Life In Pleasantville
Food, Travel, Life
I don’t get out much in Ottawa, but when Parks Canada invited me to experience high tea at Laurier House Ottawa, I made an exception. Not because there’s nothing to do close to home, there’s plenty, but because when I embarrass myself here I risk running into those people again. My dad jokes have a …
Can travel heal a broken heart? I spent the better part of a year trying to find out. Not deliberately. I didn’t book a series of trips as a therapeutic exercise or decide that movement was the answer to the disintegration of a 20 year marriage. It was more accidental than that. The trips were …
So you want to know, is the Fortress of Louisbourg worth it? Um, yes. And if you need nothing else then go be free gentle reader. If you want a little more of the why then stick with me. That’s me. The small blonde in the red coat, standing in front of a fireplace at …
There is a specific kind of town that gets under your skin. Not the flashy kind, not the Instagram-famous kind, but the kind where you park the car, start walking, and forty-five minutes later realize you have completely forgotten what you were worried about before you got here. Perth, Ontario is that kind of town. …
I have a theory about why people don’t go to live theatre more often, and it has nothing to do with ticket prices or parking or not knowing what to wear. It’s simpler than that. They have forgotten, or possibly never learned, that some experiences require your full participation to work. Here is why you …
Exploring Toronto with teens was, for me, like seeing this cosmopolitan city with new eyes. Toronto had become so familiar to me over the years, having lived, worked, and played there, that I had become complacent about it as a tourist destination. On a recent trip with my teenager and her best friend though, I …
I need to tell you something really embarrassing. I stepped off the plane in Ireland with a leprechaun hat in my carry-on. I cringe now sharing that, but I want you to know that I thought I was being charming. Festive. A good sport. Knowing what to read, what to watch, and what to listen …
Why do women travel in groups? Um, the short answer? Men. If you’re still here, you want nuance and I’m proud of you. Because the truth is we can love a man and still not want to travel with men. What can I say, we’re complicated that way. It turns out there are a lot …
