Reviving a former beauty
Chuck and I bought a house! In the spring of 2018, we finally bit the bullet and started looking for a house together. We wanted an older home not far from the city centre as [Read more]
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Hello, is it tea you’re looking for?
Because, if it is, you're in for a treat today. Earlier this week, I was drinking my umpteenth London Fog with my colleague Lindsay at High Tea and I said something like "I [Read more]
Confessions of a fashion victim
Look, I'm going to finally admit it, I have no clue what I'm doing when it comes to fashion. Home decor, yes, I get it, I have a sense of what I'm accomplishing, plus being [Read more]
Autumn in the ‘Peg, a photo essay
Autumn. It's such a lovely time of year, isn't it? Yes, we have mornings that arrive a little too crisp, giving us Winnipeggers that instant worry about early snow. (Step off [Read more]
Something wicked’s lurking in the dark
In the dark. Under the moonlight you see a sight that almost stops your heart. You try to scream, but terror takes the sound before you make it. You start to freeze as horror [Read more]
Creating content your audience will love: My 10 favourite Manitoba Hot posts
Writing content that people will be into is no easy task, but it's a hugely worthwhile one. When Manitoba Hot fell into my lap four years ago, there wasn't much to it. Oh [Read more]
A tale of too much Medieval merriment
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times... Oh, who are we kidding, the Medieval age looked to be pretty much the absolute worst of times in human history. There [Read more]
Manitoba roadies
Chuck and I absolutely love living the road trip life. We've tackled quite a bit of this magnificent country by car (west coast in 2010, east coast in 2014, Ontario in 2015), [Read more]
#GoMedia2014
Winnipeg just finished hosting GoMedia Marketplace -- the Canadian Tourism Commission (CTC)'s annual travel media marketplace that profiles Canadian tourism products to [Read more]
Hooked
This is the best way to spend a work day. Our fishing and hunting guru, Shel Zolkewich, invited me to join her, local anglers and a bunch of media to Travel Manitoba's annual [Read more]
Long dining is where it’s at
Whimsical. That's the word that instantly comes to mind when I think of last weekend's dining event Table for 1200. The words I heard the most from my dining companions [Read more]
A tapas delight
There's nothing like an evening out with my mom and sister. Every couple of weeks or so we try to plan a night out for just us girls (unless someone is out of town, which is [Read more]
Oooh yeah, it’s WWE time, brotha!
So there's this guy I like and one day I found out that he has a hankering for this thing where gigantor men chuck each other around and yell and pound their chests and yell [Read more]
A heart-filled day of work
A few days before Valentine's Day, I was asked to create a social media campaign that would somehow relate back to Travel Manitoba's new "Canada's Heart... Beats" brand.
For the birds
The editor of Bird Watching magazine contacted me recently for permission to use one of my photos in an upcoming issue. I was thrilled! This is the first time one of my photos [Read more]
