Life In Pleasantville
Food, Travel, Life
Last week CityNews reporter Shauna Hunt made headlines for confronting a group of men while she was conducting fan interviews during a Toronto FC Soccer match. Last year, a particularly disgusting habit of grown men yelling ‘F*ck her right in the p*ssy’ at female news reporters who were conducting interviews became popular. On this day …
From road trips, to exploring different parts of Canada and the USA, to jetting off to Paris or Australia, summer vacations are the time to create memories to last for years. Card games in the back of the car, fighting over the last Oreo cookie — which, as a rule, should always go to mom …
One by one, the kids trickle into the room; it’s after recess, and they have all arrived for cooking class. It’s been the talk of the week so far. They’ve quizzed me on what we’re making, what vegetables it will entail, and each time their eyes have lit up, they’ve licked their lips in anticipation, …
Hands up if you know someone who has gone “gluten free” and you rolled your eyes. I know I have. The gluten free craze has swept us off our feet and right onto our heads causing confusion and misinformation. The Celiac Awareness Foundation estimates that 1% is truly celiac requiring complete abstinence from all sources …
Given my love for enormous food items, it’s hard to believe I had never heard of a Muffuletta until a fateful stop-over in Syracuse. Upon checking in to the hotel, the girl at the desk asked if I needed any restaurant recommendations. It was late in the evening, so my choices were limited to a …
“My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness. “ Dalai Lama I sit here and wonder, what the heck am I going to write about? Then it seems, as if out of the blue…something happens that gives me an idea. A small tidbit of something that happened in my life that may (or may …
While my family may be a little picky about what sort of fruit and vegetables they’ll eat, tomatoes are at the very top of the list. Eaten by the handful, in sandwiches or on pizza, I can’t keep enough of them in the house. Occasionally the sweeter, smaller varieties go on special at the store …
Though you may be tired of feeling the pressure to celebrate every little special day, believe me when I tell you making an occasion special doesn’t have to be a big ordeal, nor does it have to cost a fortune or create any added stress. The last thing anyone wants is extra stress. So — …
