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 […]
The age old question of “what is art” continues to challenge me as I travel and am exposed to so many varied types of art. Everyone has an opinion and I have learned to just like what i like whether or not someone deems it “good” or “bad” art. Ah, […]
For all of the international travels I have done, there are a few U.S. cities that i am a bit embarrassed not to have visited yet – Chicago was one of them. The flight from Philadelphia is short enough, there are two major league baseball teams and a plethora of […]
I often wonder if “it’s just me” with the crazy attention to detail when I visit and/or stay at hotels around the world. It’s hard to turn off my inner “hotel inspector” when I travel for vacation…for me. I’m constantly running through my due diligence checklist for hotels and I […]
Philadelphia – You may know us for the history, the Rocky steps (hey, there is an awesome Art Museum at the top of the steps so keep running to explore it!) or the cheesesteak (Jim’s on South Street please). In the past decade, our restaurant scene has exploded with so […]