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 […]
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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 […]
Six Weekiversary
Victoria Day – our six weekiversary! What an amazing 43 days! Ocean Optometry officially opened its doors for business six weeks ago on Victoria Day. In that time we have now performed many more eye examinations than we dared to anticipate and we’ve helped people choose some beautiful eyeglasses. We’ve worked with our lens suppliers […]
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 […]
It’s started!
John, Erin & Mike hard at work. Euan’s supervising! We all arrived at 7.30am this morning, keen and eager to get into the finishing week and to meet with the truck delivering our equipment. Guess what … no truck! They’d forgotten and should be with us, oh, about an hour ago! Never mind. We got […]
Vision East Expo – Sunglasses! Sunglasses!
While it was almost all work at Vision Expo in New York, there were some moments to enjoy trying on some of the cool new eyewear (for research purposes, of course!). Here are a some pictures: Mike modeling an ic! berlin. Euan sporting the special edition ic! berlin “Splash”! Euan, John & Mike all featuring […]
Euan, John and Mike had a hectic visit to New York. The trip started very early on a cold Friday morning, but we were all full of excitement and energy, this was going to be a trip like no other! The sole purpose of this trip was to meet with the best eyewear providers in […]
