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MUSKOKA LIFE JULY ISSUE 77
july | august 2019
Contents
GOODLIFE GOODLIFE Publisher Dana Robbins
Regional General Manager Simcoe - York - Muskoka Shaun Sauve General Manager Simcoe & Editor Elise Allain Graphic Design Nicolette Blazenko Brenda Boon Nick Borino Jana Gregorio Advertising Representatives Kim Bergeron Carolyn Brayiannis Debbie Booth Vic Dellamora Shannon Dunlop Renee Duthie Debbie Halikas Janet Lee-Holden Stacey MacDonald Mary March Chelsey Simon Photography Contributions Ellie Kistemaker Jim Craigmyle Mike Guilbault Editorial Contributions Katherine Elphick, Dawn Ritchie, Margaret Harlos Patti Vipond
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8 goodlife book club 10 arts up close 12 health & beauty 15 shopaholic BEAUTY
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beauty
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Makeup bag essentials Keep it together
Store all your daily summer beauty essentials in a makeup bag that’s as pretty as it is functional. The small boxy cosmetic case from Coach is a water-resistant nylon case detailed with a simple design of floral bows with an inside pocket for most-used items. It’s the perfect size to throw in your purse for on the go. Available at Coach, $95. Coach.com
Glow getter
For a youthful glow, mist your skin with the Tatcha Luminous Dewy Skin Mist. Infused with hadasei-3 antiaging complex and green tea, rice and algae, the hydrating face mist can be applied under or over makeup for an all-day fresh look. Available at Sephora, $59. Sephora.com
Show stopping lashes Perfect for on the go, the Diorshow Mascara is made with air-lock packaging that prevents the formula from drying out to keep your lashes long and voluminous. Enriched with microfibres, the mascara applies an even coat to each individual lash for flawless wear without clumping. Coat your lashes in one of three colours: black, blue or brown. Available at Saks Fifth Avenue, $40. Saksfifthavenue.com
Tweezed to perfection Keep your brows sculpted at all times with the Bobbi Brown Stainless Steel Tweezer. The slanted tip makes it easy to pluck hairs with precision and accuracy. Available at The Bay, $46. Thebay.com
Luminous touch
The Terracotta Touch loose powder to go stick will make your skin glow with its luminous matte finish and integrated applicator. Thanks to its blurring correcting beads and radiance revealing flakes, it creates a velvety matte finish. Choose from three shades: light, medium and deep – all with a golden sheen. $66. Guerlain.com
Balm meets gloss
A new release from the popular k-beauty brand Laneige, the Lip Glowy Balm is a lightweight, moisturizing balm that leaves your lips feeling hydrated and soft all day long. Inspired by their best-selling Lip Sleeping Mask, the daytime version of the mask brings a glossy feel and look. Available in four flavours: berry, peach, pear and grapefruit. Available at Sephora, $18. Sephora.com
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Sun-kissed in a cinch
This limited-edition Terracotta contour & glow palette combines the essentials for sun-kissed beauty in a compact set off with fiery rays. It combines four effects ranging from matte to ultra-iridescent, for countless possibilities, $84. Guerlain.com
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I can tell how long a man’s been married by the way he shops. Twenty plus years and he comes in with a price point, a preferred gold colour, and usually picks the third thing he sees that is most likely to impress. In his defense he’s almost never wrong. But you should see him at the beginning when it’s time to pick an engagement ring. There’s a fair bit of hand holding required, as if he’ll never make a decision as crucial as this one. He’s stored every criticism you’ve ever made on celebrity engagement rings. He knows how you feel about the rings your friends received. He’s creeped your Pintrest page, asked your sister her opinion, sometimes he even comes with your mom in tow. The best part by far is hearing him justify one ring over another on the basis of who you are as a person. It’s during these critiques that I get to see how much he adores you. If I asked him to sit down and write you a love poem he probably couldn’t but ask him questions about your taste and your personality and he can’t contain his enthusiasm. Without realizing he’s doing it he’ll tell me how much you impress and surprise him, how unique you are, how funny, how ambitious. But mostly how he knows you’re perfect for him and how this ring that he’s chosen is perfect for you. So after he’s proposed ask him “Why this ring?” you can thank me later.
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MOURNING HAS BROKEN LOVE, LOSS AND RECLAIMING JOY
Erin Davis Review by Danielle Leonard
UP NEXT
This memoir by former CHFI radio personality, Erin Davis, should probably be packaged with tissues. If you’re a parent like me, you will likely shed tears. Mourning Has Broken is Davis’s personal account of her life, as it unfolded, after the unexpected and devastating death of her 24-year-old daughter, Lauren. The first half of the book begins as an homage to Lauren, segueing into an account of the circumstances around her passing. Most prominently, it focuses on how Davis and her husband forged ahead after the death. The minutiae of this half of the memoir, which gets so specific as to include speeches from the memorials and emails from fans, was a lot to absorb. For Davis fans, who had witnessed her struggles in real time after her daughter’s death in 2015, it offers an intimate look into what happened behind the scenes. It is in the second half of the book, in which Davis honestly exposes the carnage of her heart resulting from Lauren’s death, that the real gems of this memoir are found. Her wisdom emanates from the pages as she delivers us into the depths of her despair and her path toward healing. Her words convey that the human spirit has the strength to rise like the sun but will inevitably, and frequently, fall into the darkness – often, without warning. Who is this book for? I struggled to answer that question. Certainly, Davis fans will appreciate her candour and intimate details. As for the rest of us? The book is valuable to anyone who has known someone who has lost a child. It helped me understand that there is no timeline or set process for grieving, and it’s more important to support than console. As Davis explains to those who want to say the “right thing” to a grieving friend: don’t start a sentence with “at least”, don’t say anything related to God’s plan, and more specifically, don’t try to console. (You can’t.) By the end of the book, the question remains whether Davis fully reclaims joy as the book title suggests. I would say, no. Rather, she learns to live with the loss. Davis writes: “Losing Lauren was everything I feared but nothing I could have prevented. And if I dwell on that for anything longer than a fleeting instance, I could lose my mind.”
MAYBE YOU SHOULD TALK TO SOMEONE: A THERAPIST, HER THERAPIST AND OUR LIVES REVEALED Lori Gottlieb
With startling wisdom and humour, Gottlieb invites us into her world as both clinician and patient, examining the truths and fictions we tell ourselves and others as we teeter on the tightrope between love and desire, meaning and mortality, guilt and redemption, terror and courage, hope and change.
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upfront | books, etc
watch this Summer movies you’ll want to see
ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD
Quentin Tarantino’s ninth feature film takes place in Los Angeles in 1969, at the height of hippy Hollywood as the city reels from the Manson family murders. Rick Dalton is played by Leonardo DiCaprio, a washed-up Western actor. His stunt double, Cliff Booth, is played by Brad Pitt, and Margot Robbie is Sharon Tate. Coming to theatres July 26
WHERE’D YOU GO BERNADETTE?
