In the wanning days of 2011, I am prone to the sentimentalism that too much good food and good wine often bring (or at least that is what I am going to blame it on).  Now, sometimes this sentimentalism can turn to moroseness, especially when I look out the window ...

Icy conditions? Bring ‘em on! Onto the lake that is.  Green lake has frozen over and the quintessential Canadian experience is free for the asking.  Skating outside, on a sheet of ice black and shiny, with the sun shining above making the air bubbles trapped in under the surface sparkle ...

Quarter ownerships offer convenience, security and revenue possibilities  Thanks to consistent No. 1 ratings, and a healthy abundance of snow for powder hounds to devour all season long, the resort town of Whistler, B.C. attracts about two million visitors every year. Many return year-after-year to take advantage of Whistler’s almost ...

What makes a busy mom happy at this time of year? Another box of chocolates? No. Christmas cards with letters about how fabulously other people’s lives are (let’s face it, people who don’t have fabulous lives don’t write about it in a card, they just sign their names)? No.  A ...