Brenda Farrell | Luxury & Lifestyle Travel

When I was in Istanbul last month, staying at my favourite resting place, luxury hotel Sumahan-on-the-Water, I decided to unwind after a particularly hectic schedule and to experience one of my favourite forms of relaxation, the hamam.  The hamam at Sumahan is spotlessly clean, particularly beautiful and sets the scene [...]

One of the benefits of living in beautiful Vancouver is the lush flora and fauna.  One of the lesser benefits of living in beautiful Vancouver at this time of year, Spring, is the lush flora and fauna!  Vancouverites are surrounded by mountains and when the trees and plants are pollenating, [...]

Fanny Kiefer, host of Studio 4 on Shaw TV, interviewed me about my involvement with the Slow Food Movement, travel tours to Turkey, and the importance of indulging in your passions.

Pesticides and your health – a family physician’s perspective | Docs Talk | David Suzuki Foundation.

An article in a British magazine suggests that girls’ spa getaways are being replaced by “booty camps” where instead of pampering, a group of friends will take a lifestyle break together to re-evaluate their options. It brought to mind a recent event when I put my market researcher skills to [...]