Based on the New York Times bestselling novel, the movie is an inspiring comedy about a loving mom who is compelled to reconnect with her creative passions after years of sacrificing herself for her family. An epic adventure jump-starts her life and leads to her triumphant rediscovery. Cate Blanchett is sure to delight as the heroine of the heartwarming flick. Coming to theatres August 16
THE KITCHEN
The film stars Melissa McCarthy, Tiffany Haddish and Elisabeth Moss as three 1978 Hell’s Kitchen housewives whose mobster husbands are sent to prison by the FBI. The ladies take the Irish mafia’s matters into their own hands, proving unexpectedly adept at everything from running the rackets to taking out the competition... literally. Coming to theatres August 9 GoodLife | Barrie July - August 2019
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Brenda Boon…
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renda Boon knew she wanted to be an artist back in high school, but when it came to selecting a major for college she chose the pragmatic route. “I’m not a starving artist,” she says. “Career possibilities were limited. I wanted to go to university for fine arts, but thought, what are my prospects? Curator or art teacher? I didn’t really want either of those professions.” It was a time when the path for artists was decidedly narrower. Opportunities to market your work through social media or digital platforms didn’t exist. You either had a gallery representing you, or you struggled. Boon chose instead to pursue Graphic Design and Advertising at Conestoga College. This prudence allowed her to utilize her creative skills as a commercial artist yet still enjoy a stable life. She has no regrets. For nearly three decades she’s enjoyed a fulfilling career in layout and advertising in publishing media. “I know so many people who hate their jobs and they’ve been doing it for decades, and I love my job,” she says. But as the years ticked by, that old rumbling for brush and canvas began to resurface again. Three years ago, Boon could no longer suppress it and signed up for oil painting classes
under the direction of Irina Gretchanaia. What she wasn’t prepared for, was how switching from the fast-paced techniques she’d honed for her job, would clash with the slower-paced style of a fine artist. “I’m not a patient person,” she says. “And you have to be patient to work in oils. Every day at work is a new thing. I’ll work on twenty things in one day. At home, I work on the same painting for months at a time. If I mess up at work, I can fix it. When painting, if I mess up, I have to wait a whole week to fix it. It’s been teaching me a lot of patience.” Boon has experimented with acrylics, which dry faster, but is sticking with oils. “The colours don’t blend the same. You don’t get that richness, that depth,” she explains. “I’m tight with the brush. I am unable to do the quick brush strokes. No matter how hard I try I have to blend it. But I’ve stopped fighting that. I’m evolving naturally.” By her third class, Gretchanaia, asked Boon if she’d be willing to sell the piece she was working on. The question took Boon aback. The idea of selling her work had tugged at the corners of her younger ambitions, but she’d long let that go. “The hardest part for me, especially over the last couple of years, is to put
myself out there,” she says. She decided instead to post her painting online for just her friends to see. The overwhelmingly positive response led to commissions and before she knew it she was pulling together a body of work on weekends. “Sometimes you keep going with the status quo until you get a kick in the pants,” she laughs. “I do need that push.” Flowers are the primary subjects Boon is drawn to. They’re a theme she admits to having a slight obsession with. “They make me happy,” she says. “They make everybody happy. You can’t look at a painting of a flower and feel sad. There’s no hidden meaning. I can’t resist flowers. My phone is full of them.” In fact, a recent commission for a purple hydrangea launched her into a major photographing-frenzy. She purchased a plant and studied it fanatically. “I took pictures of that hydrangea for a month. I had over 500 pictures of it. I was obsessed. Seeing how things change over time. How the soil affects their colour. It started out as a yellowy blue and ended up a sage green and violet colour.” This attention to detail is why Boon’s four foot by three-foot canvases swim in a dynamic dance of colour, creating a perfect focal point in a room. Each petal, is a study in light in shadow. But on a recent trip to the Abbotsford Tulip Festival in British Columbia, Boon began considering reducing the size of her canvases. It would make her artistic process more manageable and meet her need for speed, another step in her natural evolution. She’s calling it her tulip series. “At first, I bought a bunch of tulips and took pictures but nothing really inspired me to paint them,” she says. “There’re fewer petals, as far as flowers go.” But something moved her to explore deeper and when she parted the top of a closed flower to take a few more photos, a whole new world opened up. “I could not believe the images I was capturing. I took the photos from the inside, in the center of the flower. It’s the most vulnerable angle, but the most beautiful. I’m so pumped and I can’t believe I’m so excited about tulips,” she says. “I can’t wait to get started.” See Brenda Boon’s work: at brendaboonfineart.com
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C r g BEAUTY, HEALTH & WELLNESS
Take some time out for you this summer. Visit the local experts featured here in GoodLife who can help you become the best version of you, by taking care of mind, body and spirit.
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“Fitness and weight training has been a big part of our life for a afe of Life Chiropractic’s friendly atmosphere provides welllong time. We both got into CrossFit about 8 years ago, so we are ness health care for the entire family. familiar with what athletes need in order to stay healthy, Doctors Sebastian and Kara Hoffsuemmer balanced, and ultimately function at their highest cahave been serving Barrie for over 10 years, and are pacity.” proud of what they have created in their office. Being a functional wellness-based practice, Cafe of “We didn’t want a typical doctors office feel”, she Life offers several different research grade technologies said. “We wanted a place where people would feel rethat assess different parts of the nervous system as part ally comfortable to bring a family, and that was also of patient assessment. These include a surface EMG modern and fresh. People love the vibe of the office, scan, measuring muscle tone and balance, a Thermogand the message that it sends, because it creates a wellraphy study, which looks at nerves to the organs and ness picture for the whole family.” Kara Hoffsuemmer glands, and a heart rate variability test, which measures The practice focuses on the function and the moveoverall health and adaptability. ment of the spine and the nervous system, she noted, “Having different ways to measure function in the adding it’s important to take care of your spine and nernervous system, and track progress over care is imvous system throughout your whole life rather than portant. A patient can tell me how they feel, which just waiting for symptoms to show up. is great, but if we’re talking about pain, pain is only “Symptoms are often the last thing to show up in about 10% of the nervous system. These tests will show the disease process, and the first thing to go away,” she me how their entire nervous system is functioning and said. “We really enjoy helping people through their health Sebastian Hoffsuemmer adapting, the stress patterns they are holding, and how we can help a patient the best.” challenges, and then, as they go through their chiro“We are in an exciting time as more and more research becomes practic care, witnessing their health unfold and flourish in ways they available. Chiropractic care is on the leading edge of health and welldidn’t even imagine is very rewarding.” The pair also works with many athletes, keeping their spine moving ness, and we are thrilled to be serving our community.” For more information visit www.cafeoflifebarrie.com. and functioning well, in order to keep them performing at their best.
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GRAVITY SALON PROFESSIONALS
ou can always count on getting the best of the best at Gravity Salon Professionals. With decades of industry experience between them, the team of Senior Master Stylists and Colourists continuously provide a high level of expertise and attention to detail for each and every client. Our focus is on giving each client exactly the colour and style they are looking for. “The majority of us are Master Colourists for a global company called GOLDWELL and teach at the Goldwell Academy in Toronto - as well as the other academies around the world. To have that title means you’ve achieved one of the highest levels of recognition to become a colourist in our industry. It takes many years of experience, and multiple levels of courses, prior to achieving that level, and then you must go for a series of courses to become a master colourist. We pride ourselves on being colour experts and our credentials speak for themselves,” said Ivo. The team at Gravity Salon Professionals works diligently to con-
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tinually provide clients with a warm and inviting atmosphere every time they walk through the doors of the 120-year-old century home located at 206 Bradford Street in Barrie. When guests come in to Gravity Salon Professionals, we want them to feel calm and relaxed in a genuinely comfortable atmosphere. Voted Barrie’s Favourite Salon for the past two years in a row, your stylist will conduct a one-on-one consultation to ensure each client receives the exact colour and the style they had envisioned. “We have spaces divided up throughout the salon from private to semi-private salons, the majority of us in the salon see one client at a time to ensure clients receive the best one-on-one service possible. The extensive level of local, national, and global training and education that we’ve received and provide is what sets us apart. Our teams experience ranges from fifteen to thirty-four years of industry experience as stylists.” The team at Gravity Salon Professionals welcome you into their home!
