Local. Organic. Sustainable. Biodynamic. Fair Trade. These are not just lofty concepts, this is the working language of the kitchen at Toronto’s Fairmont Royal York Hotel. During my stay at the Royal York last fall, I had the wonderful opportunity to pop out into a sunlit patch of nirvana at 14 stories high. The Royal […]
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Toronto’s Fairmont Royal York Hotel: The Grande Dame Walks Her Talk
Snoop Dogg and Shakira have shacked up here. (Not together, I’m assuming.) Italy’s PM Silvio Berlusconi has parked his Pradas in these closets, and His Holiness the Dalai Lama of Tibet has hung his saffron robes. QE2 and her royal crew took over an entire floor. Everyone from world leaders to pop stars has stayed […]
Quest for Balance – A Yoga and Kayak Retreat
My Quest for Balance began one early fall morning when I stepped out of Toronto’s Fairmont Hotel and just across the street boarded the Ontario Northlander train, part of the VIA Rail Canada system. I’m a huge fan of train travel, and settling in on the Northlander, I noted right away the generous proportions of […]