Comments for Karen von Hahn

Comment on How eco-spin ruined my park by Sharon

Sharon — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 05:47:32 +0000

Im surprised none of the dog people have said anything yet on the Toronto Star website yet. Anyways, the trend is the city’s increasingly gone to the dogs. Cedervale, Wychwood Barns and Hillcrest park ( they get the best view there too and they took over the baseball diamond) are all dog parks and dog owners, put up a huge fuss over this right!

Comment on My new obsession by Holly Farrell

Holly Farrell — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 17:11:56 +0000

Hi Karen,

I was reading the latest Upper Canadian and was happy to see you referenced by J. Herbert Bond, the editor – he is a big fan of yours. So I looked you up and here you are! – a great website!

I have many antique apothecary bottles, many with the liquids or pills still in them. There are very questionable contents in some of them – I think there are even chocolate covered arsenic pills (to give you a nice pale complexion!). The bottles are quite beautiful, many of which are from the original pharmacy in Galt, Ontario.

All the best Karen!

Holly Farrell

Comment on Ships ahoy! by Trixie

Trixie — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 00:53:19 +0000

Holy shit! I think I saw this yacht up close, anchored in Antibes last June. It is a monster! I actually found it obscene.

Comment on Baltic buns by Jane (Thomsett) Vorbrodt

Jane (Thomsett) Vorbrodt — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 22:21:26 +0000

those look excellent!! the documentation of process is informative – i had no idea they could be made with a drinking glass..

Comment on Royal reading by Lisa Devitt

Lisa Devitt — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 23:08:54 +0000

Hi Karen,

I enjoyed you comments on Kate Middleton and I too have been a “closet royalist” for years! I think she is a breath of fresh air with an amazing sense of style. I will definitely pick up a copy of McLean’s to read your piece.

Thank you

Comment on NY’s coolest shop by Joe in T.O.

Joe in T.O. — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 14:16:32 +0000

I could never go in that store, I would bankrupt myself. Love the J.Crew! Good for them for pushing the merchandising envelope and experimenting with a unique, one-off store design.

Comment on Design in the Desert by Ben Weeks

Ben Weeks — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 15:33:05 +0000

Cool! Looks great, love the polaroids too.

Comment on Duck tales by Differentvoice

Differentvoice — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 11:15:43 +0000

At about the same time that you were having your close encounters of the ducky kind, I received a frantic call from my daughter who had dicovered a duck in the basement of my very country home. She was doing her daughterly duty, checking on the house and livestock (one ancient and one middle-aged cat) while I was away onvacation. Once the duck had been liberated (via the storm cellar door) and my very urban girl had finished her rant on my decision to adopt country living, we traced back the last few days of activity at the house in aneffort to discover how and when our intruder had gained access to the cellar. A couple of days before leaving the house, I had begun the annual round of throwing in the winter’s furnace wood. The weather was warm and dry and, as I often do over the summer, ihad left the cellar door open to air the rock and earthenfloor space. Ihad run into the village for milk, dropped in on aneighbour and closed the cellar door on mt return. . .

Comment on NOTICED: FEAR OF CONTAGION by Katia

Katia — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:43:36 +0000

I agree wholeheartedly. The germ-fearing mentality which reigns without contest over society is in fact a disguise for the growing disconnection among people. How we have come to this is completely mind-boggling, but hopefully, like most societal shifts, a semblance of the connectedness we used to know will resurface and stronger than ever.

Comment on Duck tales by Goody

Goody — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 21:15:28 +0000

I loved this entire post. I have a thing for ducks!