Life In Pleasantville
Food, Travel, Life
If I, a vertically challenged woman who has wilfully avoided parallel parking for 36 years, can Captain a 50 foot, five bedroom Le Boat houseboat through various locks and waterways on the Rideau Canal over five days, then you, my friend, can do it too.
I believe in love. I am fully, completely, and with a giddy, fluttery heart in love with love. It’s hard for me to explain how important it is for me to know that. My heart has been through a lot lately, and it would be easy to let cynicism guide me. It wasn’t a delivery …
This was supposed to be an article about skydiving in Ottawa but as often happens, the story I intend to write and the story that gets written is often wildly different. And oh my god, doesn’t that last sentence just sum up the last twenty years of my life. So, apologies in advance if you …
I’ve never really understood the concept of a staycation, going so far as to poo-poo the idea for years thinking they were rather lame. I always felt that in order to get the benefits of a vacation you must first travel some great distance that requires you to complain at length about the journey. Then, …
Ottawa should be at the top of your list of must-visit destinations for Canada’s 150th birthday celebration this summer with an abundance of events guaranteed to get you in party mode. Ottawa is set to host some of its biggest and best events – ever – this summer, in celebration of Canada’s 150th birthday. We may …
Canadians know how to throw a party, and we don’t let a little thing like -21C (that’s -6F for our American friends) stop us. After all, if we restricted our celebrations to the days we felt all ten toes and our ears weren’t red, some parts of Canada would only get out for nine weeks …
Adrenaline junkie; I guess this is how my mid-life crisis is being defined. In my 45th year I’ve taken a hot air balloon ride, got up close and personal with gators, ziplined over them, been dropped 325 feet out of the sky, jet-boated to the edge of class 5 rapids and learned how to ski. …
The words of Martin Luther King never lose their potency. Whether reading them or hearing his voice boom out the truth, you are covered with chills. It’s no mistake then that the founders of We Day and Free the Children, Craig and Marc Kielburger, choose to share King’s message throughout their one day show, because …
