A “Grand” Island to visit in New York’s Niagara Region The Montrealer February 14, 2011 5469 GRAND ISLAND, NEW YORK: For 12 of the past 13 years our family has spent the Christmas holidays in the warmth of South Florida. This year we decided to do something completely different. With some US friends of...
Adirondack Festival of Food & Wine returns to Mirror Lake Inn The Montrealer February 11, 2011 6406 Chefs and vintners gather and guest presenter, Kevin Zraly Lake Placid, N.Y. The Mirror Lake Inn Resort and Spa is hosting the 6th Annual Adirondack Festival of Food & Wine, March 31-April 3, 2011. The popu...
Cruising The Caribbean aboard the Celebrity Solstice The Montrealer February 3, 2011 6915 I confess I’m a deeply afflicted cruise addict who, if time and money permitted, would likely spend more days on the water than on land. Alas, this is not possible and perhaps it’s a good thing because, who kno...
Lori Graham – Montreal’s favourite weather presenter The Montrealer February 1, 2011 51810 The lights went out on January 8, 1998… and they didn’t come back on for over a week. “The Weather” reports for those pockets of Montreal where people still had power instantly became headline news. Montrealers...
My South Florida alternative – Oakville, Niagara and Toronto The Montrealer January 3, 2011 5561 Winter plans do not always have to include warm weather climates. For the first time in well more than a decade our family did not spend the Christmas holidays in South Florida. It was not in the cards for us t...
Looking back at cover story highlights The Montrealer January 1, 2011 2847 I’m fortunate to be able to meet many interesting people for The Montrealer cover story interviews. The conversations always reveal something unexpected; sometimes humorous, and occasionally a poignant moment t...
Orleans showcases outstanding Cape Cod theatre The Montrealer December 13, 2010 4626 ORLEANS - Nestled between spectacular Nauset Beach on the Atlantic and tranquil Skaket Beach on Cape Cod Bay, Orleans offers something for everyone. One of the prime draws in Orleans is its Academy of Perfo...
New Year’s Resolution Review your life – review your plan The Montrealer December 10, 2010 4993 Q: This New Year I’m committed to reviewing my finances to ensure I’m doing everything I can, but I don’t know where to start. What advice can you give me? A: As the old year gives way to the new, Canadians...
Ghost tales lure tourists to Jamaica’s Rose Hall The Montrealer December 4, 2010 4853 When distinguished Canadian author, Jane Urquhart, was a child on a Jamaica vacation with her family in the late 1950s, the abandoned Rose Hall plantation house was anything but the tourist attraction it is tod...
Susie Arioli – jazz singer extraordinaire The Montrealer December 1, 2010 5563 “I’ve always had a way that I like to sing. I wanted to sing the melody without being drowned out by the music. When I realized that, that’s when I decided to sing jazz.” I’m in conversation with Susie Ario...
