I just saw Michael Bierut speak on the main stage at the Sony Entertainment Centre in Toronto, Canada. Michael is a partner at Pentagon, a design firm in the US consisting of 22 partners. He has worked on some large campaigns, but the one I was most interested to hear about was the heavily criticized but delightfully simple, Hillary Clinton logo.

Attending a large design-centric conference like this seemed like something outside my grasp up until recently when a friend and mentor, April Condon asked if I would be interested in accompanying her and the company I work for, Discover Charlottetown generously invested in my future with them and sent me to attend.

Yesterday I took part in my first Business Women's Summer Summit hosted by Startup Zone and the PEI Business Women's Association! It was a lovely event full of hard truths, helpful information, and ambitious personalities.

Dad still operates French River Fisheries in the same location, but the cannery stopped processing in '97 and the canning section of the building was demolished in 2015. I remember visiting the Cannery as a child and watching all workers, mainly women, working away in their hairnets and rubber boots, cracking the lobsters while sitting on stools lining long stainless steel counters.

On June 17th, 2018 Jonathan and I hopped on a flight to Limerick, Ireland for two weeks of work and adventuring. Jonathan works remotely for an Atlanta, Georgia based company called Lyrasis who work in the Digital Library space using a software called Islandora (amongst others).

Saturday, June 2nd, 2018 marked the first ever Pixels & Glory design competition, organized by GDGC (Graphic Design Group of Charlottetown) and held at Holland College.

Pixels & Glory is the first design competition of its kind to be held on Prince Edward Island and it's maiden voyage was an absolute success!

New owners of the Fisherman’s Wharf, Amy and Forbes MacPherson, are opening for the season on Mother’s Day, May 14th, 2017. To shake things up at the North Rustico hot spot, they’re putting some elbow grease into fine-tuning the location’s second restaurant, the newly-named Pier 15.

A passion for beer is shared amongst many Islanders, but for Green Willy the love of beer is an all-consuming one that goes well beyond simply drinking the good stuff. This self-named homebrewing team comprised of Jonathan Green, William Panting, Clayton Harding, and Jaime Venturini has been fermenting and finessing their beer-making skills over the past six years.

A delicious, chef-prepared meal waiting on your front porch when you arrive home from a long workday sounds like a dream right? Well, dream no more because meal delivery services, once the exclusive domain of big city-dwellers working on the high street, are now accessible on Prince Edward Island.

On March 10th, 2017 the Graphic Design program at Holland College competed in the Skills Canada PEI Provincial Competition. Essential skills being tested were creativity, illustration, typography, color theory, computer and software proficiency, and time management.

California has to be one of my favorite places in this world. So when the opportunity arose to pack up and head to Walnut Creek for work in January 2017 - we sprung into action. We had just a couple weeks to prepare and my passport had expired - not sure how I let that happen! So before we could leave we had a trip to Halifax, Nova Scotia for an emergency passport renewal! 

A breathtaking view of an Island sunrise on the water, the day’s colourful harvest, or a mouthwatering meal made with homegrown ingredients – these are the mesmerizing backdrops to a life on the land and sea that you can discover on social media.

Chef Megan Beairsto is back on the scene in Summerside, Prince Edward Island with a fresh twist on some of her grandmother’s best recipes and some modern creations of her own. I had a chance to catch up with her and learn more about the award-winning restaurant, OpenEats, and Chef Megan’s journey through the culinary world to date.

Vinyl + an ever-changing craft beer selection + a rotating menu of $8 edibles – sound familiar? If so, you’ve probably already discovered Charlottetown’s newest dedicated craft brew bar, HopYard, which unveiled its unique triple threat this past May with hopes it would be a hit amongst locals and visitors.