Travel Swellness: Girlfriends road trip to Prince Edward County
Two years ago, I visited the County for a quick getaway, and despite the rainy weather we had, I loved the one-night trip, but it was a pretty quick visit. I visited again last year on a food tour, and...
View ArticleTravel Swellness: Cottage getaway to Viamede Resort
I am not one of the lucky people who has a cottage. Nor do I have friends who have cottages. So it was so wonderful to get away last summer to Viamede Resort in the Kawarthas. So much so that early...
View ArticleTravel Swellness: 5 musts for the first-time Toronto visitor (and a discount...
Traveling is a passion of mine but after a whirlwind couple of years in and out of town, I definitely need to balance it with quality time at home in Toronto. And even though I spend a lot of time...
View ArticleFoodie Swellness: 3 ways I maintain my on-the-go schedule (including Good &...
When you work freelance like I do, and you make your own schedule, it can be both a blessing and a curse. Sure, if I want to take the afternoon off because it’s a gorgeous sunny day, I can…but it also...
View ArticleBeauty Swellness: Why I don’t leave home without my Panasonic Nanoe™ Compact...
If there are two things I do a lot of it is travelling and blow-drying my hair. My work calls for me to go out of town a fair bit (even though I am cutting back on it as I know I need more time at...
View ArticleTravel Swellness: WayHome Arts & Music Festival 2017
After going to the first year of WayHome Arts & Music Festival by chance (I happened to win tickets), and then loving it so much, I planned a road trip vacay to attend WayHome last year, I was...
View ArticleFitness Swellness: Nike’s new yoga workouts on the NTC app
Last weekend, Nike partnered with Sport Chek to bring the Brahaus pop-up to Yorkdale Mall in Toronto. I had a chance to learn about the new bras in the collection and learned that while the sport bras...
View ArticleTravel Swellness: Dog-friendly road trip to Prince Edward County
With my recently adopted dog, Billie Jean, who I adopted from Save Our Scruff, much of my life now revolves around whether she can be included in my plans. In fact, she’s part of the inspiration...
View ArticleHealthy Swellness: Equine therapy in King City with Jennifer Schramm
Early this summer, I was invited to try a session of equine therapy in King City, Ontario. I had never heard of equine therapy, but I love the idea of quality time with horses so I accepted the invite...
View ArticleFoodie Swellness: Hello, Absolut Lime
I’ve been slacking on the beverage posts. Don’t get me wrong, I haven’t slacked on the drinking and enjoyment of them this summer (erm, sometimes before I have a chance to photograph them, oops!), but...
View ArticleTravel Swellness: A quick getaway to King City
Early this summer (where has summer gone already?!), I went for an overnight getaway to King City, which is just north of Toronto, to experience an equine therapy session with Jennifer Schramm and I...
View ArticleTravel Swellness: Camping getaway in a Chevy Trax
On my the fourth road trip of the summer, I went camping for the first time, and I loved it. More on that in a future post. For this road trip, I was looking to try a car I’d never driven before so...
View ArticleTravel Swellness: Q&A with the women behind The June Motel in Prince Edward...
Last year sometime, a super cute motel room in Prince Edward County showed up in my Instagram feed, and I was instantly interested in it because it was so pretty and I’m a huge fan of the County....
View ArticleTravel Swellness: Camping with the Cadillac Escalade
A couple of weeks ago, I went camping for the second time this summer and thanks to Cadillac Canada, I got to test drive a Cadillac Escalade for the trip. It’s actually the first time I’ve driven an...
View ArticleCulture Swellness: 6 things I learned at the Grey Goose Cocktails &...
I don’t cover the entertainment beat, so for me TIFF usually involves just a few parties, maybe one or two screenings. This year I haven’t seen any movies yet, but I did get to meet Charlie Hunnam at...
View ArticleFitness Swellness: Run the Global Energy Race by Dempster’s!
My main reasons for running are personal: I run to stay fit, for a sense of accomplishment, to get me outside, to eat pretty much whatever I want to (hah!), and to stay sane (it is the cheapest form...
View ArticleTravel Swellness: #GoodTimesOutside camping adventures
Earlier this summer, MEC and I chatted about ways to enjoy #goodtimesoutside this season, and I know camping came to mind first for me. I’ve been interested in trying it for a few years but the whole...
View ArticleHealthy Swellness: Chevrolet Ron Fellows Driving Experience
I think I’ve ‘fessed up before that I don’t love driving. So why do I keep snapping up the opportunity to drive performance cars on a race track? I figure that even though these are performance cars...
View ArticleFitness Swellness: Global Energy Race by Dempster’s 10k race report
I was excited for the Global Energy Race by Dempster’s on Sunday and planned to race it. I haven’t tried to PB in a 10k race in years so I was curious to see what I could do (although I wasn’t sure if...
View ArticleFitness Swellness: Saddle up and join in the JDRF Revolution Ride to Defeat...
Charities are getting more and more creative with ways to raise money for their causes other than the usual run or walk, and I think that’s fantastic. As much as I love running, I know it’s not for...
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