MUSKOKA / Wilgress Café & Wine Bar

MUSKOKA / Wilgress Café & Wine Bar

by | Jul 1, 2016 | MUSKOKA, RESTO, Travel

This building was for decades a landmark in Huntsville: The Bookcase was full of books of all kinds, most of them about Huntsville and the surrounding area, rounded out by a delightful selection of children’s books.  We were all sad when their doors closed...
PARIS / La Buvette

PARIS / La Buvette

by | Feb 26, 2016 | MUSKOKA, RESTO

Camille Fourmont, owner of the gastro-thèque La Buvette, used to work at Le Chateaubriand and Le Dauphin and has brought her wine connaissance along with her.  White tiled walls with shallow wooden shelves are lined with bottles of mostly natural wines, with the...
GEORGIAN BAY / Grotto Sauna

GEORGIAN BAY / Grotto Sauna

by | Jan 29, 2016 | DESIGN, MUSKOKA, Travel

Inspired by an Italian grotto (well, the word is Italian, after all ), the Grotto Sauna is a feat of old-world craftsmanship and new-world sustainability made possible by cutting-edge software and fabrication technology.  Designed by Partisans, the exterior is...
PARIS / The Peninsula

PARIS / The Peninsula

by | Nov 6, 2015 | MUSKOKA

With views of the Tour Eiffel and the Arche de Tromphe, this quintessential Parisian hotel is perfectly situated on Avenue Kléber in a late 19th century Haussmanian building.  It first opened in 1908 as one of Paris’ leading “grands hotels” then after laying...
Wedding X-list / Deerhurst Resort, Muskoka

Wedding X-list / Deerhurst Resort, Muskoka

by | Jan 25, 2013 | MUSKOKA, Travel, WEDDING

The Deerhurst Resort is a very special place for me, which is why it was the first that we visited as a potential venue for our wedding.  Sitting on some 200+ acres of sprawling land overlooking Lake Penninsula, the resort was established over a century ago and I...