Life In Pleasantville
Food, Travel, Life
If you’ve ever asked yourself why visit Cape Breton when there’s a whole world out there, girl, I hear you. I asked myself the same thing for about twenty years. I was wrong about so much. Embarrassingly, eye-rollingly wrong. Cape Breton, as it happens, is the travel prescription you didn’t know you needed. So call …
Ugh, the dating scene. Of all the places I want to be right now, dating is ranked just above colonoscopies and root canals. I am completely and utterly apathetic about love and relationships at the moment, which means there is no better time to do a deep dive into Tinder. My cynicism is high and …
This was supposed to be a post extolling the virtues of the new Ignite WiFi Hub from Rogers and how it’s helping me get my teens in line. I was ready to throw my kids under the bus and talk about how much time they spend online. I had my righteous indignation locked and loaded …
Last night my daughter and I sat and brainstormed “50 things to do to celebrate turning 50”. According to my daughter Ava, I have already achieved badass status as I approach the half-century mark, but completing this list will cement my place at the top of the heap. That, or it’s going to kill me. …
It is not the locals responsibility to make sure you have the best day ever. You're not visiting Disney World. Venice is an ancient city with a long list of cultural and historical contributions to our planet. It is actually incumbent on you to prove your worthiness to visit.
I have a freaking lilac tree. This news came as quite a surprise to me today, as I was sitting in my backyard doing a deep dive on my feelings. I’ve become a real free diver in this lately, letting feelings, like actual feelings wash over me. Head down, writing down attempt #99 of defining …
This is a post filled with tips for travel with teens, or as I like to call it, making it through your next family vacation alive. Potato, potahto. Raising teenagers is the final frontier in parenting. If you can just get them through the next few years of their life and safely deliver them into …
Let’s be clear right off the top: “Tahiti on a budget” is a phrase that should come with a little wink and maybe a footnote. Budget is relative, especially when we’re talking about a collection of volcanic islands in the South Pacific where the water looks Photoshopped and a fancy drink can cost more than …
