(This luxury Mont-Tremblant chalet post was updated on Feb. 16, 2022) Even if you’ve only been a reader of mine for a year, you know how much we love visiting the Mont-Tremblant village. But until this year, we’d only ever stayed in the Tremblant village. There’s something to be said for broadening one’s horizons, so…
Truli wetsuits review — just for women
I started diving in 1999 when I took a trip to Thailand, specifically to get my SCUBA certification. The water was so warm, I didn’t need a wetsuit. A year later, I did my advanced PADI dive cert (on a tiny island in The Phillipines called Boracay). Again, with water temps sticking at around 30…
Royalton Riviera Cancun review
As a blossoming travel blogger over the past two years, I’d forgotten the beauty of a real vacation. Enter the Royalton Riviera Cancun. It was the first trip I’ve taken in a long time with my family without an itinerary or list of to dos. If I didn’t want to take a single picture or…
New Year’s Eve entertaining-in-a-box from PC
New Year’s Eve is tomorrow. (How’d that happen?!) And you need an app to serve or bring — stat. Oops. Good thing the smarty pants at President’s Choice created the New Year’s Eve Entertaining Essentials Kit, the perfect party-in-a-box solution. Charcuterie is a food trend that just won’t die because it’s easy, nice to look at and…
The best Christmas Morning Wifesaver recipe
(This Christmas Morning Wifesaver recipe was updated on Nov. 29, 2023.) I have an old, stained photocopy of my mother’s “Christmas Morning Wifesaver” recipe — that she made every Christmas for us — in my terribly curated recipe book. And while she’s never been one to stray too far from a recipe, we’ve played with…
Modaselle designer consignment
I had been coveting a Balenciaga City bag for years. But aside from its hefty price tag, by the time I finally decided to nab one, the style I liked the most — with the giant rose gold hardware — had been discontinued. I know, I know. First-world problems. What to do? The answer: search Canada’s…
Indochino made-to-measure suit
My husband is a suit man. Even though his job doesn’t demand it most days. But finding a good-fitting suit for Big B’s 6’6”, 300+ pound frame isn’t easy. He’s been down the bespoke road, had a big-and-tall-off-the-rack suit tailored and we even visited a famous tailor in Hong Kong, known for fitting past presidents…
2016 holiday gift guide & epic giveaway
The truth is that I wasn’t going to do a holiday gift guide this year. They’re an insane amount of work because I personally choose every single thing that ultimately makes it into the pages of this here blog. Brands can’t just buy their way in. But then I got a few emails from readers asking…
2016 Toronto Santa Claus Parade – Sunday, Nov. 20
I only remember going to the Santa Claus parade in Toronto once as a child. Just once. We grew up an hour outside the city and my Dad hates crowds. And lines. And crowds in lines. But what a memory it is: my red mittens cupping hot cocoa that we brought in an old-skool Thermos. Watching…
EPIX Studio photography at Beaches Resorts
It started when The K Man was in my belly — our first family photo shoot. We did the same for Miss Q and they both had newborn shoots done before they turned 10 days old. At least every year or two, we’ve continued booking photo shoots. Mostly because unless I pay someone to take…