Monthly Archives: May 2014

Some Kind of Teenager

I looked up what the traditional gift is for a 16th anniversary. It was mostly out of curiosity, really, since actual anniversary gifts are not a thing that we traditionally partake in. With Mother’s Day just before and my birthday just after, our anniversary falls into that super romantic dead…

Multiple-Serving Friends

One of my favorite things about taking pictures is getting to meet the most interesting, wonderful, lovely people. In Fight Club, Tyler Durden uses the term “single-serving friends” to describe the people you sit and chat with during airplane flights. It’s so true, right? You meet someone, you commiserate over…

For My Birthday, You Can All Buy Me An Umbrella

The thing about living in the Toronto nosebleeds is that I don’t even technically live in Toronto (it’s the city above Toronto, the city of Vaughan—there’s even a januty tune). I live in suburbia, a pleasantville of sorts, where grass, family-style restaurants, mediocre malls, and parking are aplenty. I work…