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Marissa Reaume
Videography Captures Local Couples on their Special Days
Posted July 20, 2010 @ 10:43PM
While we all know that photos allow us to capture memories and keep them frozen in time for years to come, modern technology now allows us to relive our special moments through videography. Lately I have been watching some amazing wedding and engagement videos created by Perfect Shutter (http://www.perfectshutter.com/blog/). Check out the videography section on Perfect Shutter’s website to see videos of Windsor couples on their wedding days or celebrating their engagements. The site also features photography from these talented local photographers.
Windsor Loses Dessert
Posted May 26, 2010 @ 11:32PM
Recently, The Creperie Omer (formerly located at 1285 Ottawa) closed its doors one final time. The French themed crepe restaurant served Windsorites large gourmet crepes filled with everything from cheesecake to chicken. While it’s easy to find a piece of cake, a slice of pie, or an ice cream sundae in Windsor restaurants, crepes, especially those with the vast range of fillings and flavours that were once found at the Creperie Omer, are a rare species in our local dessert industry.
While the Creperie Omer with its friendly staff, Paris themed decor, and flare for amazing dessert will truly be missed, this city is now in need of another crepe cafe. Is anyone up to the challenge?
Lend A Helping Hand To Local Cancer Patients And Their Families
Posted May 12, 2010 @ 2:50PM
Cancer is a serious disease that affects the lives of people all over the world. While we can help find a cure for cancer by donating to specific foundations which collect money to support medical research, we can also help those who are currently suffering from cancer, or who have family members suffering from cancer, by lending our support to the local organization, Transition to Betterness (T2B). T2B provides cancer patients and their families in our community with a comfortable and compassionate hospital setting. T2B is also supports other unique projects which benefit local cancer patients and families touched by this disease. These projects include Hospice Pain Management Program, T2B House within the Hospice Village, and Music Therapy to name a few.
Founded in 1997, T2B was created by Doris Lapico and Tania Sorge, two young local women whose lives and families were affected by cancer. Due to their experiences with this disease, Lapico and Sorge decided to help others in the community battling cancer.
Like these local women who started this organization of giving back, you can help cancer patients in the community as well. T2B is always looking for donations and volunteers to participate in events that will help fund this organization so that it may continue to support members of our community affected by cancer.
For more information about the organization and ways that you can help, visit www.t2b.ca
Canadian Authors Read this Friday!
Posted April 4, 2010 @ 10:02PM
Embrace your artistic side on Friday night and attend a Black Moss Press event. If you do not already know, Black Moss Press (founded in 1969) is a Windsor based publishing company that publishes Canadian literature. Come to the University of Windsor’s Katzman Lounge in Vanier Hall (on the corner of Wyandotte & Huron Church) on Friday April 9th for the launch of three new Black Moss Press Books. Featured authors include Penny-Anne Beaudoin, john b. Lee, and Susan McMaster. Great writing is not the only thing that this evening will entail—there will also be free admission, food and drinks, and a cash bar. The event starts at 7 p.m. so come out and support your local press!
Is Denmark Disrespecting Nature?
Posted March 15, 2010 @ 5:50PM
In my opinion, it seems very immature to brutally kill an innocent being for amusement. The closing sentence in the email says, “Take care of the world, it’s your home.” I completely agree with this statement and believe that those partaking in this ritual are being destructive, and are therefore demonstrating a severe form of disrespect for the earth and its creatures.
What are your thoughts on this and is there anything that we can do to stop the cruel and unnecessary dolphin murders in Denmark?
Will Some Chocolate Each Day Keep The Doctor Away?
Posted March 8, 2010 @ 10:36PM
Lately, I have been reading in many health magazines that chocolate is good for your health because it contains a high amount of antioxidants and other health promoting ingredients. Its benefits range from lowering blood pressure and cholesterol to improving one’s mood.
Unfortunately, not all chocolate is beneficial and only dark chocolate containing at least 70% cocoa is said to be worthy of the benefits listed above.
Therefore, when I decided to try eating dark chocolate once a day in an effort to improve my health I went above and beyond and bought a chocolate bar containing 86% cocoa. Since any type of chocolate—even dark—still contains calories and fat, most articles that I have read suggest that people only eat a small amount per day. I decided to start off eating one square of chocolate every morning.
I have always liked dark chocolate but have never tried it with a cocoa content as high as 86%. My first impression: dark chocolate containing this much cocoa is the exact opposite of the milk chocolate coating on Caramilk bars or below an M&M’s candy shell. It is in no way creamy and does not melt in your mouth. In fact it is fairly bitter and almost waxy in texture.
Regardless, I will keep eating this chocolate bar, square by square, until I finish it...and then start on the new chocolate bar that I just bought containing 99% cocoa!
