In the summer of 2006, we spent two nights at Great Wolf Lodge in Niagara Falls, Ontario.  At the time, our children were 5 and 3 years old.  We didn’t know what to expect from a family vacation at an indoor waterpark resort. We had never been to one. We enjoyed the experience so…

Christmas is always a special time of year for my family. Ever since I was young we have gone all out with decorations, lights, gifts, and activities.  Our extended family would always come visit and we would have a full house for about a week in December. There would always be things to do for…

It’s not often that you get a chance to see fireworks during the winter, unless of course you visit the CAA Winter Festival Of Lights and watch the Fireworks Over The Falls. If you haven’t been there ever, or if it has been a few years since you have had the chance to go, it…

Eating With Your Hands Is Not As Uncouth As It Might Seem In college, preparing for business lunches & dinners, they made sure we knew which foods to eat with which utensil and our proper table manners, but they clearly didn’t have in minds that we might be going to Medieval Times with business partners…

Winter is here and while I love all of the things you can do in Ontario during the winter I still miss spring and summer. One of the biggest things I miss is being able to get fresh produce from all of the markets and produce stands located all over Ontario. Every trip and adventure…

The Halloween celebration seems to start earlier every year these days. My Nephew had already picked out his zombie costume before the leaves had started turning colors. Don’t get me wrong, I love Halloween, and my Nephew’s costume was awesome but it isn’t even mid October and already haunted houses and parties are in full…

It’s hard to believe but Fall is here and Halloween is just a little over a month away.  This is one of my favorite times of year, the heat of the summer is gone but the bitter winter cold hasn’t hit yet.  It is the perfect time to go pick up your pumpkin for Halloween…

It is September and that means the end of summer and beginning of fall. While many of us will miss the warmth of summer we are lucky enough to live in Ontario and have a lot of things to do during the winter. This year I decided to start my autumn off by trying out…

Friends always send me links to weird videos like a dog riding a bike, two toddlers talking to each other in gibberish, and moose being scared by field mice.  One video a friend sent me back in 2010 really caught my eye.  The video was of a man pulling a bus, filled with people, with…

I love sweets. When I was a kid my parents quickly learned not to leave any sticky, gooey, or sugary goodness out or it would disappear and when they asked where it went I would quickly give the answer, “doggy”. I got away with it for a couple years and poor Sammy the lab would…