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The leading wellness retreat in Texas Hill Country, Lake Austin Spa Resort has received accolades worldwide for its 25,000 square foot spa, its varied and innovative “Ripple Effects” fitness programming, wellness and lake activities, delicious food and stunning lakeside property located about a half hour from downtown Austin.
by Diana Ballon Published on travelingmitch.com on September 19, 2
The idea for this column emerged over an Italian pizza lunch in west Toronto and subsequent discussions and emails. We wanted to use a his/her approach to not just describe the spa experience and its facilities but to share our experience from a male and female perspective. This first column is on The Pearle Hotel & Spa in Burlington, ON.
We live in a world that fails to recognize the true significance of pet loss. As pet owners, we seem to be hardest on ourselves for not being able to “get over it.” We have internalized a culture that doesn’t recognize that pet bereavement is not unlike grieving another human.
DIANA BALLON | AUGUST 22ND, 2022 Published in the June/July 2022 issue of Zoomer Magazine I was a little worried when we arrived at the Algonquin Resort in Saint Andrews, N.B. last September, and my mum, Heather, didn’t seem to remember anything about the hotel where she worked 69 years ago. “It’s like a foreign country,” she said Continue Reading
A week-long stay at this spa retreat provides the ideal setting for a memorable – and transformative experience.
“Sometimes terminations are done in a very cold, very scripted way to avoid risk,” says employment lawyer Kumail Karimjee. Employers may worry that they could say the wrong thing, so they play it safe by not saying anything.”
The rain is pounding down so hard all around us that what normally looks like staccato lines, instead appears like a curtain of long, silver streaks. I hadn’t realized before coming to Panama in November that I would be in the country at the height of their eight-month rainy season. Fortunately, sun glimmers through the Continue Reading