March 25th, 2010 by Rene | 1 Comment

A glossy 72 page guide arrived on my desk yesterday, it was the combined Arts and Taste Trails Guide 2010. Working in conjunction with Taste the County and the 58 partners we have the definitive County experience. With locations from Carrying Place to past Cressy, this is the 8th year of the Taste Trail and [...]
December 22nd, 2009 by Rene | No Comments

My good friend Jenn Hardenne followed her heart recently and started her own business, Amarais Artisan Skincare, and now she makes my favourite soap in the world – pink grapefruit. Jenn planned for months and took extensive lessons to perfect the fine art of all natural soap making. The end result makes me want to [...]
December 13th, 2009 by Rene | No Comments

Festival Players just announced their upcoming 2010 season and I’m pretty stoked about it. Again this year there will be 3 plays including a thriller! With the launch of their 2010 line-up comes the new season’s poster. Working with executive director and photographer, Sarah Philips, we took the shot in September using friends Skye Beaumont [...]
December 2nd, 2009 by Rene | 1 Comment

I heard as I stepped outside Kelly’s shop this morning, I spun my body around to see who it was but all I managed to glimpse was a white van speed by down Main Street. “Thank you fan” I shouted but only some old lady heard who happened to be passing by. I don’t know [...]
November 21st, 2009 by Rene | No Comments

“Rings on her fingers and bells on her toes you know she is my sunshine wherever she goes.”
I had to google the lyrics but I knew that I had heard the song somewhere – that’s right country karaoke. Adelita Rose is the song that inspired Caitlin Den Boer to name her company. It has been [...]