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Crafter Q+A: Maxine Chan of Tulle Box Designs
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10 ways to set a fun-packed party picnic table for kids
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Madeleines for Mother's Day
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The Great Gatsby style inspiration
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5 keys to clean teeth, plus win an electric toothbrush
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Pampered at the Olympics!
A man’s gotta do what a man’s gotta do. Beata Bokrossy, mother of Olympic medalist Adam van Koeverden, did it. So too in fact did Christiane Despatie, mom of two-time Olympic medal-winning diver Alexandre Despatie. So I caved to the pressure, answered the call and followed in their footsteps: I agreed to go under the [...]
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Wall of Love
Home Sweet Home A Russian Olympian and his mom lunch in the dining area while an Olympic supporter from Ireland gets her nails painted (in her country’s national colours) in the salon, and a family of one Olympian from Japan sit down for dessert and tea in the quiet of the cafe. This is Procter [...]
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Alexandre Despatie: a winner without a medal
A hero’s walk This is not the blog post I expected to write. To be honest, I’d already crafted in my head an uplifting summary of a medal win after the Men’s Synchronized 3-metre Springboard Final at the Aquatics Centre, in the Olympic Park in London. Instead, I, like a huge following of Alexandre Despatie‘s [...]
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5 emotional Olympic moments
An emotion-packed day at the 2012 Olympics: Energizing, Emotional I was alternately drained and exhilarated yesterday. I’m not sure how Olympian athletes and their families do it. Early in the day I was introduced to Canadian diver Alexandre Despatie’s father, Pierre, in the lobby of my hotel. I also spotted his incredible mom, Christiane, looking [...]
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Fave Tweets for Olympians and their moms
Winning is all the buzz on Twitter — along with talk about Mom! Folks have been highlighting the incredible social media quotient of this Olympic Games. It’s been staggering. Team Canada athletes have been swapping jokes, Tweeting words of encouragement, and crafting Facebook shout-outs about their supportive friends and families, especially the moms. As I [...]
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Meet another incredible Olympic Mom
Mom’s the word for scores of Canadian Olympians “Mama says they was magic shoes. They could take me anywhere” – Forrest Gump I’ve been secretly wanting to ask any of our 277 Canadian Olympians in London if they recall similar words of encouragement from their own mothers. If such words weren’t actually spoken, I bet [...]
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A very different Olympic
Sheep, Shakespeare, Sex Pistols – not your typical Olympics! Has anyone else noticed that London seems to be hosting an entirely different type of Olympic Games? As the Brits would say, I’ve been gob-smacked numerous times by some of the unexpected trends and events and we’re only a few days into the London 2012 Games. [...]
