Life In Pleasantville
Food, Travel, Life
Travel has changed. After years of staying put, we’re not just looking for an escape—we’re looking for meaning. If the idea of a cookie-cutter all-inclusive makes you cringe, it’s time to flip the script. Enter awe-inclusive travel: the kind that makes you feel small (in a good way), connected, and completely alive. I found all …
Before a recent trip to Miami I had, what I felt, was a fairly reasonable set of assumptions about this city—fast cars, beautiful people, wild nightlife, and expensive fashion. Otherwise known as not my scene. What would a card-carrying Gap girl, with a little pudge around the middle, and a 10pm hard stop find to …
A few years ago I pulled on my big girl pants and did something I swore I’d never do. My taxes. All by myself. It was liberating to finally conquer my fear of numbers, which stemmed from a terribly embarrassing incident in Grade 4 involving a boy I had a crush on, sweaty armpits, and …
I have struggled with where to pick up the thread to tell this story, because as with all divorce stories, it’s complicated. If I tug on one small piece the entire ball of yarn tumbles to the ground and any sense of cohesion is lost. Then there’s the absolutely mind-boggling number of events that have …
I used to be that person, the one who thought that you didn’t need winter tires. I used to say that only bad drivers got in trouble on winter roads “because like, you have to drive the conditions. D’uh” Then one day, karma decided to ride shotgun with me. Undeterred by a winter storm and …
“You’re going where?”, my friend asked with a perplexed look on her face. “Mississauga,” I said. “But why? What’s in Mississauga?”. Ah, dear friend, a lot as it turns out. For the travel deprived and cabin fevered amongst us, Mississauga happens to be the perfect place to dip your toes back into exploration. As someone …
It’s been five years since our world turned upside down, and if we’re being honest, it’s been a bit of a roller coaster since—pandemics, financial upheaval, political drama (especially if you’re south of the border). Life is unpredictable, exhausting, and kind of relentless. But even in the chaos, we’ve learned to cling to the things …
Here’s a funny/not funny quagmire I found myself in recently. I quit drinking for 30 days. That’s not the dilemma. No, the dilemma was, how do I celebrate the milestone once I get there? Initially, during week one of not drinking, I had it planned that on Day 30 I would uncork a nice Ripasso …
