Spring! What is taking you so long? You’ve been teasing us with little dashes of warm weather and then so cruelly taking it away. One thing that always reminds me of spring (regardless of the weather) is the arrival of fresh asparagus in the grocery […]

Happy National Siblings Day! April 10th is the day to celebrate your brotherly or sisterly love for your siblings! While growing up with siblings may not have been your ideal (No, that’s MY toy! MOM!!!!), as you get older you appreciate them more! I’m lucky […]

On our recent trip to Machu Picchu, we had a few troubles due to a two-day-long farmers’ strike that resulted in the main road through the Sacred Valley being blocked roughly every two kilometres. A very early (4 am) road start found us in Ollantaytambo […]

On an Ecuadorian street lined with little restaurants sits a whitewashed building with a subtle sign.  Upon entering, you are greeted by an airy room, with light grey walls and wooden floors. The “Relais & Chateaux” sign is prominently on display, as is a gorgeous […]

We have loved mustard for ages, starting with the Egyptian pharaohs – they loved it so much that they made sure that their tombs were stocked with mustard seed for the afterlife. Mustard really must be the first condiment humans ever put on their food. […]

This upcoming weekend will see many people sporting shamrocks, wearing green and coming up with any excuse to be Irish! That’s right, it’s St. Patrick’s Day, one of the biggest party days of the year! Many people will claim to have some Irish roots on […]

Happy Birthday, Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni! Michelangelo, as he is more famously known, was born on the 6th of March, 1475 (died: February 18, 1564) and would have been 544 years old today! When we think of the great Renaissance artists, like Michelangelo, I […]