News and Reviews

Our Family renewed our love for the city of Moncton….sans Crystal Palace! Halifax families have suffered two setbacks in recent years in terms of our ability to enjoy short winter or spring weekend breaks. Firstly in October 2012, VIA rail slashed the frequency of the Halifax-Montreal rail service from 6 to
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This time last year, my daughter and I embarked on an astronomical adventure: star-gazing with the Halifax Young Naturalists Club! We discovered that a starry night is also a chilly night…and that the moon looks magical through a telescopic lens. I had contacted the club earlier in the week by
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It’s 10:00 am and I have just thrown back my first drink: a sample of smooth gin that tastes like Bombay Sapphire, but with a hint of pine. Although tempting, I decline the offer of vodka and schnapps.  As we are gently ushered back to the 15-seater wine tour bus,
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Great news, Halifax- we’ve got a new basketball team! The Halifax Hurricanes name and logo was unveiled at a press conference at the Scotiabank Centre on October 20th, 2015, with their first game scheduled for December 26th,  against the Moncton Miracles. The new NBL team also comes with a catchy hashtag: #StormsComing
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Reconnect with Your Family at Keji National Park! There are many sides to Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site: Lush old growth forests grow inland, bordering the shores of warm-water lakes, perfect for canoeing.   Kejimkujik Seaside Adjunct is a separate landscape with colourful granite cobblestones and white-sand beaches.  Kejimikujik
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By the time I got home on Sunday afternoon, my was brain humming with the sensation that I had been to some far away destination: a place that was safe, cool, hot, hip, foreign and friendly – all at the same time. Would you believe that my “travel high” came from
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Are your teenagers climbing the walls? Check out Seven Bays Bouldering,  a new downtown Halifax bouldering gym brought to you by the Richer-de la Plante family, who built and now run Allez Up climbing gym in Montreal. Seven Bays Bouldering  is a 6000sq. ft. facility on Gottingen st. that hosts a 120 ft long
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My six-year old daughter and I became die-hard Rainmen basketball fans about a week before all the trouble happened. Now the reputation of our players, our city, and even the National Basketball League of Canada, is in a spin. But my daughter doesn’t care about the details.  As the Halifax Rainmen‘s  newest
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When I heard the buzz about Tree Change Dolls™, my first reaction was to grab for the bottle of nail polish remover, and start wiping away the faces from my daughter’s fairly extensive Monster High Collection. Next, I’d get some play-doh, and give those ridiculously long legs some weather-appropriate rain boots…just
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At Patch Halifax, you can attend a workshop to make almost anything from a tube skirt to a tailored blouse!  But the best of all is the Patch Halifax Parent and Kid Sew Together : a very special workshop where children can design and make their own  stuffed toy. Recently, my daughter and I  attended a workshop, along
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