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unset Tan is about more than just tanning - it is your destination for relaxation. Along with 12 tanning beds, Sunset Tan offers a variety of other services including Red Light Therapy and the Cocoon Wellness Pod as well as several Medical Aesthetics such as Microneedling, Body Contouring and Oxygeneol Facials. “The Oxygeneol Facial is three-in-one facial that helps reduce fine lines and wrinkles, scarring, acne and improves skin cell production,” noted manager and co-owner Sarah Smith. Microneedling also aides in the reduction of fine line and wrinkles, she added. “It is a bit more of an aggressive treatment (and includes) small surgical needles that are essentially puncturing your skin to trick it into thinking that it’s injured and then turns over the cell regeneration.” Body Contouring is great for fat reduction and helps tighten and tone the skin. “If you have some loose skin on your stomach it is supposed to help tone it and bring the skin back together.” The Cocoon Wellness Pod is a luxurious, full body, powered massage system ergonomically situated within a pod of thermal active energy. It creates a revitalizing, rejuvenating and relaxing ex-
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perience for the mind, body, and spirit where you can melt your stress away. Your thermal energy experience will have you sleeping like a baby, reducing pain in your muscles and joints while detoxifying your system. It is designed to hydrate your skin and sooth your muscles UV Tanning, Spray tanning and Red Light Therapy are more of the great services offered at Sunset Tan. “A lot of people come tanning to prepare for vacation so they don’t burn when they head south and in winter months it can really help improve your mood. It’s very relaxing and produces Vitamin D,” Smith said. “Obviously you shouldn’t go overboard with it. We always want to practice safe tanning and if you’re not into the UV Tanning we also offer Spray Tanning and Red Light Therapy as well. We cater to everyone.” Red Light Therapy, a process where low-power red light wavelengths are emitted directly through the skin, has the ability to heal and minimize blemishes, skin discolouration and wrinkles. It even has a vibration setting that promotes weight loss and reduces cellulite. Sunset Tan offers only the best in equipment, products, and services. The one-stop-shop, located at 555 Essa Road, offers clients the opportunity to have all of their beauty needs met in just one visit.
Red Light Therapy Cocoon Wellness Pod Medical Aesthetics Microneedling Oxygeneol Facials
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SKINSATIONAL
ince opening its doors in 1988, Skinsational Day Spa has worked hard to distinguished itself as one of Barrie’s premier day spas offering the finest in traditional and contemporary spa treatments and products. With more than 36 years of industry experience, owner Darlene Price - along with her staff of highly trained professional aestheticians, massage therapists, skin specialists, and nail technicians, strive to continually provide clients with the highest quality services offered in a relaxing and restorative setting every time they visit. “We are a full service aesthetic salon that offers facials, manicures, pedicures, massage therapy, reflexology, eye lash and eyebrow tinting,” said Price, adding the spa has recently added a number of new services as well including an IPL for skin rejuvenation, hair removal, micro-pigmentation for eye liner, powder brows, lip liner or lip blush, microblading and Henna brows. “Brows are the new thing!” Skinsational Day Spa also offers a wide variety of body wraps and glows - such as the 75-minute cellulite contouring treatment that uses essential oils and clay wraps to stimulate, firm, tone and reduce the appearance of orange peel skin. The 60-minute Salt Glow treatment is another
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relaxing option. It exfoliates with sea salt, then rehydrates and remineralizes with honey and essential oils. This is followed by the application of a moisturizing body cream leaving your body glowing with radiance and beauty. Voted Barrie’s Favourite Day Spa by The Barrie Advance’s Readers Choice Awards 15 years in a row, Skinsational Day Spa has received a number of other accolades, including being awarded the Top Choice Award for Top Beauty Spa 2018 and 2019 for the Barrie area, as well as a Consumers Choice Award for 2019. Price credits her long-term staff and their professional and caring attitude for the success of Skinsational. “They are constantly upgrading their education to stay with what is new in the industry,” she said. “They are all very enthusiastic about the industry and what is happening within it (and) will recommend home treatment products to extend the benefits of your treatments.” One of the things that keeps clients coming back to Skinsational Day Spa is the warm and welcoming environment they feel every time they walk through the door “Some places you go in to and it feels very med-
ical and not as welcoming. We are a relaxed place and want to make everyone who comes through the doors feel at home and leave feeling relaxed and renewed and like they can escape from life’s daily stresses and demands.” Skinsational Day Spa uses only the best skin and body care and can help you with any concerns or questions. You can even take some of your spa experience home with you! Visit Skinsational Day Spa soon and get pampered or pamper one of your loved ones with a gift certificate for any of the phenomenal services. For more information visit www.skinsational.ca
CONSUMERS’ CHOICE • TOP CHOICE READERS’ CHOICE AWARDS
705.721.5800 I skinsational.ca • 65 Cedar Point Drive, Unit 801, Barrie, ON
WHITE CEDAR DENTAL CARE W
hile kids happily watch videos and use iPads in the play area, their parents are nearby quietly reading, checking emails or getting coffee from the beverage centre. Friendly staff members are warmly welcoming new arrivals and showing patients to our comfortable treatment rooms. At White Cedar Dental Care in Barrie, dentists Dr. Zina Baraz and her husband Dr. Bashar Bashi wouldn’t have it any other way. “Our goal is to make sure patients are happy and have a great experience,” says Dr. Baraz, who has practiced dentistry since 2001. “We always invite new patients to come and have a tour of the office and a free consultation with two x-rays before making any commitment. We want people to feel comfortable so they can make an informed decision after seeing the office, feeling the atmosphere and meeting the dentist who will take care of them.” Over the past year, White Cedar Dental Care has added even more patient services to their wide range of family and cosmetic dental treatments. Skilled professionals deliver all services using the newest dental equipment and technology. New to the office is Cerec, a machine that creates a crown that can be made and put on the patient’s tooth during a single visit. 24
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Another new service appreciated by patients, and not widely available, is treatment under general anaesthesia. This sedation service for wisdom teeth removal as well as for treatments for children, kids with special needs, and people who suffer from anxiety is a real asset. “This service lets patients have treatments in the office where the surroundings are warm and familiar rather than at a hospital. Parents can bring their children into the treatment room which makes it is easier for everyone.” says Dr. Baraz. Patients at White Cedar Dental Care can also choose to have treatments under conscious sedation such as intravenous sedation or laughing gas (nitrous oxide). After having laughing gas sedation, the patient can drive, go back to work or look after their children right after the appointment. “I offer laughing gas as an option because it is very safe,” Dr. Baraz says. “I use it myself and so do my kids. It is a good option for older children, but general anaesthetic works well for children who are very young.” A new technology making x-rays more comfortable for children, adults with small mouths, and those with a strong gag reflex is a machine that takes digital x-rays while circling around the patient’s head. This eliminates the need for a bulky
sensor in the patient’s mouth. The technology also has less radiation and easily detects cavities between young children’s teeth. “Before, we couldn’t x-ray or visually see these cavities in children’s teeth until their mouths were big enough for the sensor,” says Dr. Baraz. “The cavities could get bigger and damage the tooth’s structure. Having this technology helps us diagnose children’s cavities at a much younger age.” Orthodontist Dr. Mir offers patients a choice of metal braces, clear brackets and the Invisalign system of teeth straightening. Patients can also get whiter teeth at the office for $99. Light activated whitening gel only takes an hour to create a whiter smile. “We are also thrilled to welcome a Periodontist (gum specialist) Dr. Dina Zahedi to our team!” says Dr. Baraz. “Informing the parents, or an adult patient, about the options of the treatment plan is key,” explains Dr. Baraz. “Knowing there are options puts everyone at ease. We are blessed and honoured when a family refers another family or a patient refers a patient. Putting the patient first, doing the best for them and making them feel like family is our goal.” Happily serving Barrie from 610 Huronia Road (at Mapleview), Unit 7 in south Barrie 705-737-1151 www.whitecedardental.com.
