Staring through a patisserie window at a fancy cake draped in fondant with chocolate shavings and ribbons of icing is like gazing at a Botticelli.
Kitchener Weekend Getaway – It’s Worth the Drive
Kitchener. Not so sexy, you say? I beg to disagree.
A Buffalo Arts and Crafts Girls’ Getaway
As the birthplace of the Arts and Crafts Movement in the U.S., the Roycroft Campus just outside Buffalo is a place where handcrafted workmanship is privileged over mass production, and where you will find beauty without the excessive ornamentation of the Victorian era.
Travel Trends: What Will Be Hot for 2017
The most buzzed about travel trends for 2017
Get the Sugar Shack Experience in the Chaudière Appalaches Region of Quebec
Featured in travelife.ca in March 2017 After a long drive along quiet back roads and a darkening sky, we finally turned off the pavement, and into the gravel driveway of a small cabin off to the side of the road. A warm yellow glow ushered us inside, like fireflies seduced by bright light. We had Continue Reading
Exploring Vancouver Island with the Family
If I had three words to describe Vancouver Island, they would be green, rugged and wild.
Club Med Ixtapa Pacific: A Tropical Playground
Featured on parentscanada.com on April 4, 2017 By Diana Ballon with Antonia Eckley on April 04, 2017 “Breathe in and out like the waves, with strength and energy,” says Mo, the fitness instructor who is leading the 9:00 a.m. yoga class here at the Club Med in Ixtapa on the Pacific coast of Mexico. “Respira con Continue Reading
Why Twenty Valley Should Be on Wine Drinker’s Travel Lists
Featured on lacartemag.com on June 7, 2016 Why Twenty Valley should be on wine drinkers’ travel lists by DIANA BALLON Twenty Valley, home to country roads that link the small towns of Grimsby, Beamsville, Vineland, Jordan and St. Catharines on the south shore of Lake Ontario, is a region that many consider a hidden gem — Continue Reading
A Desert State of Mind
Think of Tucson as a basin with steep edges. An urban desert, defined less by its architecture than by its natural beauty, benign climate, blue skies and the dazzling interplay of light and shadow.
Four Islands for a Destination Wedding
Featured in West Jet Magazine, February 2017 Get hitched in Antigua, Turks and Caicos, Maui or on Florida’s Amelia Island FEBRUARY 8, 2017 – BY DIANA BALLON There’s an allure to getting hitched on an island. What could be more romantic than saying “I do” in a secluded, seaside ceremony? If an island wedding is your Continue Reading