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I know October feels early to start talking about the Holidays, but the truth is….it’s never too early to start planning! 😉 For the past two years we have published a Simple Local Life Holiday Gift Guide, and it’s something we love and really look forward to. Our goals are to help smaller independent producers …
We are so fortunate here on the South Shore to have farmers markets in many of our towns and communities. For a lot of people on the South Shore it has become part of their weekly routine to stop at the local market, chat with the growers and vendors and come home with their baskets …
I’ve wanted to go on the Magic Winery Bus Tour for years. A drive through the beautiful Annapolis Valley compete with a double-decker bus that picks you up and drops you off at various wineries….what’s not to love! This spring when tickets came on sale, I sent a message to my girlfriends and asked who …
You learn a lot from travelling the country and talking to people. Especially when your road trip involved a boler camper covered in photos and your mission was to get people to move to a new area. That was the last years huge project for Now Lunenburg County. Out of that, came the realization that they …
There’s something about the music from the fifties that I love. Frank Sinatra, The Drifters, Chuck Barry…it’s that “feel good” music that brings you back to a simpler time. Now, imagine walking into a 50’s style diner, playing all those classic tunes…it would be almost impossible not to feel good and enjoy yourself! Throw on …
We’re continuing along with our South Shore Farmers Markets series, after profiling Lunenburg and Bridgewater, we are venturing down to Queens County and the lovely Privateer Farmers Market in Liverpool. The day I stopped in to take some photos and have a visit, was actually during Privateer Days, so things were bustling and made for a …
There’s just something about a Farmers Market held on the Main Street of a town. Community gathering and chatting over coffee and breakfast, enjoying live music and picking up their locally produced produce and goods. Welcome to the Bridgewater Farmers Market, which operates every Saturday from June to October on King Street in Bridgewater, at …
There is just something about a farmers market. The chance to chat and connect with the people who are growing your food or preparing your goods. The community feeling of greeting your friends and neighbours, sharing a coffee, or having a chance to catch up and share. There are a pretty special place. We are …
If you would have told Chanelle Jefferson a few years ago that her first book was going to be a cookbook, she may have laughed, still this Concordia student is set to launch her first book, My Nova Scotia Cookbook, later this week. From the time she was young, Chanelle Jefferson had always enjoyed painting, …
I see them popping up on my Facebook feed regularly this time of year…summer jobs…and in particular summer student jobs. Yes…it’s not all beach trips and ice cream…summer is also a great time for students to gain valuable skills and also of course save some money for their continuing education. Good news…there are lots of places…right …