Travel
A new gig, Tweet up and a great local business
Now that I am working on Sense and Community more, I have started to do a little more consulting. I like to help people (mostly parents, women entrepreneurs, small businesses) with their Twitter accounts, managing their…
The Capital goes Boom
A couple notes especially for my Ottawa readers 😉 -This weekend is the Baby Boom Show. Each time I was pregnant with the babes I made a point of going, plus when friends…
A Prehistoric Adventure
In June, when we took the kids to Upper Canada Village, we passed by Prehistoric World – a place I had been as a child, but had completely forgotten about. We made note…
Ottawa Tourism Month: Strolling Parliament Hill
Even though the kids are small, we wanted to take them to Parliament Hill for a walk. We showed our son pictures of the Peace Tower and told him we would go see…
Ottawa Tourism Month: Visiting Upper Canada Village
As listed in my Declaration of June as Ottawa Tourism Month post, we wanted to take the kids to Upper Canada Village. We did this on a gorgeous, sunny day last week and…
Niagara: A final thought
To be perfectly honest, I could write post after post about the awesome things to do in the Niagara region. I haven’t even covered non-kid places like the many, many great wineries the…
Visiting Niagara – Part 2
It is impossible to go to the Niagara area and not make a trip to see Niagara Falls. It is truly a wonder of the world. The sound, the view, the sheer beauty. …
Niagara
My travel/vacation life prior to kids was all about food and drink. A vacation to my husband and I could have simply been a three hour meal at a wonderful restaurant trying new…
I declare June “Ottawa Tourism” Month
We have a lot of travel planned for the summer – mostly to visit family that lives out of town, but still in Ontario. As such, we’ve decided that there are simply too…
Travelling with Kids: The 411 on the 401
We estimate that in 2008, my family travelled with our toddler (14 months at the beginning of the year, 25 months by the end) approximately 350 hours on the 401 (a major highway…