparkly and new. Because this cabinet had vintage bones it still comes across as second hand, but now in a Queen West art gallery sort of way.

Sand paper, bonding primer, semi-gloss white acrylic and two hours of elbow grease.