Travel

Happy New Year, everyone! I had the pleasure of speaking with Yan England at the Alive 375 press conference for the Montreal winter festivities. This year not only marks Canada’s 150th anniversary, it is also the 375th anniversary of Montreal, so you can bet the city has many things planned to celebrate!…

If you are heading out the shopping malls in these last days before Christmas, I feel you! There are always a few more things to do before the big day. I have a few suggestions to help you out. I was up real early yesterday to talk with Shari Okeke, of CBC…

I cannot tell you how much I simply love the artistic bouquets that my friends Carolina of Fleur&Sense creates. She is not just a florist, she is a floral designer. Here are some examples of her work for the holidays: Also, if you want to smile with inspirational bouquets, follow…

You have been busy. You take care of the kids, you take care of your extended family, your partner, your work, your home… Rushing around trying to get Christmas all done is exhausting, and chances are, you aren’t giving yourself much of anything. Well, I know all about that and…

Last year, we got to experience a brand-new addition to the Cadillac Fairview holiday celebrations, called the Magic Gift Workshop. We went as a family to check it out at CF Carrefour Laval shopping mall. To check out our first experience, you can click here. My boys loved the Magic…

The first time we brought the boys to see the CP Holiday Train roll into our local train station was when they were just little. Their eyes lit up when they saw the train full of lights and heard the whistle blowing. The very Canadian experience has been going on…

My charity event, Shopping From The Heart, has been a labor of love for me. It started out as a small idea, and with the help of my blog, was able to become something special. And while it has grown each year, I felt that there needed to be a…

The Disney princesses will be taking the ice in Montreal with a new Disney On Ice show! If your children have been following the Dream Big Princess stories and love princesses, you will not want to miss the show when it comes to Montreal. Four princesses will be skating their stories…

If you went to school within a 500-mile radius of Stratford, Ontario, then you might have been lucky enough to take a school trip to the Stratford Festival. Montreal is a good six or more hours away from Stratford but the festival left such an impression on me when I…

This summer, I read Mitch Albom’s The Five People You Meet In Heaven. If you haven’t read it, it is a book that you can finish in a day. In my case, I managed to finish it through the summer here and there when I had a quiet moment (as…