Tigh-Na-Mara Seaside Spa Resort #parksvilleuncorked
I was invited a few weeks ago to cover the Parksville Uncorked Wine and Food Festival in Parksville, British Columbia, and I gladly accepted. I’ve done other media trips before (Sidney by the Sea and...
View ArticleSwirl at the Tigh-Na-Mara #ParksvilleUncorked
The first event I went to during my stay at the Tigh-Na-Mara was Swirl (hosted by this same hotel, where I stayed). I arrived to Nanaimo via Harbour Air Ltd (which offered a generous discount – thanks...
View ArticleParksville through the eyes of a foreign visitor (series)
I am in beautiful Parksville, British Columbia, courtesy of Oceanside Tourism Association (Vancouver Island) thanks to a kind invitation by the always amazing Luba Plotnikoff. I had covered the...
View ArticleThe Beach Club Resort in Parksville, BC
For some reason (and I think it’s the people who live there), I always have a fantastic time when folks from Vancouver Island invite me over, whether it is an event, an speaking engagement, a holiday...
View ArticleWhat to do in Whistler when you’re not a snow sports person
While I’ve been doing travel writing for a few years now, I will fully admit that there are other bloggers who have provided a lot of coverage for Whistler, particularly when it comes to winter...
View ArticleThe Listel Hotel (Whistler, BC)
If you’ve read my blog for long enough, you’ll definitely know that I am a big fan of boutique hotels. While I love larger, chain-style hotels, I have a soft spot for boutique hotel. I have profiled a...
View ArticleFort Langley National Historic Site (Circle Farm Tours)
It wasn’t my first time visiting Fort Langley’s National Historic Site this week, but it certainly was one of my best. I had the pleasure of an afternoon picnic with my good friends Gus and Russ a year...
View ArticleApril Point Resort and Spa (Quadra Island, BC)
I really need to brush up on my geography of British Columbia! Despite the fact that I knew that Quadra Island was one of the islands in BC, I was really not aware of the fact that it wasn’t a “Gulf...
View ArticleQuadra Island (Discovery Islands, British Columbia)
Whenever I travel on a media/press trip I make a point of discovering more than the actual resort that invited me (in this case, the April Point Resort in Quadra Island, part of the Oak Bay Marine...
View ArticleFree wireless access in hotels: Privilege or requirement?
I travel quite a lot, as you can see by reading my “Travel” category posts, and whenever I travel, it’s almost a pre-requisite for me to have internet access. Not only for ease of writing in the case...
View ArticleMichelin X-ICE Xi3 Ride and Drive Event (road test at Mecaglisse in Quebec)
When Michelin invited me to the Laurentian Mountains (Laurentides, in French) to do a road test of their new Michelin X-ICE Xi3 tire, my first question to myself was “how exactly will I portray this...
View ArticleCantona (archaeological site in Puebla, Mexico) #WeVisitMexico
The Puebla Tweetup #WeVisitMexico press trip was pretty magical in many ways. The group of international travel writers I came with to visit Puebla were all incredibly sweet and we got along famously....
View ArticleTalavera Santa Catarina (Santa Catarina Cholula, Puebla) #WeVisitMexico
Since I was a child, I remember my mother loved Talavera pottery and ceramic. So when I was told that part of our Puebla Tweetup #WeVisitMexico press trip would involve a visit to a Talavera factory I...
View ArticleOn the importance of chemistry in a press trip #TravelTuesday
My most recent press trip to Puebla, Mexico, was pretty magical in many ways. The group of international travel writers I came with to visit Puebla were all incredibly sweet and we got along famously....
View ArticleEl Sueño Hotel & Spa (Puebla, Puebla) #WeVisitMexico
I have a thing for boutique hotels, as anybody who has read the Travel category on my blog may realize rather quickly. Despite having stayed at many boutique hotels in several countries (though more...
View ArticleBreakfast at Hotel La Quinta Luna (San Pedro Cholula, Puebla) #TravelTuesday
La Quinta Luna in San Pedro Cholula (in the state of Puebla, and part of the Metropolitan area of Puebla) had me at “who would have guessed San Pedro Cholula had such a beautiful and hard-to-find,...
View ArticleBiblioteca Palafoxiana (Palafoxian Library) [Puebla, Puebla] #WeVisitMexico...
As a child, I was a bookworm. I learned library science because I wanted to learn how to classify books and have my own library. I know how to calculate a Cutter number, I know the Congress...
View ArticleRestaurant La Compañía (Mesones Sacristía) [Puebla, Puebla] #WeVisitMexico...
I have to say, despite what my blog post on El Mural de los Poblanos may indicate, I did love their food, and in general, I loved every single restaurant we visited on the We Visit Mexico Puebla...
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