If you like your lemon squares extra-lemony and your shortbread extra-buttery, this is the recipe for you*. Ingredients Crust: 1 cup salted butter, softened 2 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 cup white sugar 1/4 teaspoon salt Topping: 1 1/2 cups white sugar 1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour 4 eggs 3 lemons, juiced (about 1 …
A couple years ago at a library technology conference, a respected colleague mentioned offhand that, “You could always make an Omeka exhibit.” While those around me nodded, I had no idea what Omeka was, so put it on my list to find out sometime. Omeka came up again recently when the Toronto Area Archivists’ Group …
A Day Trip to Buffalo, New York, to See Architecture I think I’m finally starting to “get” Frank Lloyd Wright. On Saturday I joined a one-day bus trip from Toronto to New York State to see two Wright-designed properties: Graycliff in Derby and the Martin House Complex in Buffalo, both on the U.S. National Register of Historic …
A visit last weekend to the former Anglican Mohawk Institute Residential School in Brantford, Ontario, was a disturbing but educational experience. Three survivors from Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation generously shared their stories as they guided us through the property, which was operated by the Government of Canada from 1885 to 1970. The Toronto …
Why are agricultural fairs worth attending? Here are several reasons that come to mind, after a visit to the 95th annual Royal Agricultural Winter Fair (“The Royal”) in Toronto. 1) They’re grounding reality-checks for big-city dwellers (like myself), that life exists beyond the concrete, glass, and steel metropolis. Last weekend, Katherine Dunnell of the Royal Ontario Museum’s …
Where in Toronto can you study jewellery design? Have a custom piece made (like a wedding band) or a broken one repaired? See a world class collection of gems and minerals? Buy and sell (or just ogle) fine jewellery? Last weekend, I learned these things and more. It was a pleasure to join the Royal …
Living outside the UK, audio podcasts about London have been a lifeline supporting my interest in the city. In the mid-2000s, Rev. Robert Wright’s free London Walks series in particular was a joy (see Londonist’s 2006 review). I followed him vicariously on his 65 live-recorded itineraries (smiling when he’d say to “… cross over at the crossing, …
So how do you blog? As a new and learning blogger, here are some top tips that have made an impression on me so far. Don’t worry about your voice. Just write and it will come. Hat tip to Giles’s Notes for inspiration. Blog on what you’re passionate about, to keep the experience a pleasure …
One of my recent tweets received over 25,000 impressions (views on peoples’ feeds) in the first 48 hours, which is astonishing and wonderful. Why did this happen, and what can be learned from it? For Londonites: #DidYouKnow the colourful @MuseumofLondon logo is the city limits at various times?? https://t.co/7jm2CGO2Bu pic.twitter.com/4EVeCmuEiv — Sarah J. McCabe (@Sarah_McCabe_) …
