Newmarket raw potluck dinner & bonfire

I am currently in transit, awaiting my flight home to Ottawa via Porter Airline in Toronto.  Porter airport is located at Toronto island, just a one minute ferry ride across from mainland Toronto.  It’s conveniently located close to the city center (at the end of Bathurst south) and really beats the hassle of getting out to Pearson International [...]

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Wild blueberries

We’ve been trying to take advantage of the brief summer months and get outdoors as much as possible, so, after loading up on greens at the Chelsea Market yesterday, we continued onward for a lovely family hike. We chose Lusk Falls which is about a 30 minute drive just north of Ottawa.
I love being in [...]

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The Blues

We’ve been hanging out at the Blues Festival the last 11 days and it’s been an absolute blast. The Ottawa Blues Festival is the largest festival in the Ottawa area. It is also the biggest blues fest in Canada, and with 6 stages and diverse musical genres including the blues, jazz, funk, rock, alternative, world, [...]

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Green Mountain on Green Juice

Mark and I just returned from an amazing outdoor weekend in Vermont. Only a 4-hour drive from Ottawa, the Stowe area has a variety of hiking trails available for all ability levels. Mount Mansfield, Vermont’s highest peak (4,395 feet) is the backdrop of Stowe – a quaint little village full of outdoor shops, hotels, souvenir [...]

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