02 Dec 2014

Holiday Gift Guide 2014

Prepare to win this year’s Secret Santa. These hand-picked treasures from near and far will leave your loved ones glowing Winter Blossom Bar Soaps Anthropologie, www.anthropologie.com Creamy Vanilla: $7 Snowy Peppermint: $7 Sugar Pine: $7 “Peace & Doves” Daisy Fruit...
By Amanda Storey
0 0 3.3k
All Time
Read More
02 Dec 2014

Sophie Kinsella – Confessions of Author

An inside look into the working mind of plucky Sophie Kinsella The British charm of Sophie Kinsella is as bright as the hot pink sheath she wears as we sit across from each other in the bar area of the...
By Simona Panetta-Kerr
0 0 1.5k
All Time
Read More
02 Dec 2014

Those, Who Can, Do

Homelessness, hunger and loneliness — these are but a few of words to describe the dire situations many individuals and families in our community struggle with each year. And with the holiday season upon us, it’s easy to see why...
By Simona Panetta-Kerr
0 0 1.3k
All Time
Read More
02 Dec 2014

Eat, Drink and Be Merry

Toss the festive fruitcake this year. For a tasty alternative to last year’s recipes, turn to these three Vaughan residents, who’ve shared their edible holiday traditions that are Santa Claus-approved! Sabrina Cellupica’s Chocolate Candy Cane Dessert Smoothie Don’t be fooled...
By Amanda Storey
0 0 2.6k
All Time
Read More
02 Dec 2014

Tasting the Unexpected

A weekend of world-class wines in Ottawa and Montreal “South Africa makes wine?” The look of disbelief on the face of the woman next to me is as easy to decipher as her Parisian accent. “Wow, this is actually good....
By Shenin Yazdanian
0 0 2.1k
All Time
Read More
02 Dec 2014

Rachel Brathen – The Yoga Girl

City Life chats with the om-believeable yoga sensation Rachel Brathen about eating raw, becoming famous, and living a one-way ticket kind of lifestyle Tomorrow, Rachel Brathen plans to teach some of her fellow Arubans how to strike intricate yoga poses...
By Amanda Storey
0 1 10.1k
All Time
Read More
02 Dec 2014

Winter Wonderland

THE WESTIN TRILLIUM HOUSE BLUE MOUNTAIN People-watching is all the better at 42 kilometres an hour. Westin Trillium boasts Ontario’s first mountain coaster, affording majestic views of Georgian Bay or skiers tackling the slopes of the Niagara Escarpment. And the...
By Jennifer Cheng
0 0 5.3k
All Time
Read More
02 Dec 2014

Party Manners

How to become the MVP of this year’s party scene The holidays are right around the corner and the party invitations have piled up like the snowbanks left by snowplows at the end of your driveway. You’re excited, but nervous....
By Michael Hill
0 0 1.2k
All Time
Read More
02 Dec 2014

Trapped in the Arctic’s Killing Ice

How a perilous journey through the Northwest Passage brought reconciliation to a father and his children For the better part of the 18 hours I’d spent at the helm, we’d only made about five kilometres total. Ship-killing ice was moving...
By George Thomas
0 0 1.2k
All Time
Read More