I’ve never satisfactorily been able to explain my lifelong affair with crumbling structures—the more decrepit, the better. I can’t resist ruins. Perhaps it’s the possibility of renewal or the lure of starting…
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January 30th, 2019 started as a bright and sunny morning in the County. By midday, anyone on the road was playing survival roulette. There were snow squall warnings in the forecast and…
Seriously friends—there are so many awesome things on for New Year’s Eve in and around the County that I actually can’t decide where to go this year. Check out this back-to-back of…
Plaid has long been considered the domaine of the Kings of Scotland, followed by the checked Lumberjacks of Upper Canada, the Indie Kids of the alternative 90s and today—on a little island…
“We’re major foodies,” says artist, home chef, and recipe developer Saiqa Sheikh, “the entire family, extended and all.” Saiqa’s husband Josh, the other half of the business, is a chef—both self taught and…
Tara Spencer-Nairn and I got to know each other a bunch of years back when we shot a gorgeous fashion editorial with her for a LUSH Magazine cover story. At the time,…
I’d met winemaker Dan Sullivan once before this get together at Rosehall for the official ‘chat, taste and shoot’ with our wine writer, Kirstyn Mayers. It was an actual thrill to see…
This afternoon my three year old ran up to me and gave me one of his rare hugs. “Mommy, you’re the best cooker ever in the kitchen” he said sincerely. I felt…
Three summers ago, I had an amazing ‘mobile’ herb garden that we planted and grew in a bunch of mismatched pots on our deck. When we moved into our house in Toronto, we…
Emilia Romagna—the Northeast region of Italy—is home to a few of my favourite places; Bologna, Modena, Parma, Ravenna, Forli and Rimini. My love of this entire country runs long and deep, but…