Last year I kept seeing amazing pictures of Mosaïculture on Instagram and I was so sad that we weren’t able to make it out to see this stunning horticultural display in person. Last year in celebration of Canada’s 150th Mosaïcultures Internationales de Montréal, a non-profit, put on a magnificent garden display that that drew 1.3 million visitors […]
Having spent a month travelling around with the kids, I was reflecting on our romantic getaway to the Outaouais region this past November. During our second night on that quick Quebec weekend getaway we checked into the Hilton Lac-Leamy. From the moment I entered this hotel in Quebec I was captivated by the amazing artwork […]
With its abundance of great wine, delicious craft beer, and fine French cooking, Quebec is one of our favorite places to visit. After finding a number of great adventures with the kids in Montreal last year, Yashy and I recently travelled, sans kids, to the the Outaouais region, where we stayed in Gatineau and included a […]
It had been a good while since the hubs and I travelled without the kids and so when I discovered that we had won a romantic getaway in the Outaouais region, I was OBVIOUSLY thrilled. I often get asked about romantic getaways from Toronto and what I discovered is that less than 5 hours away, […]
A few months ago, I went for my first massage. Friends had told me that massages are the ultimate treat for the human body, but I had my doubts. For one, I am ticklish. Not extremely so, but enough to be wary of an hour-long massage, and these worries ended up being warranted. At regular intervals […]
Last Friday afternoon, during an excruciating escape from downtown Toronto in a 2017 Ford Fusion, I discovered the most useful feature I’d ever encountered in an automobile, adaptive cruise control. What made this discovery so revelatory was the fact that I had used the feature before but had never considered just how useful it would […]
