I couldn’t stop myself. It was as if I was possessed by the spirits of cranky ghosts of shopping trips past. I became that mother. In my defense, back to…

This is not a review. This is a recommendation. Go see Matilda The Musical at Toronto’s Ed Mirvish Theatre. Trust me on this one. We nicknamed our daughter Broadway Baby…

Please stop saying summer is almost over. It’s not. There is plenty of summer ahead, okay, so just simmer down. Don’t rush through it. Ignore the back-to-school sales and ads…

The country was in crisis. The Referendum was looming. The daily news was electric and for once, it seemed all Canadians were engaged in the issues. And I was in…

Look out Sin City. The Carpenter will be landing any minute now and he is unsupervised. Worse, he is surrounded by a bunch of construction workers attending a “conference” about…

It turns out, I don’t like camping.I found this out the only way possible: I took my kids camping for two nights in Collingwood. Turns out my kids don’t like camping…

Welcome to the best month in the calendar year. I’d like to point out that two incredible births happened in July: Canada was born and so was I. It’s not…

Despite the fact that I only graduated like 10 years ago (what? It could be true), I am suddenly struck by the reality that, effective next week, I will no…