What, exactly, is a "green city"? Is the term not an oxymoron? If a green city is an ideal whose time has come, why, then, does it still feel so impossibly Utopian? My definition of a green city is … [Read more...]
Secrets of Sericulture
April 23, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Had I not been staying, several years ago, in a 17th century French "magnanerie" or silk production workshop, now a gorgeous Provencal vacation home, I may never have been awakened to the dark secrets … [Read more...]
Free Spirit Spheres
April 1, 2009 By Leave a Comment
I am a free spirit. I am a free spirit hanging from a tree. I am a free spirit sphere dangling in the dense rainforest of Vancouver Island, suspended like a dream-state...handcrafted, … [Read more...]
Toronto + Holland + Winter
February 19, 2009 By 1 Comment
=Heart-Warming Coolness! Cold February nights in Toronto call for more than another log on the fire and a snuggle on the couch with hot cocoa and another episode of whatever. Cold February nights in … [Read more...]
Intimate Exposure
January 29, 2009 By 2 Comments
This is not your showgirl Vegas. This is not mindless entertainment, self-indulgent fun and games, nor a place to place a bet. In an odd way, this is the most narcissistic hour or two you might spend … [Read more...]
Seven Dudley, Venice
January 9, 2009 By 2 Comments
I'm struttin' solo down the boardwalk in vintage cowboy boots and ragtag tassles, past the vendors of t-shirts, toerings and tattoos, off to see some crazies singin' songs and recitin' poetry over a … [Read more...]
Wild Earth Dot TV
December 26, 2008 By 1 Comment
I once attempted a do-it-yourself African safari in Maasai Mara in south-western Kenya. I hitched a ride with park staff into the park, then got stuck for days in a torrential downpour having to hang … [Read more...]
R.S.V.P. to P.R. Donkey
December 17, 2008 By 1 Comment
I've just become friends on Twitter with a Donkey named Pepper Sant Blai. She's totally groovin' with the woowoo, and has invited me to her magical country retreat in Mallorca, an island in the … [Read more...]
Thank You, Sir Susur
December 10, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Dear Susur Lee, Thank you for the fabulous dinner at Madeline's in Toronto the other night. I came as part of a party of 4 not knowing what to expect, hoping for the best after reading some … [Read more...]
Ulusaba: Pride ‘n Purpose
December 7, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Sir Richard Branson is Sir Seriously Groovin' with the WooWoo. His private game reserve in South Africa, Ulusaba, just earned the leading luxury travel network, Virtuoso's Best of the Best Award for … [Read more...]
The High Life, Costa Rica
November 30, 2008 By 1 Comment
Yes, I'll admit it. I'm a tree hugger. I'm almost 42 and I still climb trees - I've been called "Monkey Girl" more than a few times - and yes, I hug them if I'm invited. I've been known to cry at the … [Read more...]
Australasia’s #1 Green Hotel
November 20, 2008 By 1 Comment
Already cursing winter? Not gonna make it to spring? Need a distraction of the South Pacific kind? Jean-Michel Cousteau Fiji Islands Resort is just the place to get you through the long winter … [Read more...]
Maho Bay Eco-Tents
November 7, 2008 By 1 Comment
Now that the colors of autumn are fading, the sky's about to turn slate gray for months and holiday madness is about to get silly on us, why not escape to a Green Territory in the middle of the … [Read more...]
Land of Enchantment
October 27, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Come down to the southwest, he said, where epic summer thunderstorms roll in over the mesas with no warning, darken the sky, shake the earth and drench the sun-parched land in biblical twenty-minute … [Read more...]
The Bigness of Big Sur
October 9, 2008 By 2 Comments
Meet me in Big Sur on the ledge of the earth on the edge of the razor on the verge of crazy in the pillow clouds where time means nothing and Sea Foam Green is a swirling reality not a Ralph Lauren … [Read more...]
Dirty Dempster
October 9, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Yes, it's happened to me as it's happened to many who've dared stray from their urban comforts to venture this far north. I've been struck by the Spell of the Yukon. It doesn't hurt, but it does nag … [Read more...]
Healing vibrations in the high desert
October 9, 2008 By Leave a Comment
George Van Tassel built this in the 50's and 60's as a chamber of "rejuvenation and time travel," describing it as "a machine, a high-voltage electrostatic generator that would supply a broad range of … [Read more...]
Vegetarian Heaven on Earth
October 9, 2008 By 1 Comment
If you're vegetarian and you're looking for a Caribbean vacation, look no further than The Lodge in Grenada. My partner, Ron and I had the incredible privilege of being Mary and Mark's very first … [Read more...]
Splish-splashing, Klondike-style
October 9, 2008 By 2 Comments
You can't get much further off the grid than the Dawson City River Hostel. Dieter Reinmuth, an avid outdoorsman, photographer, guide book author and world traveller who settled in the Yukon 20 … [Read more...]
Harmony Dawn
October 9, 2008 By Leave a Comment
My dear friends Nicola and Andy built their dream home off the grid near Rice Lake about 2 hours out of Toronto. They now hold meditation workshops and teach people how to walk lightly on the planet. … [Read more...]
