For as long as I can remember, the best days of my childhood were my summers. Filled with days off school, the lush green grass and walks by the beach, there was always something beautiful about the season. However, more than the beauty in full growth around me, summer held great memories because I knew…
Arts
Degas at the Opera
I visited Paris over the Halloween weekend, and one of my stops throughout the city was the Musée d’Orsay. This museum is in a beautiful building that was previously a train station built in 1900, which now houses mostly French art from the late 1800s and early 1900s. To my delight, I found that the…
Gaming
Spooky Games
In honour of this spooky time, we’ve put together a list of our favourite games to play near Halloween. To kick it off, I’m going to nominate The Last of Us which in my mind is one of the greatest games, period. Playing as Joel, a man haunted by his past, you must keep sassy…
Film, TV
My Favourite Horror: ‘IT’ (2017)
Now, prior to 2015 the scariest thing I saw was the final Hunger Games film. (very embarrassing, I know) I am very much a scaredy cat. Over the past 4 years I have been delving into horror with my hands over my eyes. It wasn’t until 2017 that I found perhaps my favorite horror to…
Music
Halloween Songs: Saints or Scoundrels?
Halloween songs may be alright at a party when you are three vodkas down. But Who realistically listens to music like “Monster Mash” except from when you feel you have to at a certain time of the year? The songs aren’t deep, thoughtful or quirky. Halloween songs are simply decorations, exactly the same as pumpkins…
Arts, Venue
My introduction to the Gothic
I’m a big fan of the Gothic; literature, art, movies, architecture, you name it. The creatives who cultivated this interest from a relatively young age were filmmaker Tim Burton, and by extension, Helena Bonham Carter, and author Marcus Sedgwick. Many people are familiar with the work of the former two, but, in my opinion, the…