Massive indoor waterpark a popular winter attraction in Niagara The Montrealer March 8, 2011 4088 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...
Loving London Julie Kalan March 5, 2011 6404 I admit it. I love London. Some people may see it as just another cosmopolitan, traffic-filled capital that somehow never garnered the public admiration of Paris or Rome. But London is a destination that offer...
Cruising the Caribbean aboard Holland America’s Eurodam The Montrealer March 3, 2011 7324 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...
A “Grand” Island to visit in New York’s Niagara Region The Montrealer February 14, 2011 5466 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 6402 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 6912 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...
My South Florida alternative – Oakville, Niagara and Toronto The Montrealer January 3, 2011 5556 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...
Orleans showcases outstanding Cape Cod theatre The Montrealer December 13, 2010 4623 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...
Ghost tales lure tourists to Jamaica’s Rose Hall The Montrealer December 4, 2010 4848 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...
Mirror Lake Inn – good times and special memories The Montrealer November 5, 2010 5361 The Mirror Lake Inn has a rich history that dates back to 1926. WR Wikoff, after making a fortune with his “Fuller Brush Man” concept, retired with his wife to Lake Placid and transformed an estate into an inn ...
