Life In Pleasantville
Food, Travel, Life
“Maybe the oldest place on Earth you have ever been,” reads the sign at Gibbet Hill, perched atop the eons-old rock on St. John’s Signal Hill, whose age (3.5 billion years) will blow your mind. Head a short way up to the summit, and you find Cabot Tower, site of the first-ever transatlantic wireless radio …
I grew up in Southwestern Ontario, so a last-minute trip to one of the many area beaches was an easy outing for my family. Now that I’m raising my own family, going back to those beaches always fills me with a wonderful nostalgia. We don’t live close enough to make it a day trip though, …
Just minutes from Canada’s busiest highway, sits an historic castle reminiscent of what one might find in the English countryside. Overlooking rolling hills and meadows, on a clear day, you can see the sun dancing on the surface of Lake Ontario out on the horizon. Your mind plays tricks with you; you know you are …
Tucked away off the highway just a few minutes from the American border is one of the most prestigious parts of wine country in Ontario. Niagara-on-the-Lake is reported to be the birthplace of the modern Ontario wine industry, and it’s a relatively young industry compared to that of other renowned wine-producing regions, but its youth hasn’t …
Work. Work. Work. Carpool. Laundry. Work. Groceries. Clean. Work. Sigh. Life occasionally gets stalled in the mundane lane and one day you realize the most important words you’ve exchanged with your spouse in weeks are, “We need milk.” My husband and I fell into this trap and although we knew we needed to reconnect, we couldn’t figure …
From road trips, to exploring different parts of Canada and the USA, to jetting off to Paris or Australia, summer vacations are the time to create memories to last for years. Card games in the back of the car, fighting over the last Oreo cookie — which, as a rule, should always go to mom …
Cavalia’s Odysseo is a big tent experience like no other. As a rule I avoid live animal shows; seeing them perform tricks that go against their instinct is cruel. But I know horses well and depending on the personality of an animal, horses enjoy working with people and thrive on learning and bonding with their …
I am not zen. I live by the work hard, play harder philosophy. Zen moments—that is moments where I am in the moment—are few and far between. Typically when I’m working I’m dreaming of playing and vice versa. The consequence is that I’m slightly frenetic. (I can hear the sniggering from here of those that …
