Thecleverpup

LATEST ARTICLES ( 213 )

• Billiard Loft Renovation - Before

  

  In a nutshell. We live in a 123-year-old house. We've been here for 17 years. The housing market in Toronto keeps going up and up and therefore, so is our... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2015 CULTURE, TRAVEL

• Magic Bus

  

  As a five-year-old I had never been on a bus let alone seen a bus conductor. The chap who worked the Green Line between Chatham and London wore a disc-shaped... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2015 CULTURE, TRAVEL

• I Found This Article on My Newsfeed Today and It Made Sen...

  I found this article on my newsfeed today and it made sense to me. A couple of roommates in Calgary have saved $55,000 by not buying anything for a year. Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2014 CULTURE, TRAVEL

• Light Luggage - Paris for a Week, Perhaps.

  

  Mais Oui. Hey everyone. I came across an article on Oh Happy Day - How to Pack for 2 Weeks to France in a Carry-On. It inspired me. It's a pretty good,... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2014 CULTURE, TRAVEL

• Paris Packing - Light Luggage for a Week

  

  Hey everyone. I came across an article on Oh Happy Day - How to Pack for 2 Weeks to France in a Carry-On. It inspired me.It's a pretty good, informative article... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2014 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL, VACATION

• Do You Want Whine with That? - a Commentary.

  

  One of those fucking ubiquitous Fornasetti plates that I see in every fucking magazine. It’s that time of year again when I’m feeling melancholy. Melancholy... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2014 CULTURE, TRAVEL

• Just in Case Anyone Was Feeling Sorry for Rob Ford.

  

  Thanks Marcus Gee. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/its-an-operatic-story-of-rise-and-fall-but-rob-ford-does-not-deserve-our-sympathy/article18408249... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2014 CULTURE, TRAVEL

• Driving Me Crazy!!! I've Been Accused of Plagiarism. Have a Look and Be My Judge.

  

  Funny..Jovanka, an American comedienne living in Belgium, thinks I stole this content from her. Here's the blog entry she thinks I took.... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2014 CULTURE, TRAVEL

• The Monuments Men

  I originally posted this on Sept 3, 2009. I see that the book is about to hit the big screen with some big talent. Can't wait. It really IS time I read the book... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Nose, Nose, No!

  

  "The next time I write I’ll send you my portrait; I had it taken last Sunday". Letter from Theo to Vincent, January 1873. Letter # 3 of the Letters of Vincent... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2014 CULTURE, TRAVEL

• NO NO NO This is Not Van Gogh.

  

  Hold everything. There's something WRONG on the internet! Since I first posted this deflating article 4 years ago, this erroneous photo has shown up everywhere... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2014 CULTURE, TRAVEL

• Off the Rails Pasta

  

  truccis.com Off the rails only because it wasn't gluten free. It does make a difference unfortunately. Like most of the things I create in the kitchen this one... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2013 CULTURE, TRAVEL

• The Fallen 9,000

  

  On September 25, 2013, British artists Jamie Wardley and Andy Moss accompanied by numerous volunteers, took to the beaches of Normandy with rakes and stencils i... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2013 CULTURE, TRAVEL

• All Hallows EVE!

  

  Halloween. Hallowe'en. All Hallows Evening. Evening. It's not Halloween Week, or Halloween Season. It's just Halloween. One night. I put out a jack-o-lantern an... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2013 CULTURE, TRAVEL

• Nevermore - Shopping Horrors

  

  There were scarecrows at Winners. Forest Hill matrons with leggings mummy-wrapping their broomstick legs, slumming amid the hoi-poloi in their giant white... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2013 CULTURE, TRAVEL

• Wheatfield with Crows. Van Gogh Revisited.

  

  This.. ..is this. One hundred and 120 years later. Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2013 CULTURE, TRAVEL

• Dinner in Fifteen - It Can Be Done!

  

  I've gone gluten-free. I've had something wrong with my muffler for some time now and going GF seems to help. But I really miss pasta and continue to search... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2013 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• The Clever Pup's (AKA Mum's) Shopping Cart Ideas for Hungry Young Men

  

  Year 2 at university and no longer on a meal plan. What do you do? What can you cook? Eating healthily will be challenging when you are living with 5 other... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2013 CULTURE, TRAVEL

• A Train Through the Impressionist Countryside

  

  From the lovely people at Paris Hotels Rive... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2013 ART & DESIGN, DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL, VACATION

• Caillebotte's Pyramid

  

  Here's a photo of architect I.M. Pei's glass pyramid outside the Louvre in Paris. photo:Mark Pimlott Here's Impressionist painter Gustave Caillebotte's Paris:... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE, TRAVEL