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Equality: Canadian women are not there yet
At the upcoming G8 Summit Canada will champion a worthwhile initiative to improve maternal and child health in developing nat...read more...
At the upcoming G8 Summit Canada will champion a worthwhile initiative to improve maternal and child health in developing nat...read more...
Myth of the ugly Francophone
Date Posted: 4/21/2010 2:01:00 PM
Ah, yes….the myth of the ugly Francophone. A good relationship with my mother-in-law – the first one - and her French-named son predisposed me toward seeing le Québec in a positive light. She taught me how to cook and he was my first love. While bo...
Date Posted: 4/21/2010 2:01:00 PM
Ah, yes….the myth of the ugly Francophone. A good relationship with my mother-in-law – the first one - and her French-named son predisposed me toward seeing le Québec in a positive light. She taught me how to cook and he was my first love. While bo...
Taking a cheap shot at Florida
Date Posted: 2/7/2010 2:41:00 PM
It’s easy to mock Florida. I did it and in writing too; while it’s hard to un-ring that bell, after spending three years in the Sunshine State, I’m trying. So like the recently converted in any category - think non-smoking,...
Date Posted: 2/7/2010 2:41:00 PM
It’s easy to mock Florida. I did it and in writing too; while it’s hard to un-ring that bell, after spending three years in the Sunshine State, I’m trying. So like the recently converted in any category - think non-smoking,...
The radish as art: Christmas in Oaxaca
Date Posted: 1/12/2010 9:04:00 AM
If you aren’t particularly jolly about Christmas normally, try spending the holidays in Oaxaca, México. In addition to a month long parade of…well, parades, fireworks, and spectacular live, outdoor and free entertainment...
Date Posted: 1/12/2010 9:04:00 AM
If you aren’t particularly jolly about Christmas normally, try spending the holidays in Oaxaca, México. In addition to a month long parade of…well, parades, fireworks, and spectacular live, outdoor and free entertainment...
Christmas in Oaxaca
Date Posted: 1/12/2010 9:02:00 AM
Since I haven’t experienced every permutation of Christmas celebrations around the globe, it’s hard to say that there is no Christmas like Christmas in Oaxaca Mexico. But, having experienced a Oaxacan Christmas again recently, it&...
Date Posted: 1/12/2010 9:02:00 AM
Since I haven’t experienced every permutation of Christmas celebrations around the globe, it’s hard to say that there is no Christmas like Christmas in Oaxaca Mexico. But, having experienced a Oaxacan Christmas again recently, it&...
Another fishy tail…er tale
Date Posted: 12/9/2009 2:47:00 PM
There are roadside attractions and then there are the mermaids of Weeki Wachee Springs, Florida. Weeki Wachee - population 12 - was the smallest incorporated city in Florida until it was turned into a state park in 2008. The area’s mai...
Date Posted: 12/9/2009 2:47:00 PM
There are roadside attractions and then there are the mermaids of Weeki Wachee Springs, Florida. Weeki Wachee - population 12 - was the smallest incorporated city in Florida until it was turned into a state park in 2008. The area’s mai...
Rockin' It New Age
Date Posted: 10/19/2009 5:50:00 PM
I swore off anything New-Age-y in about 1997 following a trip to Glastonbury, an otherwise nondescript town near a site reputed to be the location of King Arthur’s Camelot. Arthurian legends swirl about like a dense fog off the nearby Somerset ...
Date Posted: 10/19/2009 5:50:00 PM
I swore off anything New-Age-y in about 1997 following a trip to Glastonbury, an otherwise nondescript town near a site reputed to be the location of King Arthur’s Camelot. Arthurian legends swirl about like a dense fog off the nearby Somerset ...
A taste of Oaxaca
Date Posted: 9/17/2009 1:15:00 PM
I was so excited to read that Oaxacan chef Pilar Cabrera – on her first trip to Canada - is in Toronto on a culinary mission to let Canadians know that Mexican food is much more than tacos and enchiladas. Oaxaca is one of my favourite places in the world...
Date Posted: 9/17/2009 1:15:00 PM
I was so excited to read that Oaxacan chef Pilar Cabrera – on her first trip to Canada - is in Toronto on a culinary mission to let Canadians know that Mexican food is much more than tacos and enchiladas. Oaxaca is one of my favourite places in the world...
