I must be in some kind of mood today, because nothing would give greater pleasure than listing my pet peeves about travel. Actually, quite a few things would give me more pleasure: a flute of Cristal (how is it that I have never tried Cristal champagne?), having the cash to buy a penthouse in New York [...]
Fun at the medi-clinic
How could I get food poisoning when I’m not even travelling? It seems like the ultimate irony … I’ve travelled through India, Thailand, Malaysia and the Caribbean but I always seem to get sick when I’m home. Of course it has nothing to do with the ALLEGEDLY uncooked chicken at the ALLEGEDLY Wholefoods deli that [...]
The beer miracle continues – first it makes you beautiful, then it wins you free travel to Mexico for life. Ole
First we learned why beer makes other people look hot. We also learned why beer spas, with their healing and skin-soothing properties, can make you look hot. Now it gets even better. Now you can be sizzlin’ sun-in-the-wintertime hot on a Mexican beach and once again, it’s thanks to beer. The Mexico Tourism Board, itravel2000 and [...]
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Montreal
My first travel video
Okay – it’s a red letter day, and one worth cringing over as I hear my voice on the Toronto Star website in my very first travel video, Montreal, City of Glass. (Full disclosure: I didn’t shoot it, it’s footage taken from the video demo shoot for a possible travel series. I’m just in it.) [...]
Spa Reviews
Spa review: The secret Isle of Women
Remember the floating palace on the island filled with beautiful women in the James Bond flick Octopussy? Yes, well, right here in Toronto a secret Isle of Women really does exist. And sorry, guys, no men allowed. Body Blitz – health by water, is on 471 Adelaide and right from the moment I got to [...]
Spas
Bad Ragaz – it’s a gaz, gaz, gaz
To go with my article in today’s Toronto Star on Swiss Spas Go Molecular I thought I would mention 5 quirky facts about my current favourite spa, Grand Resort Bad Ragaz, located between Zurich and the swank ski town St Moritz. (Read previous post about it here) 1) You can have a face lift there [...]
Saskatchewan
Our Lady Peace and my most famous relative
How can Our Lady Peace be playing tonight in Saskatoon and I not be there to see them? Because, you see, Saskatoon is my hometown and Duncan Coutts, the bassist, is my mom’s cousin’s son. And my mom lives in Saskatoon. And now the band is there playing tonight. Isn’t that just somehow …. like, fate? Now, [...]
Spas
A tip for the single man – take your mom to the spa for Mother’s Day – here’s the spa etiquette to help you
Men, here’s a thought. Now that you’re okay with going to the spa as a couple (you are, right?) take it one step further and accompany your mom to the spa for Mother’s Day. Trust me, if you’re single you’ll be hitting a prime demographic of nice-girls-who-pamper-their-mothers and you’ll be one of the very few [...]
Travel disasters
These shoes are made for walking … home
I’m sure you’re all waiting with bated breath (what does that mean, anyway – bated?), simply on tender hooks (that’s a strange visual image as well, when you think about it – are they hooks through the toes of a person hanging upside down? That’s the image in my mind) to see if my lovely [...]
Travel disasters
The long way home
I knew I should have worn those black pants! It started out as a simple habit, a small way of easing the millions of decisions one needs to make when they travel … I always wear black pants and a white top on the plane. “Why?” someone asked me last night at dinner on the [...]
Travel
Silver Spirit – Silversea Cruise
Here’s the life! Yesterday I flew to New York to board my quick cruise on the luxe Silver Spirit, the newest ship from the Silversea Cruise line. Who knew that cruise ships dock in midtown Manhattan? I check in, dump my bags in my Art Deco suite (with veranda – don’t hate me) and a [...]
Art
William Perehudoff – my dad the art star 2
In honor of my father’s show opening in Calgary tomorrow I am adding another William Perehudoff essay – but don’t worry, I didn’t write it! Helen Zenith, director/owner of the spacious chic NewZones Gallery in Calgary is a former painter who writes about working with my father in New York. WILLIAM PEREHUDOFF 50 [...]
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