Travel
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A Visit To Fort York Toronto With Kids
This past August we spent ten wonderful days in Toronto, Canada and one of our favorite afternoons was the one we spent on a visit to historic Fort York, which is located in downtown Toronto just on the edge of the Entertainment District, and just a hop, skip and a jump from our vacation rental.…
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A Visit To CN Tower, Toronto, With Kids
I am slowly but surely sharing with you photos from our month long trip to Canada and the USA this past August, and now I thought I'd share with you our visit to Toronto's CN Tower. I'll admit, I tend to steer clear of tourist attractions, (faving you know, inspiration from architecture and city life)…
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A Visit To Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls is a classic and world famous tourist destination, though on account of its location I had never been there until this past August. My kids really wanted to go, but I'll admit I was a bit sceptical as to whether indeed it would be interesting to a seasoned traveler like myself. Not that…
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Modern Architecture In Toronto
If you are a fan of modern architecture, as I am, you will surely enjoy taking a look around Toronto, as there are many examples of daring and not so daring modern architecture that will surely delight! The photo above is the architect Dahiel Libeskind's extension of the Royal Ontario Museum called the Michael Lee-Chin…
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A Visit To Allan Gardens In Toronto
On our visit to Toronto last month one of the things that caught my eye as I was researching sites to visit was the Victorian era conservatory Allan Gardens. We got lost trying to find it, but once we did it I was truly happy that we made the effort to visit this very special…
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Eleven Great Tips For Assembling Stunning Containers
On our trip to Toronto at the beginning of August one of the things that I found remarkable about this lovely city on the lake is their love of flowers and the quantities that one sees around the city, simply amazing! Rather than just show you photos of some of my favorites I thought I'd…
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Public Sculpture In Toronto
A few years ago I shared with you a collection of some fantastic public sculpture in Vancouver which was such a treat, and I'm happy to report that the support of public sculpture is also alive and well, infact thriving in Toronto as well. I can't say that I was able to photograph it all,…
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Top 25 Reasons To Visit Toronto!
I am just back from a month unplugged and a month traveling around Eastern North America with my family, which was fantastic. The jet lag is still fully intact, but it is time to start sharing some of my adventures with you, so I'll start with out first stop Toronto, Ontario, Canada! I'll admit, when…
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The Unisphere In Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, Queens, New York!
I love New York City history, and anything with designated landmark status, so when we found ourselves staying in Kew Gardens Hills In Queens, New York last month, I just had to take a walk on over to the Unisphere located in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. And it turns out that the Unisphere is right next…
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Gorgeous Flowering Bushes In Connecticut!
One of the amazing things about out recent visit to New Hartford, Connecticut, was the fact that Spring came a bit late this year, and many of the flowering bushes either had just opened or actually opened during our week there! What can I tell you, it was truly a treat for me to arrive…
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A Stunning Connecticut Lake House That We Were Sorry To Leave……
One of the highlights of our month spent in the United States was 8 glorious nights at a fantastic house on a lake in Northwestern Connecticut, in a little town called New Hartford. We felt so fortunate to have located this house online, and it exceeded our wildest dreams……truly a little piece of heaven on…
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Fabulous Public Sculpture In Vancouver, BC, and Jewish Wedding Rings!
Welcome to my mini tour of some of the fabulous works of public art that I enjoyed viewing while walking around the waterfront areas of Vancouver, BC. The "digital orca" sculpture above was created by the Canadian artist and designer Douglas Coupland was designed to commemorate the workers in and around Burrard Inlet and Coal…