Family activities in Albany, New York’s state capital mikecohen February 1, 2012 5698 ALBANY - My family and I recently spent a few days in Albany, the capital of the State of New York, on our way to the Big Apple. Albany has attracted visitors for 400 years with historic sites, fabulous attract...
Fairmont Le Manor Richelieu – magic moments to remember for a lifetime The Montrealer January 3, 2012 8237 Famous for summer holidays and it’s magnificent golf course, Fairmont Le Manoir Richelieu offers a similar kind of magical quality for winter holidays; where guests stay in a castle and dine like royalty after ...
Exploring Northeast Florida donnacarter January 3, 2012 5231 Historic St. Augustine, Jacksonville, 70+ golf courses and the magnificent Ponte Vedra Beach For the past five years I’ve been on a mission to explore the Sunshine State’s every nook and cranny. Faced with a b...
Visiting the Olympic Village of Lake Placid mikecohen January 3, 2012 6485 LAKE PLACID: Over the course of many years my family and I passed the exit leading to Lake Placid, New York off Highway 87 and wondered when we would actually visit the former Olympic Village. Well, over the...
Mirror Lake Inn – “It’s a labour of love” The Montrealer January 3, 2012 8016 Ed and Lisa Weibrecht share a love of owning and operating Mirror Lake Inn, providing their guests with first class and unique Adirondack-themed accommodations, sports facilities and superb cuisine. A member of...
A Toronto Tour de Force-Part 2 Julie Kalan January 3, 2012 7741 Toronto is made up of a patchwork of distinctive neighbourhoods. The entertainment and financial districts reside in the core of the city, to the east is Old Town Toronto and a little to the west is the art ...
Petra – a monument to nature’s beauty and man’s ingenuity Julie Kalan December 13, 2011 7122 We all oohed and aahed at the site of Petra’s Treasury, when Indiana Jones took us along on his third adventure. Mesmerized by the beautiful facade, I hoped that someday I would be lucky enough to live out my o...
New York’s Finger Lakes Region has plenty of winter activity donnacarter December 1, 2011 4699 With winter holiday plans now in full swing, the Finger Lakes region, which takes its name from eleven vertical, parallel lakes spanning the center of New York State like a giant handprint, recently came to my ...
A Toronto Tour de Force Julie Kalan December 1, 2011 7242 The first of a two-part feature on Toronto the Fun Toronto is often thought of as a 9 to 5 city, a bastion of business that slumbers outside office hours – but nothing could be further from the truth. Restaura...
Carcassonne – part fortress, part fairy tale Julie Kalan December 1, 2011 5765 Framed by a clear, blue sky and bathed in the glowing mid-morning sun, the fortified town of Carcassonne evokes a scene from the pages of a pop-up storybook. The town itself lies hidden behind two concentric st...
