And we thought cottages were expensive in Canada. Check out the story on page 2 in The Globe and Mail today about Russia’s $30-million dachas. My favourite line:
“The mega-mansions are a far cry from the modest wooden cottages nestled deep in birch forests that served as...
Many of you will know our web manager, Sharon Donaldson, from her fun posts on the Forum, and her occasional comments here, too. Sharon has some neat suggestions regarding social bookmarking for cottagers. I confess I was a little lost on the subject until I checked out the web...
Good grief.
Have you heard of the Rally of the Tall Pines? Here’s how the promo goes:
“Just imagine if you took a small car, gave it four-wheel-drive, turbocharged it to over 300 horsepower, and then drove it flat-out sideways down twisty treacherous forest roads –...
As you may have heard, the traditional outdoor Grey Cup breakfast was cancelled last week, to the disgust of western-Canadian sports fans. (It was moved inside to the Metro Convention Centre.) Winter had arrived in our fair city of Toronto, which meant the streets were a little...
Editor’s Note, from the Winter ’07 issue of Cottage Life magazine:
Whoever said “A picture’s worth a thousand words” didn’t know the half of it.
There will never be enough words to describe some pictures, no poetry so moving as some paintings, and no better way to...
I admire Debb who, as she noted in a recent comment, has been an advocate of green cottaging since the ’70s, before the idea was even a glimmer on our collective radar. Her concern about bottled water made me think of an initiative we took at the Fall Cottage Life Show this...
Today was “purge day” at Cottage Life, meaning we go through all our files and toss out stuff we don’t need anymore. And guess what I found in a corner of my filing cabinet? Letters from readers complaining about our 1996 “skinny dipping" cover. It was a cheeky (so to...
Warren Clements, eat your heart out. We asked cottagers to write a funny caption to accompany Brian Lasenby’s humorous photo of a wide-mouthed frog, which he submitted to Cottage Life’s 2007 Photo Contest.
So far, we’ve received more than 90 entries, and you still have...
Of the 15 million homes that have been built in the US in the last decade, only about 15,000 are certified through a green-home program. So says the U.S. Green Building Council, developers of the LEED green building rating system.
That’s disappointing, but no surprise, really....
Who knew there were so many complete idiots out there? You’re one too? Then read on: The latest press release from this amazing franchise arrived in my mailbox today:
“The Complete Idiot’s Guide® to Building Your Own Home, Third Edition is a clear, concise, up-to-date...
