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, then it’s time to look for something different. Enter awe-inclusive travel: the kind that makes you feel small (in a good way), connected, and completely alive. …
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 …
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 …
In one of life’s great misnaming scandals it’s unfortunate that all-weather vs all-season tires have such similar names. Like exercise and excorcise, they’re close but no cigar. So just like you wouldn’t dream of confusing a Canadian vs an American, you need to have a clear idea in your head when it comes to all-weather vs …
Planning a trip to Mazatlán Mexico? Here’s everything you need to know before you go If you’re planning a trip to Mazatlán Mexico, you might be wondering: is it safe? I get it. I had the same question before I went. But what I found was a vibrant coastal city that’s affordable, welcoming, and full …
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 …
None of us is getting out of here alive; there’s nothing more certain about life than our eventual death. Some of us will have our lives ripped from our hands in an instant with nary a second to ponder our existence, while others, like Gord Downie, will be handed their death sentence and time. Months, days, …
