Meal prep: an egg in a bowl, a plate, a knife, a small potato, and a very worn piece of paper saying "Potato I have"
A somewhat messy potato/gorgonzola omelette
Last thing for #bloomsdayhalifax #bloomsday: I cut up my pocket potato and cooked it into an omelette for breakfast - with Gorgonzola of course. It fell apart a bit on the flip but it was still pretty tasty!
Fish & chips and a beer in front of a Bloomsday Halifax sign
Final tech support / conversation post for #bloomsdayhalifax at Freeman's Quinpool, standing in for the late night cabman's shelter in "Eumaeus". Instead of a bad coffee and an antediluvian bun, I'm having a Garrison Irish red and fish & chips - step up! #bloomsdayp
A vintage 1900s boxer superimposed on the geometric mural of the hipster downtown Halifax taproom Stillwell.
My favourite mashup backdrop for #bloomsdayhalifax #bloomsday - reflecting the rowdy pugnacious vibe of Cyclops
A sign pointing to the Brown Hound off Hollis street behind the Keith's Brewery
I wasn't quite sure where to set the Oxen of the Sun episode for #bloomsdayhalifax - but the original is notably on Holles street, and the Brown Hound is on Hollis street, and they have a seafood menu for the summer, which fits with the fish stew they're eating in the chapter, so... #bloomsday
A view of the shoreline at Salter in Halifax Harbour, with hammocks and deck chairs
At the waterfront for #bloomsdayhalifax episode "Nausicaa" - if Gertie was here she'd be rolling about inappropriately in one of those hammocks
The big screens in the Roger's Square covered plaza under the Nova Centre
Doing the #bloomsdayhalifax newspaper episode "Aeolus" on the site where the old Chronicle Herakd building used to be. I really really wanted to get these screens to show headlines like in the book but could get a response from the people in charge oh well. #halifax
The airy and geometrically fascinating lobby area of the Halifax Central Library
Due to room availability issues there will alas not be any lectures about Shakespeare for this year's #bloomsdayhalifax though you should still drop by to recharge your phone and enjoy this lovely building #bloomsday
The tomb of art Honorable Sir John Thompson, Prime Minister of Canada
Engraving: DEAD AT THE CREST, THE CROWN AND BLOSSOM OF HIS FORTUNES THIS STRONG SON OF OUR GREAT REALM SANK DOWN BENEATH THE LOAD OF HONOURS SCARCELY WON
At Holy Cross cemetery for "Hades" #bloomsdayhalifax #bloomsday.
Here lies Canada's first Maritimer and first Catholic Prime Minister, though he died suddenly in 1895, 2 years into his term, while visiting Queen Victoria in Windsor Castle
A small potato wrapped in paper on a cafe table
An important part of #bloomsdayhalifax is making sure people are getting their potatoes #bloomsday
Victorian gothic-revival Point Pleasant Lodge on a sunny day with flowers
Standing in for Clifton Lodge school in episode 2 of Ulysses, the lovely Point Pleasant Lodge often looks AI-generated, with its slightly oversized gothic features and all the flowers around it. But trust me it's real! #bloomsday #bloomsdayhalifax
No ineluctable modality of the visible at this beach, but there are at least happy dogs
#bloomsday #bloomsdayhalifax
View of Halifax harbour and the Atlantic ocean from Ogilvie battery, Point Pleasant Park
He mounted to the parapet again and gazed out over Dublin bay …
—God! he said quietly. Isn't the sea what Algy calls it: a great sweet mother? … Epi oinopa ponton. Ah, Dedalus, the Greeks! I must teach you. You must read them in the original. Thalatta! Thalatta! #bloomsday #bloomsdayhalifax
BloomsdayHalifqx app with text excerpts from Telemachus Excerpts From This Episode They halted while Haines surveyed the tower and said at last: — Rather bleak in wintertime, I should say. Martello you call it? — Billy Pitt had them built, Buck Mulligan said, when the French were on the sea. But ours is the omphalos. ------------- — He's English, Buck Mulligan said, and he thinks we ought to speak Irish in Ireland. — Sure we ought to, the old woman said, and I'm ashamed I don't speak the language myself. I'm told it's a grand language by them that knows. - Grand is no name for it, said Buck Mulliaan. Wonderful entirely.