The way I see it, if eating a square of dark chocolate once per day will potentially prevent me from taking blood pressure medications (or other medications) in the future, it’s worth a try.
What do you think?
Try Something Different for Dessert
Posted March 1, 2010 @ 6:22PM
Tired of the slices of apple pie, fudge brownies and silvers of cheesecake that most restaurants have to offer? I was, so I tried something new and went for dessert at the Creperie Omer, 1285 Ottawa Street. This place serves delicious dessert crepes filled with fruit, chocolate, nuts, marshmallows, or any other sweet ingredient that you are in the mood for. The crepes are very large—the perfect size for sharing. I usually order the Crepe Barbara that is filled with sliced strawberries and almonds and topped with warm creamy white chocolate. It also comes with a side of vanilla ice cream. The restaurant also serves fondue and dinner crepes.
The Best Thai Food In Windsor (my opinion)
Posted February 26, 2010 @ 3:13PM
Over the past year I have been trying different Thai restaurants in Windsor. Each time I eat at a Thai restaurant I always seem to order some form of Pad Thai with shrimp. Last week, to my surprise, I came across (in my opinion) the best Pad Thai in Windsor...at a Vietnamese restaurant! Pho Xic-Lo, 1750 Wyandotte Street West is the restaurant responsible for creating what I believe is the best Pad Thai that this city has to offer. Although it is, for the most part, a Vietnamese restaurant, it has a small section of Thai food on its menu. This restaurant’s Pad Thai is very flavourful and is served in a large portion for a small amount of money. The cafe-style atmosphere is enjoyable as well. Give it a try!
Get Fit for $5
Posted January 14, 2010 @ 3:25PM
In a time when fast food restaurants appear on every corner, Swine Flu reports repeatedly clutter the local news, and many of the people we come in contact with on a daily basis are suffering from winter colds and illnesses, it is important to make extra efforts to preserve our health.
Although I try to eat healthy, wash my hands frequently, and get regular medical checkups, there is one healthy activity that I have never been a fan of—exercising.
Yes, I used to be a figure skater/hockey player/dancer when I was younger but once I started University 7 years ago my motivation for physical activity disappeared...until now.
I have finally found a way to obtain the health benefits of exercise without signing up for an expensive gym membership—Zumba!
Three times per week, Cathy’s Dance Studio offers 45 minute Zumba lessons that cost only $5 per class (or $25 for 6 consecutive classes). You can stop in whenever you want for a class—there is no need to register.
Zumba is the perfect cardio workout because it combines fitness and dance to the beat of Latin music. This type of exercise also tones the body and is easy to do. The instructors, Ruth and Jo-Anne, are very energetic and motivating.
Classes take place on Tuesdays (7:15-8:00 pm), Wednesdays (1:15-2:00 pm), and Thursdays (11:00-11:45 am). Please see cathysdancestudio.net for more details.
A Humane Solution to Windsor's Feral Cat Population
Posted December 8, 2009 @ 10:12PM
Back in October, one of my neighbours told me that a mother cat and her three kittens were living under her deck but that she could not care for them due to her allergies. She was very worried that the cats were starving and knew that they needed help. Being the animal lover that I am, I immediately drove to the pet store, bought bags of cat food, bowls, and blankets, and made daily trips to my neighbour’s house to feed and care for the homeless cats.
But then it got cold and my neighbour and I started to worry that the cats would not survive the winter once the snow came. A relative told me that the cats could live at her house until we could find them homes. Her generous offer sounded like the perfect solution to the homeless cat problem in my neighbour’s backyard and yet there was still one obstacle—the fact that the cats were feral and would not allow humans to touch them.
So I overcame the obstacle by placing a call to Mike Gabor, a man who selflessly runs a TNR (trap, neuter, release) program called ‘Earn Your Wings’. Basically, he helps people catch feral cats so that they can be spayed or neutered for less than half as much money as a vet would charge, and then release the cats back into their chosen habitat so that they can enjoy their freedom without becoming pregnant and adding to the stray cat population.
Gabor helped me catch the cats one by one with a gentle and harmless method. I decided that rather than sending them back outside, I would bring them to live with a family member until we could find them homes. I have visited them daily since we brought them inside.
Two weeks later the cats are still wary of humans but are getting braver every day. In fact, two of the cats are already eating food out of my hands without flinching. I am confident that within a few more weeks they will be completely comfortable around us and will be ready to move on to new homes.
I think that Gabor’s program is a necessity in Windsor. It offers an alternative to the Windsor Humane Society’s policy to euthanize feral cats and allows these animals to live freely while controlling the feral cat population.
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