Growing up in the 70’s in Philadelphia as one of two girls, my dad introduced us (me) to the thrill of hockey with the Philadelphia Flyers. Back then, the Broad Street Bullies were in their glory having won the Stanley Cup in 1974 & 1975, while I was too young […]
My last tour of Toronto would be a history walking tour with local historian, Bruce Bell. He loves the city of Toronto and wants you to fully understand it, this wasn’t just a regular tour of Toronto history to spout facts/figures, this was personal. Now for me, i tend to […]
The Fairmont Royal York hotel was one of the many stops on our walking history tour of Toronto. I wasn’t staying at the hotel and if I had been, I’m sure I would have overlooked the layers of history located throughout the hotel as I walked to/from the conference. The […]
Each week on Twitter, there is a theme on Friday for people to share their photos called #FriFotos. If you are new to Twitter, this is a great way to meet people, view fantastic photos and also see how the themes are interpreted (half the fun). I’m in awe of […]
Toronto is a very diverse city and like Philadelphia is organized around neighborhoods. Unlike Philadelphia where most residents are born and raised here, almost half of the residents of Toronto were born outside of Canada, not outside of the city but outside of the country. It is this diversity that […]
Tourism Toronto really did it right with offering a plethora of tour options for TBEX visitors -combining the best of the city with the passionate Toronto guides. My morning tour, the 501 Trolley was led by a local professor who also writes for the local newspaper and has written a […]
Arriving in Toronto as I have so many times in the past (usually for the Toronto International Film Festival this time for TBEX), a switch flipped and i went into auto mode – going through immigration, stopping at the ATM and then purchasing my shuttle bus ticket to the city. […]
I’ve visited Toronto many times over the years to attend the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) and pretty much only saw the inside of my hotel, the multiple movie theaters and the closest takeaway in order to get back in line. I was excited to visit for the Travel […]
Growing up in Philadelphia, the cheesesteak is as local a food staple as are the soft pretzel, tastykakes and hoagies (back before we counted calories). I would accompany my mom first to the butcher shop to buy the sliced rib-eye meat and then to the local deli to pick up […]
Nothing about my “living like Oprah without her money” vacation was cheap. Despite the pay for 2 nights, get the 3rd free promo, the Peninsula Chicago was still an expensive stay but worth every penny! I wasn’t concerned that I was forgoing points by staying here, I wanted to treat […]