Celebrate Winter with an All-Inclusive Adventure in the French Alps

 The 90s theme song “Hands up, baby, hands up…” may summon visions of shivering northerners fleeing to Club Med’s sun-soaked southern resorts — but did you know the company that began offering Mediterranean beach escapes also runs ski destinations? In fact, some of its most spectacular properties are found high

Luxury Sale Leads Into Winter Season at Mirror Lake Inn

 LAKE PLACID, N.Y. – For the first time in its history, the elegant Colonial House at the Mirror Lake Inn Resort and Spa in Lake Placid, N.Y., is offering an ‘Ultimate Suite” sale. To appreciate this event, one must understand that the Mirror Lake Inn has been AAA Four Diamond

Bucket List: Learning How to Snowshoe in the Gatineau Hills

 My sidekick boyfriend Jeff and I are adventure-seekers. Although this is sometimes truer for me (while Jeff puts on a brave face and tags along), we were both looking forward to our first snowshoeing experience together. Conditions were optimal after the massive heap of snow that fell on Ottawa recently. 

Lake Placid

 By Rachael Desjardins ABOVE: Whiteface Mountain, the fifth highest mountain in the Adirondacks, sits the State of New York Weather Monitoring Station. From here you can walk around for a great 360-degree view. Photo: Orda Media While best known to most Canadians as a winter vacation spot and home to the 1980 Olympic