Getting your kicks on Route 66 to Grand Canyon
Date Posted: 9/17/2009 12:11:00 PM
Las Vegas is a great place to begin a drive tour of the southwestern part of the US; it's close to the Grand Canyon, Bryce Canyon, Zion National Park and Death Valley. A lot depends on how much time you have but even if you are pla...
Date Posted: 9/17/2009 12:11:00 PM
Las Vegas is a great place to begin a drive tour of the southwestern part of the US; it's close to the Grand Canyon, Bryce Canyon, Zion National Park and Death Valley. A lot depends on how much time you have but even if you are pla...
Super, natural British Columbia is not for the faint of heart
Date Posted: 9/4/2009 9:29:00 AM
On a trip to the British Columbia interior to visit our daughter Kristine and her partner Scott, I was reminded of how physically fit everyone seems to be in the mountains. The B.C. coast is all about the urban pleasures of art galleries, market ...
Date Posted: 9/4/2009 9:29:00 AM
On a trip to the British Columbia interior to visit our daughter Kristine and her partner Scott, I was reminded of how physically fit everyone seems to be in the mountains. The B.C. coast is all about the urban pleasures of art galleries, market ...
The Marlborough Man & the Prius
Date Posted: 8/20/2009 12:01:00 PM
We landed in Calgary yesterday and immediately headed to the car rental level of the airport. We got offered a Prius for the same price as any compact so we took it. The first few minutes were hilarious as we tried to figure out how to make the thing go...
Date Posted: 8/20/2009 12:01:00 PM
We landed in Calgary yesterday and immediately headed to the car rental level of the airport. We got offered a Prius for the same price as any compact so we took it. The first few minutes were hilarious as we tried to figure out how to make the thing go...
Travel Tips - Mexico City to Oaxaca & Beyond
Date Posted: 8/13/2009 5:14:00 PM
I sent these travel tips to a young friend with plans to hit the Ruta de Maya for a few months:Bus: Probably safer and easier to take the controlled zonal fare taxi (buy ticket inside airport terminal) to TAPO (stands for Terminal de Autobues...
Date Posted: 8/13/2009 5:14:00 PM
I sent these travel tips to a young friend with plans to hit the Ruta de Maya for a few months:Bus: Probably safer and easier to take the controlled zonal fare taxi (buy ticket inside airport terminal) to TAPO (stands for Terminal de Autobues...
Thank goodness the Wright Brothers are already dead - 2008
Date Posted: 9/11/2008 12:48:00 PM
Air travel is close to an ordeal for almost everyone except for those lucky devils who fly business class. I have no idea what it would be like to sit in the section of a plane where the head of the guy in front of you is not virtually in you...
Date Posted: 9/11/2008 12:48:00 PM
Air travel is close to an ordeal for almost everyone except for those lucky devils who fly business class. I have no idea what it would be like to sit in the section of a plane where the head of the guy in front of you is not virtually in you...
Relying on my new best friend - May 2008
Date Posted: 9/11/2008 12:47:00 PM
It took twenty plus hours of driving to get home last week. It’s usually a trip that I dread but this year I was almost looking forward to it. The reason for my about face was that my friend Jill would be along to encourage us to stop ...
Date Posted: 9/11/2008 12:47:00 PM
It took twenty plus hours of driving to get home last week. It’s usually a trip that I dread but this year I was almost looking forward to it. The reason for my about face was that my friend Jill would be along to encourage us to stop ...
In search of some sun – the passport conundrum
Date Posted: 9/11/2008 12:45:00 PM
Now that we own a place in the sunny south, we have friends and family who want to visit us. That’s fine with us - it’s nice to see a familiar face when you’re away from home for six months. So we’ve been reminding peop...
Date Posted: 9/11/2008 12:45:00 PM
Now that we own a place in the sunny south, we have friends and family who want to visit us. That’s fine with us - it’s nice to see a familiar face when you’re away from home for six months. So we’ve been reminding peop...
Sideroads: SpiritsofMuskoka July08
Date Posted: 9/11/2008 12:42:00 PM
One of the joys of meandering off the beaten path is in discovering the unexpected. A rough-hewn sign on Brodie Kay Trail reads, ‘Spirits of Muskoka.’ It’s easy to miss if you’re not paying attention and a thrilling and...
Date Posted: 9/11/2008 12:42:00 PM
One of the joys of meandering off the beaten path is in discovering the unexpected. A rough-hewn sign on Brodie Kay Trail reads, ‘Spirits of Muskoka.’ It’s easy to miss if you’re not paying attention and a thrilling and...
