Just Love
I’ve put so many restrictions on love: how and why I should love, how and why I should BE loved. Whatever happened to just loving for the sake of it? Nothing in return, just giving love to others despite what my past notions may have been on giving and receiving love. Until I free myself...
Women In Business: Baked Keepsakes
“Keepsakes” is the perfect union between what I believe and what I love doing. I strongly believe in having personal connections with people, places and things. And baking is the most satisfying way for me to make that happen. Being able to bring out the best of every moment is what makes memories last forever....
Women in Business: Beautifully Bare
Beautifully Bare is Canada’s latest revolution in Hi-Tech Spa services. Founders, Karen Doering and Alexandra Nikolajev launched the brand in January 2011 after identifying the large growth and shift among consumers from traditional to medical esthetics. Alexandra never thought about putting her business skills to fabulous use in the world of esthetics. That was until she met...
School of Love: when to drop out – 4 reasons
I have a confession to make. There’s a book titled Why Men Love Bitches and I read it. I read it because I was in the middle of a tumultuous relationship, trying to figure out the man that I had been dating for a year and a half. When I finished reading it, I filed...
Open relationships? No, thanks
There are three types of intimate relationships: The booty call, the open relationship and the committed relationship. The booty call is all about the sex. You don’t have to see the other person again if you choose not to. There’s no wining and dining, no cute dates or romance. In fact, the less time you...
How to deal with Decision Fatigue – 8 Ways
We have to makes decisions everyday, all day (assuming you live a somewhat productive life). What to wear? What to eat? What not to eat? What route to take? Coffee or tea? Should you stay together? Should you buy those heels? Yoga or a glass of wine? And the list goes on. Some of these...
4 Reasons Why You Should Never Fake an Orgasm
I only get to see my friend Mischa every three or four months because we live in different cities. When we do get to see each other, our conversations are usually charged with gossip-worthy stories, dripping with juicy details, vivid enough to make any man blush. During one such visit, Mischa and I were playing...
BHD Women of the Week – Lisa & Kara Harun
This week we have a double whammy. Why you may ask? Well, simply because this sister combo kicks ass. They’re beautiful, talented, successful, and more than anything, they love and respect each other in a way that makes them shine. I met them at a dear friend’s place and from the first moment I met...
How-to Have It All as Women
I think it is fair to say that most of us want to believe that we can have it all. While definitions may vary, the desire to balance work, life and all the in-between is a constant objective. As I said in an earlier article, I want to have everything even if it’s in small...
OXFAM Trailwalker: Meet the Sisters with Blisters
Our Team Meet my sister Lindsay, an active 26 year old who enjoys running, soccer and works construction with our father. Our soccer teammate Beth, who in her early forties, out exercised all of us on a weekly basis with rowing, biking, running and various ironman challenges and marathons; she’s our go-to person on extreme...
OXFAM Trailwalker – 100km Hike
100km … the distance between Toronto and Barrie …. It only takes just over an hour to drive that distance it could not take that long to hike that distance, could it? That’s exactly what I thought the first time I saw a magazine ad for Oxfam Trailwalker’s 100 km hike. It was mid January...
How to know when the Mother-in-Law Prefers the EX
You’ve finally found your prince charming. You’re on cloud nine and nothing can ruin this new feeling – it’s simply amazing. But one day reality sets in that you have a new boyfriend and you start to worry about: will his friends like you? Will your friends like him? What about his parents? Oh goodness...
What your Man Really Wants – Summer Suds
Your man wants what most men want. Beer. In Toronto, there’s not a better place to get fresh local beer than Amsterdam Brewery. It began as a brewpub in 1986 and has grown into one of Toronto’s largest craft breweries. Amsterdam offers a vast array of craft beers made right here in the heart of...
