It’s hard to imagine going into our 15th season at First Canadian Place! These live presentations at the Waterfall Stage are the brainchild of the visionary Brenda Parres, FCP Events Director. I can never get over the thrill of seeing so many hundreds of people taking a break from their busy work day in order [...]
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Our brief trip to New York
Jeannette and I have just returned from New York where we attended the glorious Pierre Bonnard exhibition at the Met, followed at once by the ravishing – utterly disorienting fashion show by Ralph Rucci which took place in a gigantic white tent which filled Bryant Park at 6th and 41st. The sheer number of security [...]
Off to New York fashion week…
I’m very excited! Jeannette and I have received our official invitations to CHADO, Ralph Rucci’s fashion show which will close fashion week in New York. This much coveted invitation to the Fall/Winter 2009 collection comes to us courtesy of Canada’s spectacular high priestess of fashion, Jeanne Beker. Jeanne has been coming to OA shows [...]
What I’m reading…
“Manon Lescaut has it’s assured place among the immortals; and it is the most perfect story ever written just as Madame Bovary is the most perfect novel ever created” – Percy Shelley I’m not certain I agree 100% with Mr. Shelley, but having just finished re-reading Manon Lescaut (by the Abbé Prévost) for the [...]