My children are four and six years old. And, until last month, my husband and I had never been on vacation together. Alone. I’d been away without kids. Big B had been away without kids. But we’d never left at the same time. Over the years, we’ve had to turn down a lot of lovely invitations…
#ThrowbackThursday: Palawan’s Underground River, The Philippines
It’s a little depressing looking at vacation photos, right? And so it is when I look back on our South East Asian adventure captured on my Instagram feed. But being able to experience one of the new seven Wonders of the World brings my total “Wonder” count to six. Depending on whose list you use,…
Restaurant review: The Verandah at The Peninsula hotel
Whenever I go away without my kids, I try to eat at really nice restaurants. Because then I get to actually taste and savour my food. (And I think I’ve mentioned before just how much I love food.) So when Big B and I recently visited Hong Kong, we had our concierge at The Mira…
Hotel review: The Mira Hong Kong
When I lived in Asia back in 2000-2001, I did my share of travelling in the region. But all these years later, I still regretted never making it to Hong Kong. I’d been to mainland China, but never the unique city that was under British rule until just a few years ago. Still very British…
Signatures restaurant at the InterContinental Yorkville
I love food. I am a foodie. I take pictures to make “food porn” because, well, I love food. Even just looking at it. Though eating it is better. I have a pretty discerning palate, and I’ll try anything once (you don’t want to know). I’ve enjoyed some of the finest restaurants, eating at the likes…
Travel FOMO? Join us for this month’s #FamilyTravelCA chat!
Just the other day, I read that those who suffer most from FOMO (fear of missing out) are considered upper middle-class. Imagine that. It’s a group of relatively high income earners — the top two per cent once you’re past the $150,000 per year mark, in fact — who are worried about what YOU’RE doing. So worried, actually, that there’s…
InterContinental Yorkville review
This InterContinental Yorkville hotel review was centred around a March Break staycation, but take my word for it: this is a fantastic Yorkville Toronto hotel ANY time of year. ************* I love me a good staycation. You still get the thrill of a getaway and new scenery without having to spend much to get there,…
#NikonMOMents, part IV: Orlando, Florida (sponsored post)
Looking back on 2014, there was one common thread that tied our year together as a family: travel. Whether it was Punta Cana (where we visited both the Hard Rock and Club Med) or the several Southern Ontario road trips we took — not to mention my jaunts to Aruba and New York — we…
Holiday Inn: Stay, park & go to Pearson
When we took the kids to Punta Cana earlier this year, our flight left Pearson at 6:30 a.m. We had to be there two hours in advance to do the baggage dance, and we live more than an hour away from the airport. Add one of the worst snowstorms of 2014, and you can figure…
Circulon cookware will find the foodie in you
I always enjoyed baking and cooking as a kid. There are plenty of memories swirling around in my head that involve my froggy-adorned kid-sized apron and helping my mom in the kitchen. While I didn’t grow up to be a kitchenista of any sort, I still love whipping up new recipes or circling back to…