by kira.dorward | Jun 22, 2013 | Posts
The other night I had the privilege of attending the Lieutenant Governor’s Office’s red carpet gala premiere screening of Helen Mirren’s The Audience, which had just premiered in London at the Gielgud Theatre, but was transmitted live via satellite to Toronto’s...
by kira.dorward | Jun 15, 2013 | Posts
So, I’ve been bad about posting lately. Back in April, I left for a month long holiday in Europe (cruise from Miami to Madeira to Portugal to Barcelona, flew from Barcelona to Vienna for a week to see a friend, hosteled it in Copenhagen for three days, and...
by kira.dorward | Jan 24, 2013 | Posts
A few evenings ago I had the pleasure of hearing Ken Taylor, former Canadian ambassador to Iran and the same portrayed by Victor Garbor in Ben Affleck’s Argo, discuss both his experiences and his thoughts on current Canadian foreign policy at Toronto’s University...
by kira.dorward | Jan 8, 2013 | Posts
Currently I’m living in the recent grad vortex. That’s where you used to do very well in school, used to have a direction, focus, etc., and then the minute you graduate you spiral out of control in fits of ridiculous self-indulgence and lose all sense of self and...
by kira.dorward | Oct 4, 2012 | Posts
A few weeks ago some friends and I went to Lee’s Palace, that venue of venues, the celebrated concert hallows of Toronto, for a show. Now, I’m going to be brutally honest. I don’t actually go to that many shows. I don’t go to that many shows...
by kira.dorward | Oct 1, 2012 | Posts
This post is a study in the ultra-sketchy, otherwise known as “IZMS”. Back in July, my boyfriend, my cousin (who was visiting from England at the time), and I dropped by Pride briefly. Same old same old: a collection of the…eclectic (ie. the...
