BREAKING: Canalien Kids Defy Science
February 18, 2016
Long Distance is hard. Like most other couples amidst young love today, finding out that my main man, my other half, Koy would be moving to a different country was like the Earth had spun off its axis. Here's a video he made for me when he left of the last summer we spent together in 2013. The modern day love letter for current nomads like us living the Canalien Life.
Vacation Ideals: 15 Key Things that All Vacations Need to Include (11-15)
February 05, 2016
11. Surprises.......
A world without surprises would be missing a lot more than a milk chocolate layer on the outside, and a white chocolate layer on the inside...
Vacation Ideals: 15 Key Things that all Vacations Need to Include (6-10)
February 04, 2016 1 Comment
6. Planned periods of...spontaneity......
Everyone likes the idea of getting lost while traveling... so you should totally do it!! Planned periods of spontaneity allow you to follow your intuition and gut-feeling, which are an essential part of travel!
Vacation Ideals: 15 Key Things that All Vacations Need to Include (1-5)
February 03, 2016
1. Never accept no
(When travelling, YES needs to be your default answer)
Right before I jumped out of the plane, she asked, "Are you ready for this?" ...f*** no I screamed mid-backflip as I fell the first 6 ft. of 14,000. Gosh, I was so young and naive, how did I not know that No and Yes means Yes on vacation!?
5 Ways to Make the Most of Winter in the Canadian Rockies
January 26, 2016
Sure, winter is coming and with just one look at those Sorels and negative temperatures all your instincts are telling you to huddle inside and not emerge until March, but instead of hibernating, why not make some Canadian travel plans this winter?
Fairmont's Essential Guide to Skiing the Rockies
January 07, 2016
Ever wanted to ski the Rockies but not quite sure how to get started? This all-inclusive guide from Fairmont will help! Stay tuned next week when I share my highlights from a ski trip to Banff where I hit up Lake Louise and roadtripped through the Rockies for amazing inversion bluebird days at Revelstoke.
Distillery District Christmas Market
December 29, 2015
Introducing the cutest and coziest holiday activity that there ever was: Toronto’s very own Distillery District Christmas Market. This place is cuter than a French Bulldog puppy turtling on its back and cozier than being buried in a pillow-fort 7 episodes into Narcos.
Winter is Coming
November 10, 2015
For Westeros and for Canada. And we all know what that means. Well, depending where you are; harvest your crops and gather your men or haul all of your ski equipment out of storage. For all of us Canadians, we take great pride and privilege in being home to some world-class slopes. With over 200 ski resorts, including Forbes’ nominated #1 ski resort in the world (spoiler: Whistler), Canada has earned its reputation on the playing field, err, mountain(?).
NYC to YYZ: Chapter One
November 05, 2015
Canalien Presents: A Short History of Thanksgiving
October 11, 2015
Happy Thanksgiving Canaliens! In honour of Canadian Turkey Day, here's a short history of how this day came to be. Feasts of thanks can be traced all the way back to British explorers in 1578. Basically, they were so ecstatic that they survived the dangerous trek across the Atlantic...
Enjoy $20 off The Most Delicious New App, And It's Toronto-Made!
October 09, 2015
A Canalien in Vancouver
September 30, 2015 3 Comments
Ever been to Vancouver? As of 24 hours ago I can say that I have!
As a proud Canadian, I was more than ashamed that I had never spent time in the most well-known west coast city in our country. I had flown there when I was younger on the way to a family ski trip in Kamloops, where MuchMusic’s Snow Job happened to be on and I saw Treble Charger and Shaggy in all their early 2000’s glory, but that's the closest I got.