After opting for a local staycation during Ontario, Canada's big lockdown, I found myself exploring the beautiful Kawarthas Region just three hours away from the city of Toronto. Here, I stayed at Towering Pines Cottage Retreat, a stunning log cabin surrounded by nature. This spring, I had the pleasure of staying at Towering Pines Cottage Retreat, a custom-built Scandinavian-designed chalet just outside of Bancroft, Ontario, Canada, in the township of Faraday. It’s also mere

If you’re not from Northern Ontario, then you probably aren’t familiar with Manitoulin Island. For Cortney Gilchrist though, this is the place she cannot wait to spend her spring and summers every year. Here are some highlights of exploring this beautiful island. If you’re not from Northern Ontario, then you probably aren’t familiar with Manitoulin Island. To me though, this is the place I cannot wait to spend my spring and summers every year. As a child, we would always spen

A couple of weeks ago, I had the pleasure of going to the ROM Speaks event at the Royal Ontario Museum with one of my favourite ladies, Émeraude. I talk more about the beautiful first decade of Dior's fashion in today's post. A couple of weeks ago, I had the pleasure of going to a ROM Speaks event at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) with one of my favourite ladies, Émeraude. This one was on 70 Years of Dior, with Florence Müller leading the discussion whilst elaborating on the

One of the coolest places to explore in the eastern part of the Great Toronto Area, Camp 30 is an abandoned WWII POW camp that's filled with an eerie history and countless photo ops. It was summertime when I went to the eerie Camp 30 in Bowmanville with a couple of my friends. Camp 30 was a school for delinquent boys that was converted to a POW camp for Nazi officers during WWII. After the war, it was used a private training school, a Catholic secondary school, and then as Da

A couple years ago, my dad took us to iFly Toronto a the coolest Christmas gift EVER! Check out today's post for more information on what it was like, and how you can book a package for yourself. As an early Christmas present back in 2015, my dad took us to iFLY Toronto (actually on the border of Mississauga and Oakville) to go indoor skydiving. It was such a cool experience! My best friend had gone about five years ago in Montréal and ever since I heard about it, I've been w

I have been planning on attending Toronto's Veg Food Fest for years now, always interested in any place that offers the chance to try new varieties of food. This year, I had the opportunity to go not as a spectator, but as someone who was able to work one of the best booths. I have been planning on attending Toronto’s Veg Food Fest for years now, always interested in any place that offers the chance to try new varieties of food. I have been wanting to go vegetarian for severa

Create a blog post subtitle that summarizes your post in a few short, punchy sentences and entices your audience to continue reading. This was an event that I was beyond excited for: the Third Annual Vintage Prom, hosted at the Great Hall located at 1087 Queen Street West. I was so into it that I actually made my own dress (with the help of my nonna, of course) by tweaking a 1957 Vogue pattern to look like a gown Grace Kelly once wore. The dress turned out amazingly and I was

Here's a look into the benefits of and excursions included in the Toronto CityPass. Let me begin simply by saying that the Toronto CityPass is definitely worth the money spent, if you are visiting Toronto. Last July, my cousins from Edmonton came to visit and we immediately set out to get the pass, so that I could take them touring around the city. You save a total of (just more than) 40% off regular general admission price for five of Toronto's top attractions, places I woul