Thanksgiving Weekend

Dear Readers, Happy Thanksgiving! I hope everyone spent their weekend surrounded by family, friends, and good food. Last years Thanksgiving post I wrote,"fingers crossed I will be around for the next Thanksgiving too," and lucky enough for me I was!!! Last year was the first time since 2013 I had been home for Thanksgiving. In 2014…

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Quebec Villa Getaway

Dear Readers, A few weekends ago I was so lucky to have a weekend getaway with my family in Quebec, just about an hour outside of Montreal. One of my dad's brothers is a Jesuit (Jesuit: A member of the Roman Catholic Society of Jesus founded by St. Ignatius Loyola in 1534 and devoted to missionary…

Happy International Coffee Day!

Dear Readers, First of all Happy International Coffee day! What a great day to celebrate international coffee day on the first day of October, my favourite month of the year. When it comes to drinking coffee, I am usually pretty simple, I like my coffee as dark as possible and black. However, this time of…

Wayne Gretzky Estates

Dear Readers, While I was down in Niagara on the Lake with my mom and grandmother we visited one vineyard. The vineyard we decided to go to was the new Wayne Gretzky Estates. Out of the 88 vineyards we choose Gretzky's since we had already picked up a bottle of his rose while we were…

Travel: Niagara on the Lake

Dear Readers, This week my mother, grandmother, and I went on a little road trip down to Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. We have family that live in  Niagara-on-the-Lake so we decided just a couple of weeks ago to go down for a short visit. The last time I had been to Niagara-on-the-Lake was in 2006 when I…

BIOTA: 2019

Dear Readers, This past weekend I had the ultimate outdoor adventure... I went to the New Brunswick Museum's Bio-Blitz "BIOTA" up in Kennedy Lakes. A Bio-Blitz is when scientists explore a specific region of territory, for an allotted amount of time and are allowed to take any specimens they would like for research purpose. SO…

The Perfect White Sundress

Dear Readers, I finally found the perfect white sun dress!!!! I have been on the hunt for a casual, cute, comfortable white sundress for the last couple months. This beautiful dress comes from In Pursuit. In Pursuit is a hot pink truck that is actually a mobile boutique! Besides visiting the truck (which is often parked…

Canada Day!

Dear Readers, First of all, HAPPY CANADA DAY! I hope everyone enjoyed the long weekend, I know I did! It was so nice to spend Canada Day actually in Canada this year. Last year I was celebrating in Kelvingrove Park with my fellow Canadians. I spent my Canada Day at the museum, like I have…

NBM Curator

Dear Readers, Back in February I filmed a video for the New Brunswick Museum with Hemmings House, NBM Curator, which was published last week. In the video, myself along with the NBM's Art Curator, Peter Laroque and Archivist, Felicity Osepchook, talk about the founder of the New Brunswick Museum's Fine & Decorative Art Collection: Alice Lusk Webster. Alice…

Spring Might Be Here?

Dear Readers, WELL Spring was here this past weekend, and for some reason winter decided to return on Monday with a lovely snow fall. ANYWAYS I am going to pretend it is still actually SPRING and talk about a few of my favourite spring accessories since I should no longer have to wear hats, gloves,…