Archive for Caitlin Fralick

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Summer Reading, Kingston style.

Ah, Summer Reading Club. I don’t know about you, but those words conjure up some intense childhood memories. Walking to the library in the hot sun was one of my favourite vacation activities as a kid.  The stickers, the prizes, the book reports…okay, maybe I was the only one who enjoyed the book reports. Regardless of whether [...]

27Jul2010 | Caitlin Fralick | 2 comments | Continued
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Pan Chancho: Breakfast of Champions

Going out for brunch is usually the answer to life’s greatest dilemmas. Take the Sunday before last, for instance: I, along with a couple of out of towners visiting Kingston for the awesome  Great Lake Swimmers show on Wolfe Island, was supposed to be running in the Beat Beethoven race, but the torrential downpour outside [...]

16Jun2010 | Caitlin Fralick | 9 comments | Continued
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Libraries Are For Lovers (Of Books)

Here’s the thing about the library: we don’t really shush people anymore. Also, we like to believe that everyone knows how awesome we are, but the other night when I mentioned KFPL’s amazing downloadable media collection to a friend and they were all “WHAAAA” and I was all “WHAT YOU DIDN’T KNOW?” I realized that [...]

18Mar2010 | Caitlin Fralick | 8 comments | Continued
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Yo Yo Yo Yoga

In my humble opinion, it’s never to late for New Year’s resolutions.  Besides, I’ve always thought spring feels like more of a rebirth than any other time of year. And what better way to revive your body and mind after a long cold winter than with a refreshing and invigorating yoga practice at one of [...]

9Mar2010 | Caitlin Fralick | 1 comment | Continued
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The writers are coming! The writers are coming!

Literati, mark your calendars: Kingston Writersfest is coming soon. This year’s festival is poised to be bigger and more star-studded than ever. Being a Kingston newbie, I’ve never attended the ‘fest before, so I have nothing to compare it to, but it still seems impressive to me, which is definitely a good sign. Festival passes [...]

21Sep2009 | Caitlin Fralick | 0 comments | Continued
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Ikea, I hardly knew ya.

When I moved to Kingston  last spring, it was the first time I’d ever put down roots in a town without an Ikea.  I’ve since found plenty of people with whom to commiserate about this sad fact, but at the time, I was shocked and appalled. Where would I get my cheap rugs and toilet [...]

15Sep2009 | Caitlin Fralick | 11 comments | Continued