Category Archives: Educational

Workshops, courses and crafts that will inevitably remind me why I chose a career working with computers.

Day 104: Casa Batllo.

Posted on June 12, 2012 by LaLa

Have you ever seen those stout, multi-faceted candles made with all kinds of crazy colours and objects mixed throughout the wax?  Sometimes I wonder if watching one burn wasn’t part of what influenced Antoni Gaudi in his architectural style, famous … Continue reading →

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Day 101: Russian Doll Painting Workshop.

Posted on June 9, 2012 by LaLa

You know what time it is – why, Super Saver Saturdays, of course!  Today’s voucher for a Matryoshka Russian doll making workshop (paid $35, retail value $110) took me all the way behind the no-longer-iron curtain, which has apparently moved to near … Continue reading →

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Day 97: Transit of Venus.

Posted on June 5, 2012 by LaLa

How many scientists does it take to… Oh, sorry.  Did you nod off there, or was that just me?  How can a planet as sexy as Venus, with her tempestuous atmosphere be made to sound so predictable and dull as … Continue reading →

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Day 90: Art Battle Toronto.

Posted on May 29, 2012 by LaLa

Tonight, I witnessed the Top Chef equivalent of the emerging art world.  And it rocked the casbah!  Basically, the competition consisted of two rounds of eight artists, who battled it out head to head for twenty minutes to see which of … Continue reading →

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Day 88: Pedestrian Sundays in Kensington Market.

Posted on May 27, 2012 by LaLa

Ah, the auspicious day eighty-eight has finally arrived.  How fitting that it took me into Kensington Market for Pedestrian Sundays, just a stone’s throw away from the superstitious mecca that is Chinatown.  If you are new to the area, then … Continue reading →

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