Heather Greenwood Davis – Travel
The moment will come. You’ll be shuffling papers, looking out the window … and a distant ray of sunshine will be your undoing. In the moment when you realize the grey skies aren’t going anywhere for a few months yet, a trip to Costa Rica will feel ...
Howard Richler – Words
Please refrain from sexting while twerking. While it might be hyphy fo’ shizzle, it is both jank and meh. All the italicized words are recent additions to the Oxford English Dictionary, which last June added almost a thousand new terms to our ...
Tony Aspler – Wine
The health benefits and drawbacks of wine consumption are confused by numerous myths and half-truths. Herewith, a few choice FAQs from the wine column grab bag. ...
Heather Greenwood Davis – Travel
The winter chill is here, and with the foul weather come the dark skies and moody courtroom temperaments. But just because it’s cold outside doesn’t mean you can’t set your sights on starting the year with a trip to remember ...
Tony Aspler – Wine
Champagne may be the most frivolous of beverages but it’s also one of the most expensive, the most highly regulated in terms of its production, and the most difficult wine to make. Just to set the record straight, champagne itself comes only from ...
Howard Richler – Words
We find in the works of great writers such as Shakespeare, Milton and Dante many allusions to Greek mythology. This pattern continues into the early part of the 20th century in the writings of Joyce as well as in the terms Freud borrowed, such as ...
Heather Greenwood Davis – Travel
Luxury comes in all sizes and great seafaring adventures are no different. These new offerings from some of the best cruise ships in the world will give you good reason to start planning your next on-sea adventure. ...
Tony Aspler – Wine
Michigan owes the birth of its wine industry to two enterprising Canadian residents from Windsor and Walkerville, Ontario. The latter was an entrepreneurial Italian immigrant named Mariano Meconi, the other a wealthy Canadian landowner, Major ...
Howard Richler – Words
Austerity — a much despised term. Judging by the manner in which the word is ejaculated by some people, you’d get the impression that it represents a form of financial water-boarding. For most people it represents the methods that a government uses ...
Heather Greenwood Davis – Travel
Your connection to Britain may bring back memories of tweed-jacket-wearing professors at law school, but if you are letting that get in the way of a visit, you’re making a big mistake. There’s more to the UK than London, Haggis and Paddington Bear. ...