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Kingstonist’s Big Birthday Contest Winner

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, chances are you’ve heard about and maybe even attempted Kingstonist’s Big Birthday Contest. Our latest contest challenged our readers to unscramble images, fill in the blanks on local historic plaques and signs, as well as use Google Streetview to determine certain points of view.  Admittedly this contest [...]

3Mar2010 | Harvey Kirkpatrick | 2 comments | Continued
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Friday Foto

In just 10 days, Kingstonist will be celebrating two years of rocking blogging in the free world.  I’m really getting pumped up for the big day, as we kind of dropped the ball on building up to, and properly celebrating last year’s milestone.  It’s not as though Kingstonist needs to walk down a [...]

19Feb2010 | Harvey Kirkpatrick | 0 comments | Continued
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Kingstonist’s Big Birthday Contest

My grandmother always says “you’re only as old as you feel”. With that in mind, it’s hard to believe that two weeks from today we will be celebrating Kingstonist’s second birthday. Has it really been that long since we started the site? Thanks to the hard work and dedication of our volunteer contributors, [...]

16Feb2010 | Harvey Kirkpatrick | 7 comments | Continued
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Holiday Gift-a-Way Winner!

Last week, we commenced our journey into the silly season with our 2nd annual Holiday Gift-a-Way contest.  We asked our readers to share their thoughts on the holiday season, which in turn, entered them in a draw for a pair of free tickets to attend the Kingston Symphony’s upcoming performance of The Nutcracker.  I [...]

1Dec2009 | Harvey Kirkpatrick | 1 comment | Continued
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Friday Foto

I want to start today’s post by promising that Kingstonist is not going to start endlessly broadcasting cheesy Christmas carols, or pump cinnamon scents into your home to simulate the festive spirit.  That said, if I possessed the technological ability to affect such things, I would opt for Bing Crosby’s famous holiday anthem, Mele Kalikimaka, [...]

27Nov2009 | Harvey Kirkpatrick | 0 comments | Continued
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Holiday Gift-a-Way

Our neighbours to the south will soon be enjoying Thanksgiving, and then taking part in the busiest shopping day of the year, which is ominously referred to as Black Friday. While Canadian cross-border shoppers will likely fill the ranks, I am thankful that Black Friday hasn’t really caught on in Canada, yet. That [...]

23Nov2009 | Harvey Kirkpatrick | 12 comments | Continued
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Friday Foto

Hey there, and happy Friday. This week we welcomed Kingston’s hippest Librarian to the City, and are optimistic that once she’s nonnomadic, she might be willing to share some of her experiences as a newcomer to our burgeoning metropolis. Notice how craftily I incorporated big, fancy words in that sentence? Perhaps diction will [...]

5Jun2009 | Harvey Kirkpatrick | 1 comment | Continued
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Contest: Help Make Kingstonist Better

It’s been a slow news day, and that has allowed me to catch my breath and briefly mull over some of the recent changes to the site, as well as the way ahead for Kingstonist.  From day one, we wanted Kingstonist to be community-driven, including but not limited to content and the resulting conversation.  Thus [...]

20May2009 | Harvey Kirkpatrick | 7 comments | Continued
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Holiday Caption Contest Winner

Due to the ongoing pounding of Snowmaggedon, and the general ridiculousness of the silly season, we are a bit late in announcing the winner of our Holiday Caption Contest. It gives me great pleasure to announce that barbj8’s comment: “the children grew despondent, realizing that the stranger they had sent for cappucinno was never [...]

21Dec2008 | Harvey Kirkpatrick | 0 comments | Continued
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Snowmageddon

Yesterday, Kingstonians woke up to nearly 10 centimeters of fresh snow. For me, it took about 45 minutes to clear the sidewalks and parking spaces around the homestead. This, combined with uncleared sidewalks made me late for work. Thankfully this was the general trend around the office, so I didn’t feel too [...]

18Dec2008 | Harvey Kirkpatrick | 0 comments | Continued
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