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Featured on vacay.ca, November 9, 2015. Viamede Resort is a favourite with people and pets. PETERBOROUGH, ONTARIO — A resort holiday usually means stealthily heading out the door with our suitcases—leaving our dog Juno lying gloomily on her day bed in the corner of the living room with her sitter. I tell the kids to Continue Reading
Featured on airmiles.ca, October 2015. How to be a traveler not a tourist in these idyllic islands. The holiday begins midair, with that first glimpse of neon turquoise. Turks & Caicos Islands (TCI), located south of the Bahamas and east of Cuba, are famous for those azure tones – providing the perfect contrast to powdery Continue Reading
Featured in Canadian Cycling Magazine, October 2015. The prime road routes and trails of Ontario’s Peterborough and the Kawarthas aren’t well-known, but that will change. We followed our guides on a rainy day in June. We were travelling over rolling hills in Ontario’s Kawarthas on road bikes against soft winds and under grey skies. Grazing Continue Reading
The difference between the breakup of a relationship with an intimate partner and platonic friend is that one is recognized and one isn’t.
Featured in Just for Canadian Doctors, Fall 2015. Norah Rogers and I meet in the parlour room of the Waring House, a country inn on the edge of Picton in Prince Edward County. She arrives slightly out of breath, coming straight from her private practice as a family doctor in town. But Rogers is no Continue Reading
Featured on Parents Canada, August 11, 2015. As the kids age, we constantly refine our family holidays to maximize parent relaxation, and kid fun. With our kids now 10 and 12, the need for the all-inclusive plan with child care provided is less vital. But we do still want places that offer lots of kid Continue Reading
Featured in Parents Canada, July 28, 2015. Magic “star stuff,” pirates and mermaids in coconut bras have invaded Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. Specifically, the Shaw Festival, which for the first time in its 53-year history is staging a play geared to children: Peter and the Starcatcher. Charlie Gallant as Boy in Peter and the Starcatcher. Photo by Continue Reading
Featured in Taste & Travel, Winter 2015. Explore the headwaters of the Everglades. When people think of Orlando, they tend to think crowds, Disney, gaggling children, long lines and overcrowded theme parks where not-so-healthy food is consumed on the run. What they don’t necessarily think of are the gastronomic offerings of this Central Florida city. Continue Reading
When Tessa’s marriage ended in 2001 she had three children. Her youngest was 5, and she thought her dream might never come true.
But then life took an unexpected turn. At 56, Tessa gave birth again.
Featured in Forever Young, January 2015. Mother and daughters bonded in Montreal and Quebec City, following in the footsteps of author Louise Penny and ending a stimulating journey with a toast to dad. Daphne and Mom at Montmorency Falls. With cobblestone streets, outdoor markets, great restaurants and galleries, and handsome French men, why leave the Continue Reading