It’s been a great first four months here at Ocean Optometry, the time has really flown by. We’ve had lots of lovely people come in and see us, with so many of them being incredibly flattering and gracious in their feedback about our office and about the frame ranges we carry. It’s all quite humbling […]
Category: Blowers Street
Featured in fashion
It was a real treat to be asked to take part in a Summer fashion feature for Halifax’s Line Magazine. We are all fans of the magazine here in the office, the photography is stunning and articles are always worth a read, so we were wowed when we were asked to be involved. A few […]
Paint What Matters – Scientific Significance
Title: Paint What Matters – A Blowers Street Flashbulb moment. Abstract:The excitement caused by the Paint What Matters win for Halifax has led to some interesting research into the thought process and outcome of voting for local voters. It is often considered a flashbulb moment of society when a single event causes the mutual coming […]
Main Street Matters
It is great news that Halifax is one of the twenty winners in North America to get a three block makeover thanks to Benjamin Moore. The campaign to help win in this competition was no doubt helped by Mayor Mike Savage starring in some YouTube videos which gained the cult status of “going viral” and […]
Press Release – Slow Food Eyeglasses come to Halifax
Ocean Optometry, Halifax (July 02, 2013) – Eyeglasses, like many other products, can often travel thousands of miles before arriving at the final retailer for sale. A more environmentally responsible alternative has arrived at Ocean Optometry. “When we first met with Drift Eyewear and were introduced to the range, we were blown away by the […]
Our local outlook
It may seem a strange thought to hear Ocean Optometry talking about loving things local, especially when you hear our accents! Although it is true that Dr John Wilson and Dr Euan McGinty are “from away”, they bring with them a global perspective and a broad reaching level of experience and importantly a deep rooted […]
Bespoke – but not eyewear
We were very excited when these arrived at our office this morning: Best of all is that they’re peppermint flavour, so they’re probably good for you as well! […]
We’re now open for business
Ocean Optometry opens its doors! After what seems like a lifetime of preparation, we are finally opening our doors for the first time in a few short minutes. In the clinic today is Dr John Wilson, with Erin and Mike there to keep everything running smoothly. All of the preparation will hopefully serve us well, […]
Gatecrahsers, Glasses & Getting Funky
On Friday night we had our opening party to celebrate getting everything together. It was a great success, with many friends joining us to share in the celebration and we partied into the late night! We attracted quite a bit of attention and some passing revelers called in, some taking a little time to browse […]
Thank you!
We are just about to enter our final day of preparation, before we go live on Monday (although there still is the weekend). This seems like a perfect opportunity to thank some of the people who have got us to this point: Castone Construction have been our principal contractor in all of the renovations, owner […]
