Beyonce Knowles released her debut album as a single artist in 2003, after the disbandment of Destiny’s Child, the female pop group that made her famous. But her artistry and even Beyonce herself indirectly admits that her real solo career wasn’t actually triggered until she fired her father as her manager and became her […]
Discover Dawn: Ultra Dawn Giveaway
John Catucci, host of Food Network Canada’s You Gotta Eat Here! (Fridays at 9 p.m. ET), invited Torontonians to Dine & Dish with Dawn on June 5, 2013. Dawn fans were asked to drop by Yonge-Dundas Square to sample poutine — one of the country’s most iconic and greasiest foods — and then wash their […]
How Well Do You Understand Facebook?
A couple of weeks ago I was invited to sit down with some of my fellow bloggers and couple of representatives from Facebook to discuss their safety and privacy strategies. I jumped at the chance. While my kids are surrounded by social media because of what I do, I have not been all that quick […]
Canada’s Latest Bingo Craze: How to Organize Your Own Cosmic Bingo
Bingo has taken Canada as well as the United States and United Kingdom by storm over the past thirty years. This game is considered as one of the favourite recreational games of many locals. You can see bingo halls located all over the country including those from Delta Bingo; and people dabbling on their laptop […]
Balancing Act: Reality vs the Fantasy of the WAHM
We all have this vision (Pinterest helps with that) of that little place in our home that is our “workspace.” You know the one’s….the nook with the perfectly organized hutch, state of the art laptop, vision board pinned artfully up. I tried. I moved my desk into the kitchen nook, my mom even bought […]
Let Target Canada & Their Pharmacy Keep You Safe This Summer
I am waiting for our closest Target to open soon over at Metrotown at Metropolis. I can’t wait to see what they have for THIS Canadian shopper who is too lazy to cross the border. This promotion caught my eye not because I am in Ontario or are sending my kids to […]
BMW: Where Style Meets Substance
Our family loves Top Gear on BBC Canada. It brings me back many memories of the various European cars that various members of my family preferred including the likes of Renault and Peugeot. And we can’t forget the Germans. There is something about German engineering that we all just understand, even if you […]
Endings and Beginnings
It was quite the emotional day and we STILL have one more day of school to go. However, they held their final assembly at the kids school today, and since Adam was playing in the band AND they were both singing, mom and I decided to attend. What made the assembly especially poignant was that […]
The Magic of Disney
The girls in our family have never trusted people in costumes. This makes visiting a place like Disneyland a bit of a problem. When we went five years ago, our travel agent enthusiastically urged us to book at least ONE character meal and so we did with Ariel over in the California Adventure Park. […]