Every year for the past seven years, we have been spending our New Year’s Eves in Pretty River Valley in rural Ontario. As you can see, it’s in what’s called the ‘snow belt’ of Ontario. We snowshoe and visit the reindeer, horses and chickens, help make the appetizers, spend the evening playing Balderdash, and then […]
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The Year in Books: January with My Paris Kitchen by David Lebovitz
My Paris Kitchen: Recipes and Stories by David Lebovitz, 2014. David Lebovitz says himself that he likes reading the stories behind the recipes, and this is how his new cookbook is formatted. I can read through this cookbook like a novel, and the tales about friends, food vendors, provinces in France, and treasured ingredients are even […]
Travelling Utah with a Campervan – Zion National Park
My parents and I spent 10 days in Utah in October. We flew into Las Vegas, rented a 25-foot RV, and hiked the National Parks. Our first stop was the spectacular Zion National Park. Having grown up in Saudi Arabia, I naturally love the desert. Only the absence of camels made me realize that we were […]
Craftworks Antiques at the Barn
Meinhilde, Donatello, and I had heard about this great antique place near Peterborough, on our way home from Whetung Ojibwa Centre. Except that when we tried to visit Craftworks, we went to the wrong place. Well, it was still the same famous Barn, but we went into the wrong entrance. Expecting delights similar to the Aberfoyle Antique […]