Belize City was the capital of Belize until 1970, when Belmopan–a planned community–was made the Belizean capital due to its inland, safer location. Belize City had been ravaged by two hurricanes. The British Honduras...
We celebrate International Polar Bear Day every year on February 27th, as a tribute to the world’s largest land-roving mammal. I’ve had the pleasure and thrill of seeing polar bears in the wild in...
While eating my way around Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, in 2015, as always, I had chocolate on my brain. I was told there was only one option worth exploring if I wanted to find the best...
I have to thank my writer friend Lyn Hancock for pointing me in the direction of Placencia, Belize. Virginia and I had three days following our cocoa time in Punta Gorda to enjoy some...
I’ve investigated chocolate in California through two chocolate festivals–the Los Angeles Chocolate Salon in Southern California and the International Chocolate Festival in The Bay Area–home to some of the finest chocolatiers and chocolate makers...
Our trip to Belize in November, 2018, was full of adventure. As I’d mentioned in this introductory post, we flew into Belize City, and then took a small plane to the southern tip of...
Readers of this blog will know that I am not a huge fan of winter. But growing up here in Manitoba has given me the opportunity to enjoy many of the great festivals our...
Happy 2019! Ringing in the New Year brought back sweet memories of my recent trip to Ottawa, Canada, where I had the opportunity to enjoy the amazing Afternoon Tea in Zoe’s Lounge at the...
Whether your end-of-year celebrations have centred around the Winter Solstice, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or some other theme, I hope your heart has been filled with love and a generosity of spirit, as I believe...
In a previous post, I mentioned that many moons ago, I’d been on an incredible snorkelling trip in the northern part of Belize at Ambergris Caye–one of Belize’s 200 small offshore islands. In this week’s...
This week’s post is a tribute to International Volunteer Day via an update of a popular post I wrote several years ago on the importance of volunteerism. Volunteerism plays a huge part of my...