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SHARPE HEARING CLINIC
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t Sharpe Hearing Clinic, it is important that Hearing Health is accessible to everyone. Located in Bayfield Mall, the family-run business has been offering hearing testing, hearing aid recommendations and hearing aid repairs, fittings and programming for the past four years. “We wanted to open a family run business in our home town,” noted owner Tracy Sharpe, adding she and partner Andrew Sharpe chose the location for its accessibility and is open evenings and weekends in order to cater to everyone. Hearing Health is extremely important, noted Tracy Sharpe, adding they recommend every one gets a hearing test done. “Typically, our association and physicians say doing a hearing test at about ages 50 to 55 helps to
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give a good baseline for anything that could possibly affect hearing later in life,” she said, adding Sharpe Hearing Clinic offers complimentary hearing tests. “It’s good to have a hearing test if you’re feeling you’re not hearing right at any age. When somebody comes here we are not just checking for whether they need a hearing aid. There’s so much that can be determined by an audiogram. If it’s a medical referral from a physician, we are looking at possible causes. Maybe it’s just a block of wax or maybe something else is going on with the middle ear drum. We are always ruling out a medical issue before we go in to a discussion about it being age related or noise induced hearing loss.” While adults do not require a physicians referral for a hearing test, Sharpe noted they do suggest a referral for children under the age of 10 to rule out any of the more common childhood conditions like ear infection or fluid in the ear. With all patients, they look at the overall health of the ear and how an individual is hearing. “When someone comes in, we do a case history for each client (and) those test results are always shared with the family doctor. If hearing aids are recommended then we talk about that,” she said, adding the difference with Sharpe Hearing Clinic
is that it is fully independent and not owned by a hearing aid manufacturer. “We can look at any brand of hearing aid, the different styles and the different price points. They can be very expensive or not (so we) look at the persons lifestyle. Obviously if we have a senior that lives in a retirement or long term care that just needs minimal function and not all the bells and whistles, then they can have something very entry level which pulls the price right down.” The professionals at Sharpe Hearing Clinic also provides free mobile testing in five retirement and long-term care facilities in the Barrie Area in an attempt to ensure even those individuals who can’t make it to their Bayfield Street clinic have access to proper hearing health on a regular basis.
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THE ONE Face & Body Bar also offers Skin Rejuvenation Services, Laser Hair Removal, Laser Vein Treatment, Neuromodulators and Dermal Filler Injections. The spa also offers numerous relaxing body treatments such as a Coconut Sugar Body Scrub, Blueberry Soy Slimming Body Wrap, Herbal Cellulite Treatment, Relaxation Massage as well as RMT services. Located at 393 Yonge Street, THE ONE Face & Body Bar opened its doors just over a year ago, and offers clients complimentary consultations prior to beginning a treatment. Specialized skin care, hand and foot care, waxing and Electrolysis is also available at THE ONE Face & Body Bar. Minjung’s number one priority is to address the issue that is impacting the individuals’ self-esteem and to formulate the best plan for each client that comes through her doors. “We want to find the right treatment for each customer to enhance their natural beauty,” said Minjung. “I have over 20 years of experience in the skincare industry. We are all so hard on ourselves, so I want to work with you to determine what would be the best treatment, providing you with more confidence.”
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odo Yoga Barrie is more than a place to do yoga, it’s a community. “My main goal for the studio was to create a place of peace and healing for people. As a massage therapist I knew I could help one person at a time, but then when I tried Modo yoga (it was known as Moksha back then), I just fell in love with it and I was not even interested in yoga at the time,” noted owner Rosanna Marouelli. “It changed my life in the most positive ways and I wanted to bring it home to Barrie.” Modo translates to “a place for all,” something that has been the goal of the studio since opening the doors eight years ago. “I wanted it to be accessible to every single person so that a beginner and an athlete can come and practice in the same room. It’s a really great, non-judgemental space that people can find peace and healing,” she said, adding what sets Modo Yoga Barrie apart is the sense of community that has been created. “We are based on six pillars and our pillars are our philosophy. It’s not just about the business side of it, but it’s really about creating a place people feel can be a second home and a place where they come that can help change their lives.” It’s been a remarkable year for Modo Yoga Barrie and owner Marouelli, who was recently awarded a Canadian-wide award, the Momprenuer Award of Merit, for being one of the country’s top women in business. “This award is the biggest accomplishment in my career and it’s really an honour to be recognized as a mom in business that is trying to create some positive change in the world.” Modo Yoga Barrie was also awarded a Consumers Choice Award for Business in May 2019, which is one of the 16 awards the studio has received since it opened in 2011. Whether you’re looking for a relaxing way to stretch your body, or wanting to really break a sweat, Modo Yoga Barrie offers something for every body. “Modo Yoga is our traditional basic class that is a similar class each time you come. Every pose prepares your body for the next pose. It’s great for anyone with chronic pain or to help increase flexibility and is a great style of yoga anyone can do,” she said, noting the studio also offers flow classes, as well as Yin, Yang/Yin, live music and a hot HIIT class. “We also hold a Karma class each Friday, which is a donation-based class. We want to help support local charities and make yoga accessible to everybody. Anyone can come and it’s a $10 donation and goes to whichever charity we are supporting that month.” As part of making yoga more accessible, the studio offers an introductory offer to new students for $60 for their first month. Supporting charities both locally and globally is extremely important, she explained, noting globally, Modo has donated over $3.2 million to charities around the world. “It is pretty incredible to be part of a yoga community that is really about creating positive change in our world and because we can work together as a community we can actually have more of a global impact.” Modo Yoga Barrie also offers massage therapy and Craniosacral therapy. For more information on classes or massage services, visit www.barrie.modoyoga.com
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his fall Glow Day Spa will be transitioning into their very own newly remodeled space! “This has been a dream in the making for the last 3 years and we couldn’t be more excited,” says Kimberly Crook, owner and operator of Glow Day Spa. “We would like to take this opportunity to thank our wonderful clients who have been with us through the years. I’m also so grateful for our team. I hope I can make them as proud as I am of them in our new Space to come. It is our amazing Clients and team that motivate me to take on this huge task to better ourselves and our environment. I truly can’t articulate into words the gratitude I have for their loyalty, friendships and support!” There is no growth without change and after more than a decade, Glow Day Spa is making its biggest change yet! Glow Day Spa, currently located at 110 Anne Street South, will be expanding and moving to a new, larger location just a minute up the street at 178 Essa. “We will have our own parking lot along with a much larger work space with many added services to better serve our clientele. Our goal is No more wait times!” noted owner Kimberly Crook. Doted as Barrie’s premier location for refreshing spa and aesthetic services, Glow Day Spa specializes in a variety of services from permanent makeup, eyelash extensions and waxing to an extensive menu of relaxing spa treatments such as facials, manicures and pedicures.
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“I specialize in permanent make up. Having done over 50000 applications in my career it’s an amazing option for women of all ages to enhance their features. Eyebrows are the most popular along with eye liner. We were also the first spa to bring eyelash extensions to Barrie. These two trends just continue to grow. Both permanent makeup and lashes are more popular than ever before.” Says Kim. The move will more than triple the amount of space they currently have. Their new location on Essa Rd. in Barrie will give them an exciting opportunity to offer more services such as registered massage therapy, makeup application and other services in high demand that they currently do not have space for at the Anne St. location. We look forward to welcoming new and talented professionals that would like to join our team and partner with us in this new space. “I dream about where I want to take the business and our new location will allow these dreams to happen.” One of those visions includes a rooftop patio where clients can visit after receiving their spa treatments to relax, read a magazine while their nails dry or chill on a lounger while soaking in the sun. Kim continues, “I envision partnering with other Barrie business’s hosting charity events, fundraisers and bridal parties up in that space! It’s really very exciting that we will be able to be as creative and generous as we wish and have the capacity to make those dreams come true.” Despite the much larger space, Crook said the vibe of Glow Day Spa will not change from what
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Barrie has come to know and love. “I personally don’t like visiting a spa that feels stuffy or ultra- quiet, where you feel like you’re in a library. That’s not our vibe at Glow. We are all for relaxation but it needs to be friendly and inviting at the same time. When women come, no matter what kind of a day they have had, we want them to feel like they’re Glowing, not just externally, but on the inside too,” she explained. Kim notes that a big part of the culture she has created over the years comes not only from the high quality of work and customer service her and her team provide, but also from the interaction customers have with each and every member of that team. “Barrie is an ever-growing city with many other amazing Spas. I’m humbled and blessed to have this present opportunity and to work with the caliber of women I do, doing a job I love.”
