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Sustainability Without Sacrifice – Wine, Lobster & Other Creature Comforts

by Candace Sampson

Saving the planet is no longer a rallying cry for hippies, environmental activists, and the Green Party, it’s a call to arms for every living being on this planet. Living sustainably is not an optional activity any more; it’s an absolute must. That doesn’t mean you have to give up all the joy in life …

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The Who Was Worth The Thirty Year Wait

by Candace Sampson

Thirty years ago, I had tickets to see The Who as part of their Reunion Tour in Toronto, except I never got to use them. My father, without consulting me first, committed me to work the night of the concert. I was apocalyptic, with an extra dash of over dramatization, as only a 20 year …

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What Would Cher Do? A Mid-Life Guide to Greatness

by Candace Sampson

As mid-life awakenings go (I refuse to call it a crisis), mine has been pretty tame. Quite ho-hum actually. I left my husband with a bang one day last June and never looked back, travelled to Europe with my daughters in July, moved back in with my parents in August, moved into a new home …

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Sandals Montego Bay – New Look, Enduring Passion, One Love

by Candace Sampson

Behind every great romance is a great story and the story of Sandals Montego Bay is a classic Pygmalion narrative. Boy meets run down hotel and transforms it into one of the world’s most iconic and recognizable escapes for couples, along the way trials and tribulations threaten to diminish the passion, but the boy is …

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Tahiti good for families, Moorea excursions

Is Tahiti Good for Families? A Parent’s Guide to Paradise

by Candace Sampson

Is Tahiti good for families? It’s a question many parents ask, and with good reason. The Islands of Tahiti are not a quick trip from anywhere on the globe, and even with the strictest of budgets, it’s still going to cost you more than your typical family vacation. I’ve been to the Islands of Tahiti …

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Titus Mountain – A Quick Winter Escape Close to Ottawa!

by Candace Sampson

On a recent trip to Titus Mountain in The Adirondacks in upstate New York, I accomplished something I never thought possible—I skied a black diamond hill. In the six years since I first learned to ski, I’ve become quite the underachiever, sticking primarily to green and occasionally blue-ish slopes. What can I say? I’m a …

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Stuck in San Francisco, CityPASS Tour, boat tour, iconic destination

Stuck in San Francisco – When Travel Delays Go Right!

by Candace Sampson

It’s not very often that while on the way to one bucket list destination, you find yourself stuck in another bucket list destination, but if it does ever happen to you, consider yourself lucky. My daughters and I found ourselves in this exact predicament recently while travelling to Tahiti. A series of flight delays meant …

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What is TICO

What Is TICO and How Can They Protect Your Next Vacation?

by Candace Sampson

There are few things we purchase in life that hold more meaning to us than travel. When we purchase a vacation we are buying memories, connection, and experience. Those feelings simply don’t appear when you’re buying toilet paper at a local box store. It’s only natural then, that if things go wrong on our vacation, …

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