February 03, 2010
Excuse me, dahrlings, but...

It Gives Me Fever

More like cold chills. Vancouver’s as nervous as a fake virgin watching the last guests leave her Patriots Of America themed wedding.  Despite numerous attempts to ease congestion, the city’s gridlock is as tight as she used to be. There’s…

January 29, 2010
Excuse me, dahrlings, but...

Ou Est Le Club Med Haiti?

What’s the DR got that Haiti hasn’t got? Call me crazy, but you got yourself this island in the Caribbean called Hispaniola, and you got yourself beaches and warm ocean currents and some fish – all of which us northerners…

January 27, 2010
Excuse me, dahrlings, but...

It's January. Blah.

We are in the bowels of winter, Pumpkins, and I’m bored. I keep tweeting my twit, but it doesn’t help. It is like so January around here. Thank God it’s almost over. My craft – not to mention my…

January 22, 2010
Excuse me, dahrlings, but...

I Have One Word For You: Plastic

A shiny new credit card used to mean something, eh Pumpkins? Priceless. Don’t leave home without it. My life. My card. My foot. Seems those embossed beacons of consummate consumerism may defeat our entire industry. Oops. One wonders how…

January 20, 2010
Excuse me, dahrlings, but...

What's Everyone So Happy About?

Pumpkins, apparently it’s good news all around for travel. A whack of predictions all point to a rebound. I’m told Canadians are ‘rediscovering’ Europe. (Did someone move it?) Business travellers aren’t afraid of body scanners. Competitors are merging.  I hardly…

January 15, 2010
Excuse me, dahrlings, but...

In The Nick Of Time

A collective sigh of relief was heard from the west end of Toronto yesterday, Pumpkins. Yes, after a prolonged and arduous courtship, the Signature-Sunwing union was finally consummated. I’ve asked for proof, but no one is willing to produce the…

January 12, 2010
Excuse me, dahrlings, but...

There's Nothing Like A Good Stuffing

I have to say, Pumpkins, I’m with the PM on this one. When things got really tough in my family, the one and only course of action was always to make pierogi. We called it “pierogingâ€. The solutions you come…

January 08, 2010
Excuse me, dahrlings, but...

Nuts To You

Well it’s about time! Finally, we get a security advisory that makes sense. By golly, Pumpkins, why didn’t someone think of just keeping the nuts off planes before? It’s so simple really. That’s the beauty of all great ideas.…

January 07, 2010
Excuse me, dahrlings, but...

Let Me Hear Your Body Talk

The last time my husband took his mistress to Miami, he looked guiltier than a Yemeni operative. Frankly, he deserves Gitmo for that infraction. What a bomb. (With all the silicone gel she’s packin’, it’s no wonder she can make…

January 04, 2010
Excuse me, dahrlings, but...

What's That Big Hard Pointy Thing?

Is it a Burj? Is it a plane?… Pumpkins, today a burgeoning erection is unveiled. According to someone who “studies†these sort of things, a very tall pointed structure such as the Burj Dubai is “not a penis thing, it’s…