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ll of the Physiotherapists at Resolution Physiotherapy & IMS Clinic are truly passionate about Physiotherapy and results focussed treatment for their clients. I had the opportunity to meet clinic owner Mandi Hayes, whose excitement for her profession and team is contagious. She explained to me why her clinic is unique. “When we opened our clinic almost a decade ago, we decided to focus on providing the highest quality of care for our clients. This is why we made the choice to hire only highly qualified Physiotherapists who had completed extensive post-graduate training and then help them advance even further, with the goal of attaining some of the highest certifications in Canada.” This concept has paid off for Resolution Physiotherapy who now boasts an incredible team. “FCAMPT is a certification which indicates that you have the highest certification for Manual Physiotherapy in Canada and a Diploma of Sport 34
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Physiotherapy, the highest Sport Physiotherapy Certification in Canada. We are proud that by the end of this summer, we will have 5 FCAMPT and 2 Sport Dip Physiotherapists on our team, which is very uncommon amongst clinics in the province. We also have Physiotherapists who are highly qualified in Craniofacial/Headache pain, TMJ dysfunction, Dry Needling and Gunn IMS, Concussion and Pelvic Health disorders.” Resolution Physiotherapy’s success is apparent in the numerous awards that they have won including the 2017 and 2018 Barrie Reader’s Choice Award, and the 2017, 2018 and 2019 Consumer Choice Award. In addition, the clinic walls are covered with images from appreciative clients. “I love our wall of fame.” says Hayes, “It is filled with images of clients ranging from weekend warriors to national team athletes who we have helped recover and continue to do what they love!!” Testimonials for Resolution Physiotherapy are really interesting to read as they are truly stories of
success. Sherri, a local hockey mom explains her experience with Resolution: “I honestly cannot say enough good things about Resolution. Mandi and her team are absolutely incredible. Their knowledge and dedication to helping their clients recover from injuries and stay pain free is nothing short of amazing. We have 2 boys in rep hockey both having injuries this season, the team at Resolution had them recovered and back to the sport they love quickly and safely making our boys very happy. Highly recommend this clinic!” Whatever your injury or whether your goal is to return to elite level sport or simply lift your grandkids with ease, the team at Resolution can help get you there! Resolution Physiotherapy’s modern open concept clinic is centrally located with beautiful views overlooking Kempenfelt Bay. For more information or to book with Resolution Physiotherapy & IMS Clinic, visit www.resolutionclinic. com or call them at 705-252-5200.
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After helping to improve people’s vision for 15 years, Barrie Eye Care now has its own improved look. Last October, optometrist Dr. David Bond moved his company into a spacious modern facility at 680 Veterans Drive in Barrie. Designed by award-winning Barrie interior designer Catherine Staples, the comfortable modern office is a welcoming place for the generations of patients who rely on Barrie Eye Care for regular eye exams, treatments and glasses. “We put a lot of thought into what layout would work best for the new office,” says Dr. Bond, who works with fellow optometrists Dr. Kristen Mansi and his wife Dr. Angela Miller. “We worked on it for a year and a half. Catherine did a great job. The office is about three times larger than our former location. It really is a state-of-the-art facility.” With on-site cutting edge technology, staff can immediately get patients’ test results for retina problems, glaucoma and other diseases. Formerly mysterious conditions, like the sudden lose of sight in one eye, can now be answered quickly. “Our Optical Coherence Tomography or OCT machine scans the eye 50,000 times a second,” says Dr. Bond. “We can see things like high blood
pressure, diabetes and nerve problems inside the eye. With diabetes, the blood vessels inside the eye start to leak and break down. When we see signs like this, we send a note to the patient’s family doctor.” For the first time, Barrie Eye Care has an in-house optical lab to make prescription eyeglasses. This new service delivers patients’ glasses to them faster and more cost-effectively. “If you break your glasses on the weekend, which happens a lot, we have thousands of prescriptions in stock and can quickly make new glasses for you using your old frames or a new one,” says Dr. Bond. Another new feature at the office is a software program that does direct billing for patients’ insurance, and lets patients make online bookings for eye care appointments. With daily computer use being a part of many people’s lives, Dr. Bond has seen an increase in screen-related eye complaints like eyestrain and fatigue. In response, Barrie Eye Care offers protection. “We have blue light coatings for glasses that protect the eyes against damage from the screen light,” explains Dr. Bond. “We can put the coating on plain
as well as prescription lenses. A lot of people are opting to do that now.” Dr. Bond also recommends protecting your eyes from sunlight exposure and embracing a nutritious diet to keep your eyes healthy. “Many of us think about wearing sunglasses in the summer, but there’s likely more UVH exposure in the wintertime when you are outdoors,” he explains. “Diet also affects eyesight. You may be drinking too much caffeine and not enough water, or not eating enough fatty fish which is healthy for our eyes and basically everything.” Though there are many new services at Barrie Eye Care, the staff remains the same skilled and friendly group that patients look forward to seeing. “This is the best staff I’ve ever had and the smartest, most talented people I’ve ever worked with,” says Dr. Bond. “I believe in old-fashioned customer service. I train my staff to give our patients good service, to treat them as they would want to be treated. That’s number one.” Barrie Eye Care is located at 680 Veterans Drive in Barrie. For more information, call 705-737-3141 or go to www.barrieeyecare.com.
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After ten years on Huronia Road in Barrie, the award-winning interior design firm, Catherine Staples Interiors, announces they will be moving to a new location in late 2019. The company recently teamed with Sarah Mandell of the design/build firm, Avenue A, which expands the CSI brand to include every aspect of residential and commercial design from construction to interior decorating. All existing design services will remain under the Catherine Staples Interiors banner. catherinestaplesinteriors.com
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Every time we have someone over it’s exciting,” says Melissa Guindon. “People have told us they like to come visit us because it’s their little vacation.”
