Life In Pleasantville
Food, Travel, Life
A couple of years ago we were visiting Walt Disney World in Florida at the same time the Cheerleading and Dance Worlds were happening at ESPN Sports. My girls were mesmerized. Thousands of girls were walking around with glitter on their eyes, adorable outfits and big bows in their hair. They were cute, smiling, enthusiastic …
I’ll admit it — curry wasn’t always my thing. I used to play it safe with butter chicken, but all those sneaky bites from friends’ plates in Irish and British pubs in Canada eventually wore me down. One night at my local, I ordered a steaming plate of pub-style chicken curry and practically licked the …
Back in late July, I wrote a post titled “Put Your Stones Down”. (God, was it really only July?) Long story short, it was a from-the-heart post in which I begged, probably even condemned, people who were quick to throw judgment about in light of horrific events, to put their stones down. Ultimately, …
By Dee Brun Rosemount Diamond Shiraz This is one of my all time favourites. The whole Rosemount line up is FABOOSH, you will not go wrong with one of their wines. This is a bold wine with dark berry flavour, it goes down very smooth, sometimes too smooth. $15.95 Yellowglen PINK sparkling This is …
Christmas gifts for the Francophile and Anglophile in your family Every family has them; someone mildly obsessed with life on the other side of the pond. Whether they’re decorating their homes with all things Union Jack or serving up a different cheese every day of the year, the Anglophiles and Francophiles in your life …
By Don Chow When Candace asked me to come up with a top 10 list of gifts for the foodie, another friend of mine coincidentally forwarded me a foodie-themed “holiday gift guide” from Lou Lou magazine. While I found the all-metal cork screw pig, thermal all-metal coffee beans (presumably for blind baking pie shells …
And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice-cold in the snow, Stood puzzling and puzzling: “How could it be so?” “It came without ribbons! It came without tags! “It came without packages, boxes or bags!” And he puzzled three hours, till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before! “Maybe Christmas,” …
By Kelli Catana Christmas is coming and as usual there’s always someone on your shopping list that’s hard to buy for. But have you ever thought of giving a DVD box set of a great television series?! I mean, who doesn’t love TV? And with box sets you can find just the right gift …
