Brenda Farrell | Luxury & Lifestyle Travel

It’s that time of year when everybody longs to see the white stuff. Well, we’ve seen it, so be gone! Vancouver, known world over for its wet, mild winters, has this year joined the ranks of the big guys, New York, Toronto, etc. Almost a week ago, we had about [...]

The Environmental Working Group, a Washington DC non-profit organization (www.ewg.org) recently published some compelling reasons for choosing organic produce. They examined a wide range of fruits and vegetables for pesticide residue and here is a snapshot of their findings: The list of the items with the HIGHEST amount of pesticide [...]

So Canadian Tire is piloting the sale of groceries from their stores. How anybody would consider buying anything edible from a store that reeks of artificial air fresheners, rubber and chemicals for garden and home is beyond me. An article I read in a newspaper recently (Globe & Mail?) said [...]

… I said in the post below, “avoid shopping malls.” It just occurred to me that another area to avoid would be those warehouse-type outlets, such as Costco, where the temptation to buy is so great because the prices are considerably lower than elsewhere. We used to shop Costco often, [...]