Life In Pleasantville
Food, Travel, Life
I am not the adventurous type. I live in the same town I was born in, I married a guy I dated in high school, and we bought our house from my parents who bought it in 1978. I’ve had the same bedroom since I was five years-old and I order the same thing every …
There are many things my children have done which I have never felt compelled to participate in. First, there was ballet. And well, tutus never flattered me anyway. Then they tried gymnastics and I had already been there, done that, had the groin pulls to prove it. Cheerleading? Negative. Although I have seen “parent cheer …
You’ve saved your money, arranged time off from the daily routine, and arrived by plane, train, or automobile to parts unknown. Okay, maybe not entirely unknown if you’re visiting a friend or your ancestral home, but at the very least you are out of your house. These visits can range in length from a weekend away …
What to pack when travelling is determined by where you’re going and what your plans are once you’ve safely arrived at the destination. The strappy heels you’ll wear to a bistro won’t work for a hike on the mountains around Pemberton, British Columbia, and there’s no call for a winter sleeping bag if you’re staying at …
As Canadians and Americans send their children to camp or head out for annual camping trips, local public notices flood the airwaves — or inboxes — with warnings about all manner of insects and the diseases they transmit. One of the most debilitating of these is Lyme disease, which is caused by the bite from …
In recent years family travel has exploded beyond the nuclear family to include extended family, multi-generational travel, groups of families getting away together and single parent travel. Family travel has literally broken all the molds, and more and more resorts and destinations are adapting to the new norm, which to put it bluntly, is that …
It seems like only yesterday I was sharing my summer vacation plans for 2013 with you. In the blink of an eye, it’s a year later and I’ve already had a couple of fun trips to kick off summer and a few more planned to do it in style. First, what I’ve done. Old Montreal …
I ran away from home in January. This isn’t as cowardly as it sounds, although I did ditch my children, husband, alarm clock, math homework, and the cold. There was a reason for it. My mother grew up in Laos and I had the chance to discover her country through her eyes. This allowed me …
