July 24th is National Tequila Day! Tequila is the primary ingredient in every Margarita–the alcoholic beverage that can be flavoured with any number of ingredients such as lime (the traditional and original flavour of...
I had a terrific time spending six weeks on Vancouver Island, just a few minutes north of the city of Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada. Nanaimo is known as being a port city that had...
I’ve just returned from a six-week winter getaway and have come to the realization that it’s not the cold that I dislike about winter as much as the lack of colour. White is not...
I’ve had the pleasure of working with the culinary team of Prairie Ink Bistro in Winnipeg over the past two years in developing chocolate-based dinners that would teach chocolate lovers about the sweet and...
For my first couple of visits to Puerto Vallarta, I played it safe and stayed in well known and well rated beach resorts. But I am too adventurous a traveller to stick to the...
I’ve learned–since embarking on my chocolate travel research in 2009 –that great chocolate can be found just about anywhere. I admit to being surprised when a friend returned from Iceland and sent me some...
Regular readers of this blog may recall that in January, 2015, my (late) husband, cat, and I spent a month in Beautiful British Columbia (BC) on Canada’s West Coast. Our destination was Spirit Ridge Vineyard...
The Vallarta Botanical Gardens is now in its 19th year and has a terrific lineup of events planned for the year, offering something each month to entice those who really appreciate nature, plants, and flowers....
I’ve just returned from two amazing weeks in Mexico, and everywhere I went, everyone was preparing for “Dia De Los Muertos”–the Day of the Dead, a national holiday celebrated each year on November 1-2 throughout...
There’s nothing more energizing, yet serene, than meandering through a beautiful botanical garden. The Vallarta Botanical Gardens in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, are no exception. The Vallarta Botanical Gardens have repeatedly been named to the “Top...