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The interior finishes in the home were also already renovated when the family purchased the property. Granite flooring in the den extends up the wall serving as the fireplace surround. White quartz counters and glass tile backsplash in the kitchen offset the espresso cabinetry that is carried over into a hutch and sideboard in the dining room. Even though they furnished the dining area with a dining table that comfortably seats eight, they find, like most homeowners, that it is the kitchen island where people tend to gather. A charitable curved island here seats four with plenty of elbow room. The kitchen is fully equipped with top of the line appliance brands including a Wolf range, Sub-zero refrigerator, and wine fridge, Dacor double ovens and built-in Miele dishwasher, ensuring culinary capabilities are up to snuff. There are California shutters dressing the kitchen windows and Sun Tek roller blinds creating simplicity of living on the main floor. A formal sitting room is located off the kitchen but it is really the den where the family spends most of their time watching TV and unwinding. “It’s got a Heat ‘n Glow fireplace, a tenfoot sectional and those massive sliding doors to
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the patio,” says Melissa. “It’s our main hangout.” Since no interior aspects really needed a renovation, the Guindons decided to focus instead on structural upgrades that would further secure their investment. They redid the basement, the steel roof, added a shed, replaced all the windows and sliders and made a primary change to their indoor pool. Indoor pool expert, Aerosmith Mechanical, installed a state-of-the-art Seresco Advanced Unit dehumidifier for the pool house. A boiler also replaced the existing pool heater for extra efficiency. Due to their busy jobs, which includes a fair bit of shift work, the Guindons wanted as low maintenance of a property as they could manage and a saltwater pool made this a breeze. “Honestly, a lot of people think a pool is scary, but it’s not,” says Melissa. Once a month they take a water sample into Pioneer Pools and walk out with what they need. “It’s always just a bag of salt,” says Guy. “We don’t need to throw in a ton of chemicals or chlorine and we don’t have to be constantly cleaning it or emptying and refilling every season because it’s indoors. And we are in it every day. You cut the lawn, you jump in. You have a stressful drive up from the city, you jump in. All winter long, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, that pool is maintained at 85 degrees Fahrenheit.” The couple took the same low maintenance
approach to their extensive exterior decking which wraps around both sides of the house and offers three separate seating and dining areas. Getting any deck in shape is a yearly effort for Canadians with the sanding and staining and the Guindons were fed up with it. “It’s two weeks out of your summer,” says Guy. “Even with buying the good stain that’s supposed to last, it was still damaged every year from the sun. Our deck is in full sun all summer.” So, they bit the bullet and chose composite decking, a major financial investment. “It was expensive, but we love it,” says Guy. “It’s really added to our enjoyment of the yard.” For the lower level of the home, they co-opted a bedroom and created a gymnasium which enjoys a three-sided fireplace and big screen TV. Bamboo laminate flooring, a full functioning rowing machine, treadmills, dumb bells, and elliptical keeps the entire family fit. “Why do you need a gym membership when you have a full gym at home?” muses Guy. A sitting area right next to it is a second place to kick back postworkout and a good gathering spot for their teenager and his friends. The home holds three generous bedrooms above grade with two full bathrooms and two powder rooms. The main shared bathroom is serviced by a long trough vessel sink with two wall-mounted faucets—an inspired addition that accommodates the needs of a busy family when everyone is trying to get off to school in the morning. For the four-piece master en suite, privacy is key. Two vessel sinks, and a separate rain shower helps everyone get ready for work quickly. “It was a builder’s home,” says Melissa, who learned much of the home’s history from her neighbours. “It used to be an apple orchard when they put these houses in, and the builder built this one for himself.” A fact that always ensures that everything was done just right. 62 Dundonald Street in Barrie is now on the market, represented by Peggy Hill.
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Chalet Chic Blue Mountain renovation shortlisted for prestigious design award By Dawn Ritchie | Photos by Heather Goldsworthy
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and a renovation union was formed. As extremely active and sociable people, Chloe and Darryl needed a lot more storage and a better layout to accommodate their large social gatherings and regular weekend guests. They also needed a new space for an office where they could address the demands that arose on weekends from their high-profile jobs. They were ready for a style makeover. Modern, minimalistic and contemporary was their design choice. This concept fit right into Janice’s wheelhouse. But achieving all this without changing the chalet’s existing footprint would be a challenge, especially given that nearly every room was trapezoid in shape and the basement was designated as a tenant apartment—off limits. Janice attacked the storage issue as task #1, filling the home with walls of cabinets that blended in seamlessly with the chalet’s
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tact, including a full bar, serving glasses and even the art on the wall. The Santa Fe style was being kicked to the curb but it was important that a bar remain for the couple’s renowned parties. Janice’s marching orders were to give the area a cool downtown Toronto, Queen Street West vibe. For Janice that translated into a moody commercial bar that had a funky bistro/trendy café feel—espresso by day and whiskey by night. Janice also saw an opportunity to kill two birds with one stone. The couple had requested that new office space and there was a huge vacant ceiling space right above the bar that made the existing bar look unfinished and out of proportion. She suggested they build a mezzanine level above the bar for the office. This would balance the soaring empty wall space, enclose the bar, giving it a roof, and afford that Queen Street West feel the couple was going for. This design would also provide an airy office level right above the main hangout, so they could work and still enjoy the fire without feeling locked away in a small office on chalet days. This inspired concept virtually added a new room to the building without changing the footprint, and allowed for an additional storage closet where the couple could now hide printers, fax machines, office supplies and cleaning equipment. The mezzanine office would also be filled with natural light from the ceiling level windows and it was mere steps away from the kitchen, so you could walk around, get a coffee but not be looking at dishes while you worked—the perfect location. With a glass knee wall (provided by Dennis Risk and Gil Letourneau of MCR Industries) and a three-and-a-half-meter long desk, the mezzanine became an inviting location to check emails, surf the net and survey the action below. Unfortunately, the view from the office would be the dated brick fireplace that covered the entire wall below. That had to go. Janice instead created a svelte modern fireplace using 2 x 4-foot floor-toceiling Montauk slate as the new focal point. Mick Vaclavik and his crew of Renovate Inc. hefted the exceedingly weighty tiles into place by hand, much to Janice’s astonishment. The fireplace deliberately has no mantle and houses a mounted Smart TV. Deep niches on either side stock plenty of firewood for the woodburning Regency Pro Series fireplace that was to remain. The cozy sectional chaise sofa here is from Rove Concepts, plush Moroccan carpet from Elte Market. For the bar, Janice tore out the existing oak
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counters and decided on colour blocking. She now had this “monolithic slab of tile on one side of the room” and wanted to balance it by making the bar wall black as well. For continuity, her choice again was Brazilian Montuck slate with a black tempered glass backsplash and black hexagon tile feature which ran up to the ceiling to draw the eye upward. The paint for the backsplash was formulated and supplied by Glass Paint Technology Inc. from Gormley, Ontario, and painted on by a local car sprayer. Chris Robertson of Extreme Linings and Coatings in Owen Sound poured a concrete bar counter and laid an epoxy finish on the concrete flooring as well. The exterior of the bar was finished in barn board to warm things up and underlit to offer mood lighting. Stools from UK District 8. Bay Bloor Radio was the source for the sound system which is app-controllable with unique zones in all areas of the chalet. Behind the bar, a wine fridge and trough stainless steel sink from Riobel keeps things rolling. There is also so much under counter storage now that even Christmas decorations are being kept there. To finish the space, Janice commandeered a walk-in closet and transformed it into a powder room/laundry room right next to the bar under the mezzanine so guests wouldn’t have to go up a floor to use facilities. Another of the more significant features in the renovation is the fabulous sauna and shower room. Here Janice again performed her magic by turning it from clutter alley into a serene Nordic-inspired
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ANOTHER OF THE MORE SIGNIFICANT FEATURES IN THE RENOVATION IS THE FABULOUS SAUNA AND SHOWER ROOM. HERE JANICE AGAIN PERFORMED HER MAGIC BY TURNING IT FROM CLUTTER ALLEY INTO A SERENE NORDICINSPIRED SPA.
