The Chinese New Year in Hong Kong is the world’s largest Chinese New Year celebration; a time when locals and visitors alike mark the occasion with a unique fusion of ancient customs and up-to-the-minute fun. The two-week celebration includes a spectacular parade, exciting fireworks, gorgeous flower markets, fast-paced sporting events and interesting themed tours. The arrival of the Year of the Tiger will be celebrated in the parade by a total of 40 performing groups from 14 countries and regions, and will include 14 elaborately-decorated floats, 13 international and 13 local performing troupes. Of course the arrival of the…
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Again, it begins: snow, sleet and black ice. Like migrating birds, we answer the call of the South: blue sea, white sand and stone crab, snorkeling, scuba diving and Pina Coladas under an ocean front umbrella. We want to sail, sky-dive and walk the beach at seven a.m. In Canada’s South (Mexico and Florida) they wait for us, knowing we will be there. They call it “high season” when prices are doubled and tripled. Airlines too, enjoy this “high season.” Ah me, it’s a compromise we make for living in the best country in the world. For…
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About Sara
Award-winning restaurant critic and food/travel writer, Sara has eaten her way through much of the free world, and written about it in the Toronto Sun, Financial Post and National Post newspapers, four best-selling cook-books, and as contributing editor at Flare, enRoute, Elle, and Weekly Scoop magazines, and Fodors Travel Guides. Former Vice-Chair of the Ontario Film Review Board, and instructor at Ryerson University School of Continuing Education; her experiences have culminated in DINE magazine, as Publisher and Editor in Chief.
