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02 Jul 2018

Healthy Eating Tips – Cottage Edition

I am extremely fortunate to be able to escape the Toronto heat each weekend and join my family at our summer home on Lake Simcoe. The cottage, or “cotty” as we have officially coined it, is pretty much like a summer camp where friends and family are constantly coming and going. Thanks to my chef mom and sister, the cotty is pretty much known for it’s food. The meals are amazing and MASSIVE. As our good friends aptly said one time, the cotty is where you “eat like you are going to the electric chair.�[...]

Saving My Pants…and My Social Life

I have more workout clothes than I like to admit. And as much as DC would disagree, I feel like I have a good reason for it! I mean, I do go through 1-2 outfits per day between teaching classes, training clients and getting my own workouts in. Yet, no matter how many shiny new leggings or trendy sports bras I buy, I still have my go-to pieces. You know, the ones that fit just right. Even though the fabric may be tarnishing and the colour slightly fading, you just can’t seem to get rid of them. Now if[...]

DC’s Epic Paris Itinerary

DC and I have very different travel styles. I'm more 'book the essentials' (plane ticket, with an aisle seat to be specific) and then sort of figure out the plan from there. My hubby is the polar opposite. He pretty much books whatever is humanly possible to book in advance. And then he maps it all out, with time frames next to each activity (yes that includes food, naps and free time) and pastes a google map at the bottom with walking routes. There is always a plan B and the itinerary is printed, bound an[...]