June 13, 2012
Excuse me, dahrlings, but...

Anybody Up For A Pumpkinccino?

So I drive up to my corner CIBC – you know, to do banking things – and instead of my teller, is a man in a green apron. Now, I enjoy a man in an apron as much as any…

June 11, 2012
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You Don't Know From Divas

It has been whispered that I’m high-maintenance, Pumpkins, though I don’t know how anyone could get that impression. High-bred, yes. High-breasted, (with the right foundation garments), OK. High-strung? Perhaps, after all, that is a thoroughbred trait. But high-maintenance? You…

June 05, 2012
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Beware The Frankentrekkers!

There is something hideously deviant going on in travel, Pumpkins. A lab in Asia is incubating live tourists. I got a press release about it! A company called the Future Laboratory is “breeding luxury travellers across Asia”. There obviously…

June 01, 2012
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Liar! Liar! Pants on Fire

I have uncovered a government plot, Pumpkins, spinning around our country’s connection to the UNWTO. I know. You are probably saying to yourself “Huh? The UNWho?” Not too many folks give a minister’s spit about the UNWTO (It’s the…

May 29, 2012
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A Call For Pumpkin Prayers

The old expression – for every lid there’s a pot – was never more apt than when applied to the dinkettes. Both are married (contrary to rumours, not to each other). How those poor men ever got matched with those…

May 28, 2012
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Let's Not Start An Airline!

Apparently Bay Street money types are floating the idea of an airline. Really? How many times has a man’s manly man told me not to make “business” decisions based on “emotion” – holding up the word ‘business’ as the…

May 22, 2012
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Some Inconvenient Questions

First of all, to you overly literate people out there – the “h” is there for emphaasis. As in, “Don’t you look simply mahvellous!” Go read some scintillating press releases if you don’t like my writing. On another note,…

May 17, 2012
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Face This

There is nothing social about media, Pumpkins. Media is a science. A technology. And like any commercial exchange, it is best left in the capable hands of professionals. Social exchanges happen at cocktail parties. (Preferably in the pantry while the…

May 15, 2012
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50 Shades Of Pink

Lady book clubs from Boise to Kamloops are flushed over steamy Fifty Shades of Grey. On planes, look for the rosy cheeked women covering their book and ignoring the drink cart. Even travel conferences are a twitter with giddy…

May 09, 2012
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You Need A Vacation

Some days I feel like a chicken with my head cut off Pumpkins, and not a spring one either. I’m just back from endless conferencing dahrlings and find myself at a Vegas lunch and an evening event too! Love…