Richard Rutkowski is sitting at a spacious wood table chatting with an attractive couple. They’re gathered in the informal eating area off the kitchen of a spectacular custom-built, 12,000 square-foot home. Through full-length windows, a sweeping resort-style pool and patio area is visible to the left; in other directions, indoors or out through the many

By Loukia Zigoumis Chicago—one of the largest cities in America and a short flight from Ottawa—offers something special for every traveller. Whether you’re a theatre lover, a fan of incredible architecture, a historian, a shopaholic, or a foodie, (hello, deep dish pizza!) the Windy City on Lake Michigan should be your destination of choice. Once

“We set out to be a cooking school and to bring people around the table to share food and conversation. If people left with two or three things that could change and inspire how they looked at food, what they purchased and what they ate, then we felt we were doing a good job.” By

You don’t have to rough it in the bush to enjoy the natural beauty of New York’s legendary mountains, thanks to uniquely beautiful, deluxe resorts in Lake Placid and Lake George By Barb Duncan Head southeast on an easy, scenic drive from Ottawa and you’ll arrive in an idyllic spot to get away from it

Five-star family fun in the sun By George Coyle Tell people you’ve been on a luxurious, relaxing holiday in the sun, and they tend to assume you left the kids at home. We didn’t. At Grand Velas Los Cabos, a AAA Five Diamond resort on Mexico’s Baja Peninsula, our children, Austin, six, and Olivia, four,

Fogo Island offers the luxury traveller some of the best reasons to visit Canada’s windiest corner. By Hattie Klotz When the Fogo Island Inn opened in 2013, it immediately garnered glowing reviews from travel magazines worldwide, and shot to the top of my bucket list. Here was a wild and windy corner of Canada with