This past weekend, I hit the road and headed to CasinoRama in Rama, Ontario for some relaxation, skiing (first time in 20 years!) and fabulous food. One of my favourite things about getting out of my own city for the weekend is simply leaving everything else behind – responsibilities, work, […]
Right after I got my new camera, a Canon 70D, I headed for the South March Highlands to snap some photos and test out the new body and my new 50mm lens. It was cold but so worth getting out there — the trails were pristine and there were only […]
The other night, as I left to pick my daughter up for school, I couldn’t help but notice that the sky was aglow. So, I grabbed my camera and headed outside. As I got closer to the clearing near my house, that provides a perfect view of the sunset, I […]
With company in town, we spent the evening wandering around downtown Ottawa. We parked at the Rideau Centre and headed first to the Byward Market. The market is a great place to walk around, even in the cold, as it’s still a bustling place filled with people, restaurants and music. […]
In the Fall of 1963, Josl Huter, along with his wife Elfriede, purchased a plot of land in Coldwater, Ontario. By December of 1964, the ski resort, Mount St. Louis, was open for business. Over the next four decades, the resort would undergo massive transformations. From the purchase of the […]
Let’s rewind time for a moment. We need to go pretty far back… all the way to my younger years. Grade seven or eight, if I recall correctly. It was winter and my school planned a fun trip to a nearby ski hill. I was a bit nervous, as I had never […]
As we walked through Manhattan toward the southern part of the island, we spotted the memorial tower. It stood out against the other buildings, like a light-filled beacon. It was hard not to stop and think about our distance from the tower and imagine, with immense sadness, what it must […]
The streets of New York. They can feel hard, sometimes. Edgy. Cold. But underneath the concrete exterior there is warmth. A palpable energy. A tangibility that you can’t ignore. Electricity. As we walked the streets of New York from mid-day to night, we watched the city morph and shift into […]
For all the times I had visited NYC, I had yet to visit the Intrepid. The Intrepid is a huge ship that sits along the West side of Manhattan. It’s a sea, air and space museum that offers a unique experience — go aboard the ship and get an up […]
When Willow and I decided to hit up Montreal for a weekend of fun, I used my points to book a night at the Fairmont Queen Elizabeth. This hotel is perfectly situated as it’s a short walk to many of the sights and about a 10-15 minute walk to Old […]