When the first snowflakes fly, Canadians react in two different ways. “Yikes it’s snowing; I’d better book a sun holiday!”, or “Yay it’s snowing; I’d better book a ski holiday!” Whether the flurries make you run for your swimsuit or dash for your snowsuit, both sun and ski holidays have their up sides, and things you want to consider before… View Post
When we are trying to lose weight so often we are able to crush cravings for a couple of weeks or months but then our cravings hit us full force and we end up in a cycle of self-sabotage and yo-yo dieting. As the women enter my free and private community most of them perceive their cravings as their enemy.Sound familiar?… View Post
Things to Come (dir. Mia Hansen-Løve) stars Isabelle Huppert as a married author in Paris who teaches writing at the local university. We meet her just as her troubles are piling up at breakneck speed. She learns her husband, an unappealing professor with megalomania is cheating on her and moving in with his younger lover. The publishing house that has… View Post
Originally planted in Niagara in the 1980’s it has become one of the signature grapes of Pillitteri Estates Winery. It also happens to be one of our best performing grapes in the vineyard. Some varietals perform well in the cooler summers while others love those hot dry summers, like the one we had this year. Pinot Grigio happens to do… View Post
Angela Tsounis’ daughter was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder at 17 but had bouts of pervasive and debilitating anxiety and depression from when she was a child. Angela then authored a book of interviews called Different from the Other Kids, as a resource for families going through mental health challenges. Angela ended the first book with “What if.” What if there… View Post
Manchester-by-the-Sea, one of the most admired films at TIFF is a quiet stunner, starring Casey Affleck in a career-defining performance that may well earn him a Best Actor nomination/win. He plays a janitor named guardian to his teenaged nephew (Lucas Hedges) when his brother (Kyle Chandler) dies. He doesn’t want any part of it. To find out why, Kenneth Lonergan’s… View Post