by pattihenderson | May 8, 2013 | Weekend Adventures
This week’s post is the third in a series of posts reflecting on the book Instant: The Story of Polaroid by Christopher Bonanos. If you’re interested, you can find the first two posts here and here. This third post is also about my reflections on...
by pattihenderson | Apr 28, 2013 | Weekend Adventures
This past week marked the 41st anniversary of a camera deemed “The Greatest Gadget of All-Time” and one of “The Most Important Cameras Ever Made,” the SX-70 Land Camera from Polaroid. You might recall that last week I wrote about madly...
by pattihenderson | Apr 21, 2013 | Weekend Adventures
Who on earth is Jennifer Land you ask, and why is she so demanding? Well, Jennifer Land is the daughter of Edwin Land, the brilliant inventor of the Polaroid camera. At the time she supposedly said this back in 1943, Jennifer was 3 years old and out on a walk with her...
by pattihenderson | Apr 13, 2013 | Weekend Adventures
This week I had the extreme good fortune to attend a local Toronto Beaches book club meeting where the author of the book was in attendance. You must understand what an incredible occurrence this was, as the author was none other than Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish, known...
by pattihenderson | Apr 7, 2013 | Weekend Adventures
Today’s post started out as a story about the 40th anniversary of the cell phone; a milestone we hit mid-week when I usually start planning my Sunday post and what I should write about. Just imagine how far our mobile phones have come! I intended to write about...
Hi, I’m Patti, wonderer, wanderer and photographer. During the week I’m a marketer in the publishing industry and on weekends I take to the road to explore this beautiful planet we live on.