So. You may have noticed from the icons and links plastered around this site that I’ve been nominated for USA Today’s 10 Best Luxury Travel Bloggers Readers’ Choice Awards. Update, contest is over! Results here soon. Oh, you haven’t? Let me enlighten you: I’ve been nominated for USA Today’s 10 Best Luxury Travel Bloggers Readers’ Choice Awards. And […]
Dumb Blonde Moment at TIFF
Another film festival, another dumb blonde moment at TIFF. This, people, is my glittering life. And this is the Toronto International Film Festival. After my adventures at the Cannes Film Festival, in which 1) I had a gun pulled on me and 2) was asked to pose for a German magazine showcasing – and I quote – […]
Seychelles Carnival masks, dark truths revealed
There is nothing like a party to get you thinking about masks. At the famous Seychelles Carnival, I delve a little deeper into the world behind the mask. Seeing all the Seychelles Carnival masks at the Carnavale International de Victoria makes me think about the face we present to the world. (Yes, yes, I do […]
The Seychelles Carnival can change the world
Sometimes the things you think you know turn you upside down, dunk your head in the Indian Ocean and make you see reality in a different cinnamon-scented way. This is how the Seychelles Carnival changed my perspective about carnivals, and how I came to believe that the Seychelles Carnival can change the world. Three days […]
Traveling solo on Valentine’s Day
I was reading an old copy of O last night, not The Story of O, an erotic novel from 1954, but O – the Oprah Magazine, and came across an interesting article called Sex, Love, and Creativity – is romance the true mother of invention? by Helen Fisher, PhD. According to a study in the Netherlands, people […]
Inspiration for 2014
Personally, I’m glad to shake off those sticky tentacles of 2013, because 2013 was the biggest shake-up year I’ve ever experienced. Events that tumbled my world like a cat in a dryer: My father died (still not over it). The Toronto Star travel section, which I’ve written for for years, slashed its freelance budget (but […]
A Park Hyatt Toronto wedding
Mark and I are in the airport waiting to take off for our honeymoon. Lufthansa! Business Class! And all on points! Yay! But before I go, I can’t resist posting a few wedding shots. Luckily Julia Pelish, our amazing photographer sent a couple of shots even though the movers were shifting furniture out of her […]
A Koh Samui Valentine
Be my Koh Samui Valentine! Come with me on a Valentine’s jaunt through this southern island in Thailand, and celebrate this day of love Asian style I know I’m far away in Koh Samui, Thailand, but I haven’t forgotten you on Valentine’s Day. How could I? You’re sweeter than Koh Samui Valentine watermelon … […]
Happy 50th anniversary, Jamaica
It seems I don’t need to travel anymore. I just go to events around Toronto. The Jamaica event down at St Lawrence Market was special, not just because 2012 is the 50th anniversary of Jamaica’s independence, (hurrah, for Jamaica!) but because it’s the 10th anniversary of my very first press trip to, you guessed it, Jamaica. […]
What is Valentine’s Day without a transvestite?
What is your heart’s desire on Valentine’s Day? Whatever you do, don’t worry if your Valentine’s Day celebration doesn’t turn out the way you planned. You’re not alone! I was reading the Valentine’s Day press release from the Park Hyatt Toronto to my boyfriend, Mark, hoping he’d pick up on my enthusiasm for the Gala […]
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