A visit to the Greater Toronto Area wouldn't be complete without a day trip to Canada's Wonderland. My kids waited patiently until well past the half-way mark in our visit to Toronto to check out Canada's biggest outdoor amusement park, but boy, was it worth the wait!We went on Friday, and because … [Read more...]

Busy Thursday for the urbanmoms families, as Jen and I took our kids to the Royal Ontario Museum and the Bata Shoe Museum! Since both museums are only a block away from each other, it seemed like a great way to take in two attractions in one day (and on one subway fare!)At the ROM, we decided to … [Read more...]

I catch it out of the corner of my eye and I cannot quite believe it. It brings  melancholy and some anxiety. But it is unmistakeable and there it is.It winks at me and I try to avoid its steely glare but there it is  that first leaf of Fall and it is only the beginning of … [Read more...]

I'm visiting Toronto with my kids for a few weeks, and while we're here we plan to check out as many of the great local attractions as we can. On Friday we had the pleasure of visiting the Ontario Science Centre and taking in all it has to offer, including the fantastic Harry Potter … [Read more...]

She sits on her dock- the one they call "sunset dock"- with her father in the heat of the late  July afternoon. Her wonderful mom, his beloved wife, has been dead now over 1000 days. This, some have said, is the magic number of grieving- a trite bit of math for a complex and profound set of … [Read more...]

A monetarily rich person- who is very close to me and extremely generous with everyone- said this to me recently. I am not prone to jealousy, but told him I would like a turn in this life at treating people and spoiling them in a material way. I said it looks like so much fun- to be able to give and … [Read more...]