Toronto Midtown Archives

Chore Chart for Kids

Have you ever created a behavior or chore-chart for your kids? I have attempted this task several times, to always fail. Yet my children need routine and reminders – that is just how it is and I need them to have routine and me harping…

Make Your Life Easier with Voilà Grocery Delivery

Braving the grocery store every weekend has been something I’ve certainly started dreading. Especially now that school is out I would rather not drag the kids with me. Not to mention all of the extras I end up grabbing that I definitely do not need….

Family Travel: Summer Road Trip Tips (AND A CONTEST!)

Who doesn’t love a good road trip with the whole family in our beautiful Country? It’s the best possible getaway to celebrate Canada’s 150th Birthday this Summer, and the Laughing Cow is celebrating too, with a contest! We do regular road trips as a…

10 Ways to Save on Your Next Local Getaway

Looking for tips and tricks to save money? If you are like me, getting away on a trip that is more than a few hours away is just not in the cards for us right now. Having two kids of a “bickering age” in the…

Verbal Diarrhea – Part 1

For the last while I have what many call, writers block. I have been really stressed out. In part by the things going on in my personal life and at work that I just have not had the time or energy to put into figuring…

Wellness Trends 2023

As we look to 2023, what trends will we see in fitness, food, self-care, beauty and sustainability? The Wellness Show has been at the forefront of wellness trends for the past 30 years, and here’s what we think will shape the future of the wellness…

Modern Mama Holiday Cocktail Advent

It’s time for my annual cocktail advent. 2022 has been a busy year as everyone got back into the new normal and started to learn to live with COVID. Thankfully (so far) this year BC has not have the magnitude of natural disasters we had…

Use it Up, Wear it Out, Make it Do, or Do Without

Lessons that were learnt from the 1929-1933 Great Depression in Canada were instilled in many of us who are Baby Boomers and Generation X’ers, as children. Those same lessons have been gradually lost over the last 30 years. We now live in a very “disposable…

6 Browser Extensions That Will Save You Money (&Time)

I know I am looking at all possible ways to save money these days. With the holidays coming up, being able to save money and get cashback on purchases I was already going to make, is a win-win. Saving me time and money by finding…

Giving Tuesday – Peace Collective

Giving Tuesday was created in 2012 as a simple idea: a day that encourages people to do good. Giving Tuesday was born and incubated at the 92nd Street Y and its Belfer Center for Innovation & Social Impact in New York City. Giving Tuesday is…