travel consultant/hotel curator/connoisseur of life
This small, family-run Relais & Chateaux hotel feels more like a perfectly located private club with absolutely fabulous service. The lobby welcomes guests with a wonderfully sculpted stone check-in desk and a working fireplace. Antiques are scattered throughout adding to…
Ah! Toronto…. Where Babe Ruth hit his first professional home run, over 180 languages are spoken and 25% of Hollywood movies are made. Named the most multi-cultural city in the world by BBC radio there are more than 8000 restaurants…
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Lenny Kravitz designed a whole floor for this much needed, hipper than hip new hotel in the heart of Toronto’s entertainment district. The Kravitz rooms fill up fast; luckily the rest of the hotel is uber terrific too! The lobby…
Ultra-hip and retro cool The Burrard is THE perfectly located mid-priced Vancouver hotel. It is loaded with character; the Eames chairs are to die for. It never takes its self too seriously yet never fails to deliver on services. Originally…
Well, actually we won’t know which establishment the #1 restaurant in Canada is for 2019 until tomorrow (April 15). This will be the fifth year of competition. It has garnered increasing notoriety and importance to both the foodie consumer community…
“I take my cooking seriously, but never myself”. My first thought as I started chatting with chef Julian Bentivegna was Wow! am I an under achiever. My second thought was Wow! can he cook. Julian has just opened his first…
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