Life In Pleasantville
Food, Travel, Life
By Candace Derickx Creamsicles are one of my favourite frozen treats. Vanilla ice cream wrapped in an orange popsicle layer. Delicious. And so, so bad for my backend. Because of this unfortunate consequence I gave them up years ago. I have not, however given up on this amazing Creamsicle smoothie. It tastes just like the …
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, …
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 Brandy Reid As a former young adult librarian, putting a list together of my top ten YA novels to give this Christmas was quite a challenge. There are just so many fabulous reads out there that is was difficult to narrow it down to just ten. So, here you have a list of …
