Category archives: Random Reviews
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- *Please note I wrote this while traveling a few weeks ago on February 18th, 2013
I woke up at 7am this morning feeling rested. The bed here in my room at the Gredos hotel is very nice and firm. My stomach isn't feeling so great today, I think it might be from how much food we eat at dinner and from eating so late at[...]
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- *Please note I wrote this while traveling a few weeks ago on February 17th, 2013
Its 9:30 in the morning here in Madrid and I am on the bus on my way to the Vaughan Town program in Gredos.
I woke up this morning after 5 hours of sleep, I'm finding the midnight dinners followed almost immediately by sleeping pret[...]
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- *Please note I wrote this while traveling a few weeks ago on February 16th, 2013
I woke up this morning in Madrid, Spain with the warm sun streaming in the window. I had a comfy sleep at my cousins apartment which is located in the suburbs of the city, kind of like Yonge and Eglington in relation to downtown Toront[...]
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- *Please note I wrote this while traveling a few weeks ago - February 15th, 2013
I’m here! I arrived safely in the Madrid airport and was very surprised that they don’t have a customs area to go through. I just got off the plane, picked up my luggage and met with my cousin Todd. He kindly picked me up from the air[...]
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- It's Friday Feb 15th, 2013 and I've been awake for 20 hours so far. Its 5am for me Toronto, Canada time, and I think it's 9:30am London, UK time. I'm feeling pretty foggy as I sit here on my second flight of the day, but I wanted to share some of my experience so far.
Matt brought me to the airport in Toronto and [...]
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- Last week Friday there was a light drizzle of rain in the air as I put my suitcase on the bus. It was my last few minutes standing in the Spanish countryside. I looked one more time to my left, out towards the hotel and the snow capped mountains. That was when I saw something that solidified this experience as truly[...]
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In October I had the pleasure of attending the wedding of a very good friend of ours. My husband and I made it a little weekend getaway and enjoyed visiting with friends and seeing the sights in Ottawa. It was a beautiful, sunny and unseasonably warm weekend. We enjoyed roaming the shops in the Byward Market, had so[...]
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Last September my husband and I were visiting family in Halifax, Nova Scotia. We took a day trip out to the Lawrencetown area and spent an afternoon at a place called Conrads Beach. It was a beautiful and magical afternoon.
It was warm, sunny and breezy when we arrived at Conrads Beach. The colours of the grasses[...]
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One evening a friend of mine mentioned to me that he had recently seen his friend Gareth's loft and thought it was a really cool space. He started to tell me about a very interesting decor. He described items like a wooden deer head, a Wizard of Oz novel that was made into a poster and a book of monkey portraits. As[...]
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I'm so excited to share some news! I've received a new pack of business cards! The last pack I had disappeared so quickly that I didn't get a chance to share them online. So I've snapped some quick picts to share with all of you.
I made these cards through moo.com. What I love about them is that each card has a di[...]
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Last month while shopping at Williams-Sonoma I came across this cute cupcake decorating kit and had to buy it. I love the design and storybook charm. It instantly made me remember reading Beatrix Potter books as a kid. This set would be a great addition to any young child's birthday party. They are adorable and wou[...]
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Last summer I coordinated a private tour through the Historic Don Jail. It's now under construction to be renovated into a research facility. Here is a small excerpt from the National Post's article about the Don Jail and it's participation in "Doors Open" 2009.
"Once a place where hangmen lurked and prisoners slept[...]