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4 Must-see places where all that glitters really IS gold
Diamonds may be a girl's best friend, but I definitely have a thing for gold. Especially when you see how incredibly versatile and beautiful it can be when worked by skilled artisans – both ancient and modern. Nothing else screams 'luxe' quite like this shiny yellow...
Necessity was the Mother of my Re-invention
A new year is traditionally the time for both reflecting on the past and looking ahead, and lately I've been thinking a lot about the story I haven't told: the story of how I started this website and why. The reason I haven't told this story is because for a Type A...
Toronto’s Christmas Market, Distilled.
You haven't had too much Christmas yet, have you? I hope not, because I couldn't let this time of year go by without at least a nod to what Fodor has described as one of the '10 best Christmas markets in the world" – Toronto's Christmas Market at the Distillery. So in...
A Tale of 3 Torontos
Toronto the Old, Toronto the Driven, and Toronto the New. I've lived in this city for more than 3 decades now, and each decade has introduced me to a different Toronto. Not always a beautiful one, sometimes even one that made me question why I live here, but one that...
