I have been waiting for this movie to arrive for a year — maybe more. Beauty and the Beast is one of my all-time favourite Disney films, and I can’t wait to see how the animated feature will be adapted with real humans when it finally comes to the big screen on March 17, 2017….
Bollé Duchess ski goggles & Synergy ski helmet review
Heather is a mom of three (kid No. 1 is 17, kid No. 2 is 15 and kid No. 3 is 10 — but that’s just a chronological list, not in order of “favourites,” because that changes daily, she says!) She’s also got three fur babies and works full time. She’s a wife to “Chops,”…
Inn at Holiday Valley
We’d been to Ellicottville several times pre-kids. We have friends who basically grew up there in winter, and eventually bought places of their own when they had kids. So while I was no stranger to this quaint little town in upstate New York, we’d never been there to ski nor had we stayed onsite at…
mifold: the portable booster seat
I can be a bit extreme when it comes to car seat safety. When my kids were infants, I watched YouTube videos about proper harness placement and had their infant car seats professionally installed. The K Man was in a five-point harness until he was 6.5 years old and close to 70 pounds. Miss Q…
Ottawa hotels: Andaz Ottawa
(This Andaz Ottawa review was updated on August 13, 2021, after a second stay at the property. It reflects realistic expectations of what Ottawa hotels can and should be doing after a year and a half of interrupted availability.) Finding great Ottawa hotels isn’t the most difficult task. The city houses some of the finest…
SKECHERS style for unpredictable weather
American Girl’s 2017 Girl of the Year: Gabriela
Panorama Springs Lodge review
During a recent visit to Panorama Mountain Resort, I was booked into a family suite in the Panorama Springs Lodge. There are a bunch of awesome things to do at Panorama, which you used to be able to read about in my post about Panorama Resort on another site, but sadly it has been removed;…
Olang boots to the icy rescue
You might laugh, but every winter I pull out those ice grippers that fit onto winter boots and keep them by my front door. I live in the suburbs and without all of the foot traffic you get on city sidewalks, we’re often left with big patches of ice. Not exactly ideal when all a…
A romantic getaway at Ste. Anne’s Spa
With St. Valentine’s Day quickly approaching, you’re probably starting to think about ordering flowers, hunting down the perfect Little Blue Box or booking a romantic getaway with your partner. Ste. Anne’s Spa in Grafton, Ont., should be at the top of your list for the latter if you’re within driving distance. Only about an hour…