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spa. The original space had cedar on every surface, making it dark and confined with separate doors to a shower and sauna. Janice tore much of that out to brighten and modernize the look, converting it into one contiguous luxury spa with a hydronic heating system. The shower is enormous with ceiling mounted rain shower and a colourful light display. There are floating benches and a new Far Infrared sauna by SaunaRay, acclaimed for its health benefits and detoxification. The plastic swimsuit drying racks and rattan storage shelving are no more, replaced by storage cubbies, heated towel racks and shower niches. It’s only one more of the many superb highlights of this totally renovated chalet, which doubtless means that many more neighbours will soon be knocking on Janice King-Smith’s door. Visit Janice King-Smith’s website at: WhiteElkInteriors.comrenovation is the fabulous sauna and shower room. Here Janice again performed her magic by turning it from clutter alley into a serene Nordic-inspired spa. The original space had cedar on every surface, making it dark and confined with separate doors to a shower and sauna. Janice tore much of that out to brighten and modernize the look, converting it into one contiguous luxury spa with a hydronic heating system. The shower is enormous with ceiling mounted rain shower and a colourful light display. There are floating benches and a new Far Infrared sauna by SaunaRay, acclaimed for its health benefits and detoxification. The plastic swimsuit drying racks and rattan storage shelving are no more, replaced by storage cubbies, heated towel racks and shower niches. It’s only one more of the many superb highlights of this totally renovated chalet, which doubtless means that many more neighbours will soon be knocking on Janice King-Smith’s door. Visit Janice King-Smith’s website at: WhiteElkInteriors.com GoodLife | Barrie July - August 2019
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and on Roger’s Television. Their repeat clientele span the territory from Muskoka to Toronto. GL/You maintain a sizeable design staff, what are your day to day operations like? We use a team concept approach. We typically run ten projects at any given time. So, we have multiple designers, a construction supervisor, carpenters, and our crew on staff full time. We also hire a complement of sub-trades and use suppliers who have worked with us for many years. It’s very important that everything is done appropriately with permits and to code so your insurance is protected. We take care of all that, making sure the work lives up to our standards and how our clients want to decorate. GL/You get a lot of repeat business. What’s the secret to your success? The client must have someone who communicates with them well to assess their needs and design style. It’s one of the key things we do. We
have very loyal clients that have used us for many years. It’s due to the consistency of our people. I only use good trades. We want good people, who are knowledgeable about the codes that are current. We have a Certified Interior Designer on staff and graduates of the Interior Design program from Georgian College. I have some very talented people working for me, no question. I hire trained, creative people. You can be a pipe fitter and be creative. Someone who can diagnose a situation. GL/ A lot of people think they can design their own kitchen. What kinds of mistakes do DIYers make? Not paying attention to things on a municipal level. There’s a process to be followed. You are playing with your biggest investment and you want to enhance your value. Schedules, codes, materials, and the trades you use are important. Some people think they don’t need a designer but if the materials don’t blend in or match with your existing structure, it’s no good. We can help with
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GL/ Given your specialty, what did you do for your own kitchen? Actually, we just renovated it. It’s the problem with being a renovator. You know too much about all the great perks and features. We did a black and natural lightly stained wood appearing top. A two-toned kitchen. The cabinetry is Miralis from Quebec. Very well appointed, wood grained. Top door. Melamine high gloss with matte black base and pantries. The countertop is grey quartz with veins. We used a granite with waterfall edge as the eating bar. GL/ Matte black cabinetry and faucets are a huge trend. Yes, black matte is hot right now but in some ways, it’s a very classic way to design. It’s beautiful if you use it correctly and right. GL/ Which appliances did you choose? Sub-Zero refrigeration. Wolf double ovens. A Wolf gas cook top. Franke sinks and faucets and a pot filler. My sister once said to me, ‘I never knew what it was like to have a good kitchen until I actually had one.’ People think, I can put the fridge here, the stove there, create the triangle. But it’s more than that. It’s about convenience. About making your life easier. Using good machines, especially if you enjoy cooking. And isn’t that what it’s all about? Food and family. GoodLife | Barrie July - August 2019
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Dine on your favourite patio at Blue Mountain Village and get your hippie on for the 50th Anniversary Woodstock Revival. While eating al fresco, listen to some of our finest local musicians relive the moments that made Woodstock the most memorable music festival of our time. The iconic songs of Richie Havens, Joe Cocker, CCR, The Who, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and many more will be featured. The free outdoor concert takes place at the Blue Mountain Village on Wednesday, August 14 at 8 PM. bluemountainvillage.ca.
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Just in time for summer, the Georgian Bay Spirit Company has released Georgian Bay Original Smash Tea, a refreshing blend of its original Georgian Bay Gin Smash and Natural Iced Tea. Joining its predecessors, Gin Smash, Vodka Smash and Cranberry Gin Smash — some of the LCBO’s most popular cocktails-in-acan, Georgian Bay Original Smash Tea is lightly carbonated, tastes great and isn’t too sweet. And of course, it’s made with the company’s award winning Georgian Bay Gin. LCBO #667006 $2.95 473mL, georgianbayspiritco.com.
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Nicholyn Farms is hosting its annual customer appreciation day on Saturday July 27 from 9 AM to 2 PM. The family fun event features live music, farm tours, samples and a 10 percent discount on everything sold at the farm market. “It’s a really fun event because many of the farmers and producers who sell their products in our store will be here offering samples,” explains Lynda Van Casteren, whose family is celebrating 37 years of farming this year. Located at 3088 Horseshoe Valley Road West in Phelpston, nicholyn.com.
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IN THE KITCHEN WITH EXECUTIVE CHEF RICK ANTONUCCI By Katherine Elphick Photos by Ellie Kistemaker
Downtown Barrie’s 147 has some exciting news to share. Known for serving up authentic Italian cuisine and a breathtaking waterfront view, 147 has expanded into the building next door (formerly known as Fitzy’s and later a whiskey bar). “It’s been a really exciting process,” explains executive chef Rick Antonucci. The new space, called “Nexdor,” looks crisp and contemporary thanks to allwhite walls and bar cabinetry. It features a stunning lakefront patio, a spacious wine lounge and extra seating for about 60 people. “It offers a delicious tapas menu along with lovely wines and craft cocktails,” he explains. “We’re even planning on having live music.” To learn more about the expansion and other 147 news, this reporter recently caught up with the 48-year-old local chef. During our visit, he dished about everything from the secrets of Italian cuisine to future 147 projects.
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What led to the expansion? Rick Antonucci: We really just needed more breathing room. We were regularly turning down diners, especially on weekends, and that didn’t feel right. The new space is great because it will allow us to better accommodate our customers, host private events, and offer outdoor seating on a lakeside patio. The renovation started this past January, can you describe the construction process? RA: The place was pretty run down, so it really needed a major overhaul. It’s a beautiful space now. We went with a contemporary modern look, installed a new bar and went with an all-white decor and wooden floors. But we did keep the hammered tin ceiling, which I love. You took over as executive chef in August 2018. What drew you to 147? Rick Antonucci: After years of working in Toronto and Vaughan [he cooked at several no
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Gamberi Alla Fra Diavolo (recipe by 147 executive chef Rick Antonucci) This spicy shrimp appetizer is easy to make and will definitely impress friends and family. 2-1/2 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil 12 jumbo black tiger shrimp (raw, shelled and deveined) 5 cloves garlic, chopped 2 fresh Tai chilli peppers, diced Salt and Pepper to taste 1 cup dry white wine 2 cups fresh tomatoes, diced 4 Tbsp fresh basil, chopped 4 Tbsp fresh parsley, chopped 2 Tbsp butter
table Italian restaurants, including Grano], I felt it was time for a change. I had heard 147 was looking for a new chef, so I thought I’d check the place out. As soon as I walked in the door, everything just felt right. I loved the rustic feel of the dining room with the exposed brick walls, wooden floors, and the open kitchen. The long narrow interior reminded me of the King Street West restaurant scene in downtown Toronto, and I really liked that. I decided to take over the kitchen, and the rest is history.
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PREPARATION: In large sauce pan, heat oil over medium heat and sauté shrimp, garlic, tai chilli peppers, salt and pepper. Once everything starts to brown (and the shrimp is almost cooked), add white wine, tomatoes, and the parsley and basil. Simmer for 2 minutes. Add butter just before serving. Serve with crostini. Serves about 4 as an appetizer.
What’s the best way to describe your culinary style? RA: It’s traditional and popular homestyle Italian cooking — basically a mixture of the old and the new. My food philosophy is simple and basic, with a focus on fresh quality ingredients. And I also like big portions. Where did you learn how to cook? RA: Along with my formal education, my family, including my grandmother and my parents taught me so much about cooking when I was growing
up. I also worked for some great Toronto chefs who trained me in the art of Italian cuisine. What are some of the top sellers? RA: Orecchiette with rapini and sausage, osso bucco with homemade gnocchi, braised rabbit, Chilean sea bass, pan-seared trout and more. Our traditional favourites include homemade lasagna, spaghetti and meat balls, and handcrafted stone oven pizzas. We also serve lots of seafood and fish, and offer about four dining specials every day.
