Travelogues can be a matter of personal taste, and I expect that this one is no exception. However, I’d like to think that setting my family’s road trips against the backdrop of Canada’s geographically challenging countryside, and history, will not only entertain but maybe, hopefully, inspire others to do the same. [once we’re free to travel again, of course].
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GRAN’S CANADA HIGHWAY – EPISODE 1 by Jaimie Vernon
Posted in Family, life, Opinion, Review, Serialized Book with tags 1975, A Motor Tour of Canada, All-Red Route., Banff, Canada, Diefenbaker, Ektakrome, Fernweh, Halifax, Henry Ford, Highway 17, Hudson's Bay Company, Jack Haney, Jasper, Kenora, Kodachrome, Kodak, Lake Superior, Newfoundland, Olds REO, Rogers Pass, Scenic Lookout, Thomas Wilby, Thunder Bay, Trans-Canada Highway, Victoria on June 22, 2020 by segariniPat Blythe – Women of The “Traps” – Part Three with The Captain, a Play and Some Music….
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags 9/11, A Girl With A Camera "The Picture Taker", Andy Warhol, Bob Segarini, Canadian Music Week, Captain Cannabis, CMW, Come From Away, David Hein, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, drums, Gander, George Koller, Gina Schock, Irene Sankoff, Lift Cannabis Expo, Michael Wrycraft, Moe Tucker, N'Awlins Jazz Bar & Dining, Newfoundland, Nico, Pat Blythe, percussion, Perfect Sound Forever, Royal Alexandra Theatre, Sandy Bolyki, Sheridan College, The Go Gos, The Velvet Underground, Trinity-St. Paul's, Verne Andru on February 28, 2018 by segarini
It’s been a rather entertaining week. Out with friends and seeing friends. Toronto is slowly waking up to spring and the sunny, warmer days are helping. Not to say Mother Nature won’t send us into another ice age as the grand finale but we are indeed edging ever closer to spring….then summer…and all those glorious music festivals. Canadian Music Week (CMW) starts us off every year, this time May 7-13 followed by Lift Cannabis Expo May 25-27. Two excellent reasons to get out, enjoy the music and inhale that spring ayre……deeply.
Roxanne Tellier: The Mondrian on Coxwell Avenue
Posted in Opinion with tags 157 Coxwell, architecture, Bob Segarini, British.Rohan Walters, Calgary, Cowtown, Daniel Karpinski, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, East Berlin, Group of Seven, individualism, Mandelbrot, mansions, Mondrian, Montreal, Newfoundland, Ontario, Ottawa, Reading Toronto, Roxanne Tellier, St. John’s, The Beaches, Toronto, Triangle House on May 17, 2015 by segarini
A few years ago I was walking down Coxwell Avenue, below Gerrard, and saw an amazing house. Snuggled between two very ordinary residences, 157 Coxwell was a jewel shining amidst trash, an exotic bird in four story flight. I stopped dead in my tracks to contemplate how this beauty came about in a city more known for uniformity than individuality.
JAIMIE VERNON – THE INTERCONNECTEDNESS OF ALL THINGS
Posted in Opinion with tags Blues on Belair, Bob Segarini, Buffalo Springfield, Bullseye Records, Canadian Classic Rock, Canadian Music, Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia, Chet Powers, Danny Taylor, David Fitzpatrick, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Duncan Faure, Fitz, Fitz & Them, Great White Noise Magazine, Greg Fitzpatrick, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Hughie Leggat, Ian Mitchell, Jaimie Vernon, Klaatu, Liberty DeVitto, Lords of London, Newfoundland, Queen, Rabbitt (the band), Richie Furay, Sebastian Agnello, Shang-A-Lang, South Africa, The Bay City Rollers, Toronto Music Scene, Trevor Rabin on July 19, 2014 by segarini
A small debate unfolded online this week concerning hard work vs. luck. I have always maintained, and still do, that all my successes have been from hard work. All my failures have been from my lack of hard work. Luck is something reserved for casinos and in finding four leaf clovers (ironically).
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 