True story by ecodecoarora Originally posted elsewhere on 23 January 2011 My attendance on the fundraising circuit resumed in the first month of 2011 at The Walrus Foundation Gala hosted at the Fermenting Cellar in Toronto’s Distillery District. The Walrus Magazine, which features a collective Canadian voice of writers and…

True story by ecodecoarora Originally posted elsewhere on 15 January 2011 On a cold and rainy night last November following an energizing talk by a LA-based architect, I waited in the lobby of the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design for the rain to finally subside, when…

True story by ecodecoarora Originally posted elsewhere on 28 September 2012 I like being at the right place at the right time. In the early afternoon of an unseasonably warm September day, I sensed a desire for aesthetic inspiration and a curiosity to visit the luxury retailer Louis Vuitton at…

True story by ecodecoarora Originally posted elsewhere on 6 November 2011 As I sit down to begin writing this post, it’s Wednesday and Deepa Mehta and Salman Rushdie are together in Toronto at an editing suite where she’s showing the author of Midnight’s Children the latest film clip from her…

Observations by ecodecoarora Originally posted elsewhere on 9 February 2011 Deeply influenced by his birth continent, El Anatsui is probably Ghana’s best-known artist export. He resides and works in Nigeria and his is a methodical and calm manner that remakes and repurposes items into world-class art. The breadth of detail…

Observations by ecodecoarora Originally posted elsewhere on 5 April 2012 This story is an ode to entrepreneurship and refutes the idea that the corporate machine, in this case, Ferns ’N’ Petals, the much preferred go-to shop for fresh flowers and floral arrangements across India, is any better because of its…

Observations by ecodecoarora Originally posted elsewhere on 31 August 2012 The older I become the more I am taking note of the fleeting passage of time. It was well over four months ago when I first visited the Picasso exhibit at the AGO’s media preview. It had been a great…

Observations by ecodecoarora Originally posted elsewhere on 9 May 2012 On 24 April 2012, I attended the much anticipated preview of Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musée National Picasso, Paris at the Art Gallery of Ontario. A selection of 147 works from the artist’s personal collection held at the Musée in…

True story by ecodecoarora Originally posted elsewhere on 2 December 2010 What a wonderful, intimate evening I spent at the Alliance Française of Toronto this week seated in front of Patricia de Nicolaï, renowned perfume creator, businesswoman and great grand-daughter of Pierre Guerlain, whose namesake fragrance company is appreciated globally…