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Pam StelliniPam Stellini is an original. Her quirky outlook and wry humour defy categorization. Readers have compared her to Erma Bombeck and Art Buchwald with a travel spin – and we’re not about to argue. RED ALERTSpanish Food Fight
31 AUG 2010: We say ‘tomato’. They say ‘projectile veggies of mass destruction’. For 65 years on the last Wednesday of August, the 9,000 residents of Bunol Spain (in the province of Valencia) welcome over 20,000 guests to their city to celebrate La Tomatina. The tomato festival that best might be described as mayhem.
GETTING TOGETHERGoway to Israel
30 AUG 2010: Goway Travel is celebrating its 40th year in business and first anniversary in partnership with the Israel Ministry of Tourism. Israel tourism has been on a high recently, with with 1.6 million tourists arriving in the first half of 2010, a 39% increase over the same period last year and Goway has emerged as a major player in non-ethnic travel to the country.
ONLY LYONand all things French
19 AUG 2010: The message is clear. Caroline Putnoki, director for Canada ATOUT FRANCE wants Canadians to know that France continues to be a premier destination for travellers. A kickoff for ONLY LYON (anagram alert) the capital of French gastronomy, textile production and an aerospace industry was held this week at Biff's Bistro in Toronto
WILLKOMMENMarche comes back to Toronto
18 AUG 2010: Toronto did well by the Swiss last week. Roger Federer dazzled on the courts at the Roger’s Cup (though he eventually lost the final to Andy Murray) and Marche International re-introduced the Marche Restaurant at Brookfield Place at 181 Bay Street.
WORD PLAYWe wait and wait without complaint
17 AUG 2010: A few years ago I had tickets to the Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal and won an opportunity to go backstage after the show to meet the host Ray Romano. We were escorted to a room where all of us stood in order of arrival, each hanging on to our Just for Laughs ticket stub to have the comedian sign it.
TALENTED KIDSThe reality of juggling
03 AUG 2010: I could have been in Nevada last week and I have no one to blame but myself. Sparks Nevada hosted the 63rd annual International Jugglers Association Festival and I cannot help but think that I could have been there sipping on a cactus martini if I had only been more encouraging when my children were jugglers.
TIMES CHANGESand Sculptures and Booby Traps
20 JUL 2010: We were lounging at Wasaga Beach. I was immersed in my book, and my daughters 14 and 12 at the time, a bit further away with their friend, allegedly sunbathing.
GETTING AWAY FROM IT ALLTime off in the travel industry
06 JUL 2010: We were spending the long weekend at the cottage with my sister and her family. My sister has had a long history in the travel industry and took a reprieve from a barrage of business trips, to look forward to some much needed recreational time with family.
HAT DAYStyle if not substance
22 JUN 2010: When my daughters were young there was an event at their elementary school to promote the love of reading. Each child was to create a hat inspired by their favourite book and wear this embellished headpiece at a parade at the school.
LEAVING ON A JET PLANEOr maybe not...
08 JUN 2010: BA's strike woes have inspired our budding lyricist to pen (compute?) updated lyrics for the John Denver classic Leaving on a Jet Plane that was also famously covered by Peter, Paul and Mary and Gordon Lightfoot. It comes with a warning - you could be humming all day...
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