Bermuda – an exquisite island playground The Montrealer May 3, 2011 5460 The picture-perfect island of Bermuda has a long-standing reputation as an outstanding golf venue so when I received an invitation to play there this spring in the Bacardi National Par-3 Championship I immediat...
Andy Nulman – from Just For Laughs to Airborne and back again The Montrealer May 1, 2011 6394 Ordering pizzas to be delivered to his room #208 at 2505 Côte Vertu wouldn't be particularly unusual; but in this case Andy Nulman's apartment #208 happened to be his classroom at Sir Winston Churchill High Sch...
The benefits of staying close by Toronto’s 401 and Don Valley Parkway The Montrealer April 20, 2011 6481 TORONTO - On our way back from a recent winter trip to Niagara Falls, we had no intention of just passing by Toronto on the way home. We always enjoy spending time in Canada's largest city and look no further t...
Lazy days in an Old Florida paradise The Montrealer April 5, 2011 5464 I wasn't sure what I would find when I headed north from Tampa along the Gulf of Mexico coast to a resort with a reputation for being one of the most renowned Old Florida getaways in the state. I knew for sure ...
Sifting through my Miami Beach notebook The Montrealer April 3, 2011 5844 SUNNY ISLES BEACH, Fla. Montrealers travel to South Florida in droves, be it Snowbirds or those just looking to get away for a few weeks. Here is an update on a few noteworthy happenings. MAKING A DIFFERENC...
Le Griffix – a new condominium project in Griffintown The Montrealer April 1, 2011 10127 It’s hip, urbane and best of all – a solid real estate investment A century ago, Griffintown was home to the people who worked in the nearby factories, the port and the immense rail yards that used to bisect t...
Joey Saputo – giving back to the community The Montrealer April 1, 2011 4151 Joey Saputo is the kind of guy you'd like to have as a next door neighbour; solid, trustworthy, and deeply committed to his family. What may not be obvious is that the man who created The Impact, Montreal's suc...
Massive indoor waterpark a popular winter attraction in Niagara The Montrealer March 8, 2011 4094 NIAGARA FALLS - Both sides of Niagara Falls – New York and Ontario – are spectacular. We last visited the area more than five years ago. This trip was during the winter. After spending the first several days in...
Cruising the Caribbean aboard Holland America’s Eurodam The Montrealer March 3, 2011 7331 The latest word from the cruise industry is that shipboard vacations are riding a growing wave of popularity as the global economic decline that erupted in 2008 begins to ebb. In fact, last year alone 11.1 mill...
Rod Stewart – from rock ‘n’ roll to the American Songbook The Montrealer March 1, 2011 3239 His music career began inauspiciously as a harmonica player and part-time singer for various London bands. Five decades later and more than 100 million records sold worldwide, the uniquely husky-voiced Rod Stew...