Halifax's Martello Tower in Point Pleasant Park
No, OUR Martello is the omphalos! #bloomsday #bloomsdayhalifax
Halifax's Martello tower under a clear blue sky
Took a Bird e-bike down the South Park bikeway and now I'm at the Martello tower for episode 1 of #bloomsday #bloomsdayhalifax
A hand holding a small potato on a front porch
Got my potato. I'm ready for #bloomsdayhalifax #bloomsday
A scantily clad dark haired woman posing in front of a mural in north end Halifax
A scantily clad dark haired young woman in Halifax's waterfront historic properties, at night with lights strung above
The iconic Halifax historic properties blocked off for construction
Last spot for today's #bloomsdayhalifax tour. I had moved lovely Zoe from the North End to Historic Properties, which would have been 1904 Halifax's version of Nighttown. But alas it is under construction
A cheese sandwich and a glass of wine
Episode 8: Lunchtime with Lestrygonians!
Bloom has a cheese sandwich and some wine for lunch - so Durty Nelly's has a thematically appropriate special all long weekend! #bloomsdayhalifax
I'm set up here for a while in case anyone needs tech support or just wants to nerd out
A bar of lemon soap and a letter addressed to Henry Flower
The door of Jennifer's of Nova Scotia with a Bloomsday Halifax sign
A fragrant candle called "Bloom"
Episode 5: Lotus Eaters
Jennifer's of Nova Scotia have been big supporters. Got my lemon soap and sketchy letter and it's now almost time for lunch!
#bloomsdayhalifax
A small potato on a wrapper saying "Potato I have" alongside a coffee cup on a wood table
Episode 4 in Schmidtville. I have my potato now. Ready for the rest of the day! #bloomsdayhalifax
Rocks at blackrock beach with "Caution" painted on them, pointing towards giant cargo cranes
Episode 3 at Black Rock Beach. Ineluctable modality of the visible. Also: CAUTION #bloomsdayhalifax
An app map showing 728 meters to the Martello Tower in point Pleasant park
Took a Bird scooter down to the south end to start #bloomsdayhalifax. South Park bikeway was great. Alas Point Pleasant is out of Bird's coverage area so I have to walk the final stretch. Nice morning for it though
Hipsters at Stillwell Barrington brewpub in Halifax NS paging through a reconstruction of the June 11 1904 Police Gazette
I'm not new to this: last summer I meticulously recreated the June 11 1904 edition of the lad mag "Police Gazette" from microfiche scans and AI pictures, and left it at the downtown Stillwell for #bloomsdayhalifax
Finally finishing my blog series about #bloomsdayhalifax including how I used the #gpt4o API to make a custom narrative of every participant's day in (sort of) Molly Bloom's half-asleep voice
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The next Bloomsday Halifax episode: Nausicaa at Salter. This was a challenge, since I needed to recreate a rather seedy interaction in a less seedy manner and in a public place. I ended up going with blue dollar-store bows in awkward locations #bloomsdayhalifax
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I have a lot to say about last weekend's #bloomsdayhalifax and I've figured it'll likely be best done as 18 shorter blog posts, one for "episode". Here's the first:
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A 1904 boxer composited over the Stillwell bar in Halifax
I did photo mashups for all 18 locations of #bloomsdayhalifax. This one may be my favourite, reflecting the bellicose vibe of the chapter and the photos from the Police Gazette
4 more sleeps til #bloomsday! Apps have been finalized and published, (most) venues (mostly) locked down, collectibles are being printed, and I'm finalizing the content. Media interview on its way and prepping talk on Saturday. It should be fun! #bloomsdayhalifax
An app icon for "Bloomsday2024" with a bowler hat and "HA." underneath against a blue background
First steps for #bloomsdayhalifax - making big plans for next June 16th! #bloomsday #halifax #jamesjoyceulysses
