Life In Pleasantville
Food, Travel, Life
Last summer, my husband surprised me with a visit to The Fergus Scottish Festival. I didn’t know where we were heading until we pulled into a dusty field, which doubled as a parking lot, that the most Scottish experience this side of the Atlantic was our destination. If I had known, I would have cleared my …
If you have ever stumbled upon any of my social media feeds, you will quickly come to learn that I love food and love taking pictures of it. Yes, I am one of ‘those’ people. I do not stand on chairs or set up tripods, but my friends and family know—picture first, eat second. I decided …
Growing up Canadian, water was a something I took for granted for a long time. If I wanted a glass of water, a tap would produce it. On hot summer days, running through a sprinkler for hours with myfriends would cool us off. Escaping for beach holidays with my family to crystal clear lakes was something that …
There are many women who fall into the former something category, and probably a few men too if they’ll fess up. We were athletic in our youth and then life, children, work, laziness, and I-just-want-to-lie-here-and-drink-wine crept in. One day we wake up a little flabbier than usual—a sure sign is the muffin top becoming a 3-tier cake …
So, how are you doing with that resolution you made on January 1 to exercise more? If it’s going well, congratulations! If not, take a number; you’re in good company. It’s a real challenge to start and maintain an exercise routine, but as we all know it is so important for overall health and well-being. …
There are days – weeks even – when I wonder how I ended up here: mother, voter, composter. It’s all just so grown-up and yet I don’t feel much different now than I did when I was 15 years-old. Becoming an adult is a gradual process, one that we generally recognize as starting with certain …
Buckle up! 2016 is shaping up to be a year even more intensely focused on health. January’s news is perennially populated with diet, fit tips, and life hacks that will set you on your way. Of course, there will also be some (a lot) misinformation and hard-to-follow diet rules. To balance that, I have a few tried …
At the beginning of every new year people around the globe re-evaluate their lives after an entire month of over-indulgence. Gym memberships sky rocket, diet books fly off the shelf, self-reflection gets really, really deep and resolutions to take better care of ourselves are made. For 2016, I decided to keep my resolutions simple—more time …
