What are your holiday plans? Your friends and family ‘in the west’ might be on their way to you. After all, it’s probably cold and snowy where they are, so they’ll be glad for the excuse to come spend Christmas on the beach. But maybe…

Picking an engagement gift, or indeed one for the couple on the actual wedding day, is a brutal affair. You have to go through a ton of friendship photos, look through their social media like some sort of new age stalker; all this just to…

Whether you’re traveling for work, heading out on holiday, or going to visit family, flying can be a stressful experience. Between preparing your house or apartment before leaving, to remembering your passport and wallet, arranging airport transportation, getting through security lines, and hoping for a…

When someone you care about is dealing with intense (negative) feelings or some kind of disaster, comfort food always lifts their spirits. Go visit them with some chocolate cake, deep fried dish, ice cream, pizza, or beer. Yes, these are all high calorie items, but…

Winter weather makes us crave warm spaces and cosy corners, so your winter birthday girl or boy might want nothing more than to curl up by the fire and heat things up. If you can give them that, then go for it. But if they…

Ah, weddings! What a wonderful celebration to attend. It’s always fun and such a beautiful get together of people who truly love each other. The one thing that can have many people scratching their heads is what to get the bridal couple. And what do…

Backyard play sets have come a long way from the hard metal *swing sets* most of us grew up with, a few swings, some bars to climb on and that was about it. Today we have play sets that have forts, climbing walls, picnic tables,…