Category Archives: Books and Films

I Want My Hat Back

Posted on February 4, 2012 by Isabel

A while back I read “I want my hat back” by John Klassen because somebody had posted the entire story online. I went and bought the book for Dave before Christmas, but hadn’t given it to him until his birthday … Continue reading →

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Books! Books! Books!

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Isabel

Working at my new job, I very quickly realized my boss is a book-fanatic (well, he has every right to be, as he is a book designer!). We’re spoiled silly in terms of the massive book and magazine collection at … Continue reading →

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Reel Asian Film Festival

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Isabel

Wow, blogging takes up time! Well, just wanted to say that we got passes to this year’s Reel Asian Film Festival, and it’s been super fun. We wanted to catch as many films as possible, but were only able to … Continue reading →

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Christopher Doyle on Chungking Express

Posted on April 24, 2011 by Isabel

On Saturday, Dave and I went to see Christopher Doyle speak at the Tiff Bell Lightbox on the film Chungking Express, followed by a screening of the film. Dave is a big fan of Wong Kar Wai, and Chungking is … Continue reading →

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Bossypants by Tina Fey

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Isabel

I know I should be supporting local bookstores, but let’s face it: I’m lazy AND cheap. So I bought Bossypants by Tina Fey (hero!) off of Chapters Indigo online (at least they’re Canadian? They’re Canadian right? Not like Tim Horton’s?) … Continue reading →

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The Muji Book

Posted on November 17, 2010 by Isabel

I found out through my friend Janice that the Muji book has been released! Don’t know Muji? They’re a minimalist Japanese retail company, their brand name meaning “no brand quality goods”.  They’re like the Japanese IKEA! I’m surprised I haven’t … Continue reading →

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The Social Network

Posted on October 1, 2010 by Isabel

This is actually a post about two sort of unrelated things held together by one theme: Justin Timberlake (sorry for the misleading post title). I’m gonna go see The Social Network in a few hours. I’m looking forward to it … Continue reading →

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TIFF and The Piano in a Factory

Posted on September 20, 2010 by Isabel

On Saturday David and I went to check out the last weekend of TIFF. My work gave away free tickets to shows (including some of the gala screenings, which would have been awesome to go to… but we were at … Continue reading →

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The Suitcase

Posted on September 6, 2010 by Isabel

I love-love-loved this week’s episode of Mad Men! “The Suitcase” is my favourite episode of Mad Men thus far. Spoiler alert! I loved it not just for the usual one-liners (racist jokes!) and shockers (Duck!), but also the way the … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Mr. Fox

Posted on August 22, 2010 by Isabel

I hadn’t watched Fantastic Mr. Fox until this past weekend. It was wonderful! Really funny and enjoyable. I loved the parts with Kylie (the opossum)’s eyes. It was funny also because it was almost exactly like a typical Wes Anderson … Continue reading →

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