Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Every third week in January for the past 18 years, Ferrari owners and aficionados have gathered on the lawn of the Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach Fla. for the annual Cavallino Classic, arguably the most prestigious Ferrari event in North America.
The array of cars is overwhelming; from 1950’s racers to the most current super car, [...]

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Tuesday, January 13, 2009

These days, with travel bookings just a click away on the internet and countless guidebooks romanticizing Provence and Tuscany, it is hard to believe that the clichéd off the beaten track Western Europe still exists. And yet, when presented with the name Portugal, a surprising number of people ask what part of Spain it’s in [...]

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Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Once you’ve decided to build a wine cellar or buy a wine fridge you’ve crossed a line.  You are no longer just a “wine drinker”,  you are now a “wine collector” and you’ve joined a growing sub-culture.
This also means you may be subscribing to one or more of various wine magazines [...]

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Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Mid way into her second year at McGill as an undergraduate student in political science, Kingi Carpenter decided to do McGill a favour.  She dropped out.  As she puts it, “I had too much respect for McGill to stay on.”

She then enrolled in OCA (now called OCAD) and worked part time at Eatons selling clothes [...]

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LARA AND THE RIGHT HAND GAL and a note from me…
Monday, November 3, 2008

“You are invited to an exclusive jewellery event, where you will be treated to an unforgettable shopping experience. Come and see the exquisite line of casual diamond jewels that so many of Hollywood’s A-List celebrities are raving about. “
Lara Langill is the Vice President of Sales and Exclusive Events for the Right Hand Gal.
I bumped [...]

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THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT SASHA!
Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Sasha Josipovicz of Studio Pyramid and Hippo Properties, is one of the most energetic creative people I know.
Having been in the design business for over 20 years, Sasha was always known as “unemployable” by any of the traditional design firms. Is he mischievous, a little I suppose, but really, he is one of those people [...]

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Mary Jean Tully, of the Cruise Professionals
Monday, October 13, 2008

Mary Jean Tully, of the Cruise Professionals, is theperfectconnections last stop when it comes to luxury travel.
She can verse off the perfect way to take a family cruise one minute, and co ordinate a group of high level captains of industry on a safari the next. Minute detail and a vast knowledge of all the [...]

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