Don’t forget about those amazing garlic parmesan breadsticks. They are the best! RA: Our breadsticks are made with high quality homemade dough, cheese and fresh oil. The secret to great Italian cooking always lies in the quality and freshness of the ingredients. What’s your favourite menu item? RA: To be honest, my favourite go-to is simple spaghetti with fresh basil and tomatoes. I also love the osso bucco with homemade gnocchi, and my braised short rib rigatoni. The braised short rib pasta isn’t on the menu right now, but we do feature it regularly as a special. Our diners just love it, so it might hit the menu over the next few months. Will you be offering any new summer dishes? RA: I love changing up the menu, and for the warmer months we will be featuring some new summer salads and lighter pastas. We will also be adding dessert pizzas to the menu — toppings like Nutella with sliced strawberries and bananas, or a white pizza with poached pears, Gorgonzola, candied walnuts and drizzled with honey. Diners seem to love your pizza. What makes it so good? RA: Along with fresh, quality ingredients and
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fabulous dough, we have a wonderful new stone pizza oven imported from Italy. It makes such great pizza. What about diners with special dietary needs? RA: We can accommodate vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free customers. We make everything from scratch, so we know exactly what’s in our food. Earlier this year, 147 made OpenTable’s 100 Most Romantic Restaurant’s list in Canada. How did that feel? RA: We were absolutely thrilled! The place really does have a great vibe. People feel relaxed and comfortable here. What about specials? RA: On Tuesdays and Wednesdays, we offer half price select wines. On Thursdays, we serve Prosecco for $5 per glass and $2 shucked oysters. Any interesting future plans you want to share? RA: Diners can definitely expect more frequent menu changes. Also, somewhere down the road, I’d like to operate a 147 food truck for special events. But that will take a bit of time because you simply just can’t do everything at once [laughs]. 147 Dunlop Street East, Barrie (705)252-9147, 147dunlop.com Open: Tuesday to Saturday, 5 PM to 10 PM
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RAISE A GLASS TO LOCAL CRAFT BEVERAGES Beer, cider, vodk a, gin and more are all being produced within our region By Katherine Elphick
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DISTILLERIES COLLINGWOOD WHISKY collingwoodwhiskey.com
Using Georgian Bay water, Canadian grains and matured in hand-made white oak barrels, Collingwood Whisky has gained a reputation for producing a high quality and authentic Canadian whisky. The brand serves up the company’s original artisanal Collingwood Whisky and its Town Collection Double Barreled Whisky. Both products are made in Collingwood at Canada’s longest continually owned and operated distillery. Built in 1967, the local distillery employs 31 people. Collingwood Whisky and The Town Collection, Collingwood Double Barreled Canadian Whisky are available at select LCBO locations.
BEATTIE’S DISTILLERS 6673 13th Line, Alliston 705-435-2444 beattiesdistillers.com
Beattie’s Distillers is a family-run business that grows its own potatoes to create its vodka, poitin (a traditional Irish distilled beverage) and gin. “We’re a true farm to bottle distillery with all products grown and distilled on-site and bottled by farm staff,” explains Ken Beattie. “Our family run distillery is located on the same land in Alliston that we have been farming for over 100 years.” The 2000-acre family farm also grows potatoes for potato chips. The retail store is open on Saturdays from 10 AM to 4 PM, and some products are sold at select LCBO locations. Tours and tastings are available by appointment only.
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CRAFT BREWERIES BARNSTORMER BREWPUB 384 Yonge Street, Unit 3, Barrie 705-481-1701 barnstormerbrewing.com
Originally established in 2013, Barrie’s Barnstormer Brewpub is a dream destination for craft beer lovers with about 15 handcrafted brews on tap. All suds served at the 100-seat aviation themed gastropub are made in-house with the finest hand selected natural ingredients. Barnstormer’s top selling brews are Flight 400 Blond Ale, Flight Delay IPA, First Class Lager, Billy Bishop Brown and Wind-Shear Watermelon Summer Ale. These products are also available at the LCBO and select grocery stores. Bottles, cans and growlers of Barnstormer brews are also available for sale at the brewpub. Tours are available, visit website for details.
SIDE LAUNCH BREWING COMPANY 200 Mountain Road, Unit 1, Collingwood 705-293-5511 sidelaunchbrewing.com
Proudly brewed in Collingwood since 2014, Side Launch specializes in thoughtfully crafted beers. The name, Side Launch Brewing Company, celebrates the deep-rooted history of shipbuilding that has fuelled Collingwood since the late 1880s. Due to the bay’s size, these massive ships couldn’t be launched into water the conventional way: bow or stern first. Instead, they were launched sideways or “side launched”. About eight brews are on offer and no Side Launch beer is ever filtered or pasteurized. A brewery, retail store and tasting bar are located on-site. Select Side Launch suds are also available at the LCBO and the Beer Store. Guided tours are available, visit website or call ahead for details.
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NORTHWINDS BREWHOUSE & KITCHEN 499 First Street (HWY 26), Collingwood 705-293-6666 northwindsbrewery.com 180 Jozo Weider Blvd, Blue Mountain (705)445-2666 Specializing in local food and their very own craft beer, Northwinds Brewhouse and Kitchen has two locations — in Collingwood, and the Blue Mountain Village. All beer is produced onsite in small batches to ensure your beer is ultrafresh. Fourteen taps are always available, with 25 rotating brews. Along with sipping suds, craft beer even makes its way into the menu — from beer battered pretzels to sausages and more. Visit the onsite retail shop to purchase Northwinds beer and merch.
FLYING MONKEYS CRAFT BREWERY 107 Dunlop Street East, Barrie 705-721-8989 theflyingmonkeys.ca When you step into Flying Monkeys Craft Brewery, the pavement underfoot reads: “In heaven there is no beer, so drink it all while you are here.” A fitting statement for the downtown Barrie craft brewery, whose mission is to brew fearlessly and have fun. Located in a beautifully restored historical building, Flying Monkeys brews on-site and serves cold suds and tasty grub in its funky taproom. Sixteen taps and a delicious craft-beer inspired sharing menu are available. Flying Monkeys offers free daily tours on Monday to Friday at 2 PM; Saturdays at 1 PM, 2 PM, 3 PM, 4 PM & 5 PM and Sundays at 1 PM, 2 PM, 3 PM & 4 PM. Call ahead for groups. Flying Monkey’s beer is available at the Beer Store, LCBO, select grocery stores and on-site.
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Since 2014, craft beer has been flowing at the Collingwood Brewery. “Our brewing style is eclectic,” explains head brewer and general manager Chris Freeman. “We have a beer for any occasion, or mood you might find yourself in.” Founded by Freeman, along with partners Tim Cachia, Art Joyce and Greg Widell — the Collingwood Brewery’s philosophy is to produce the finest craft beer inspired by the world’s classic beer styles, using all-natural ingredients. Along with its signature Downhill Pale Ale, Collingwood Brewery’s most popular suds are Downhill Pale Ale, Kingpost ESB, Rockwell Pilsner and White’s Bay IPA. Several seasonal brews are also on tap. Craft beer aficionados can visit the on-site retail store and taproom for tastings and free guided tours of the production facility. Call ahead for tour details. Collingwood Brewery suds are available on-site, at the Beer Store and the LCBO.
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REDLINE BREWHOUSE
431 Bayview Drive, Unit 8 & 9, Barrie 705-881-9988 redlinebrewhouse.com Located in Barrie’s southend, Redline is a traditional brewhouse that serves up tasty food, craft beer and a vintage automotive themed atmosphere. Housing an onsite brewery, a 120-seat pub and a retail store, it’s an immersive world with a new craft beer and dining experience for every customer who walks through the door.
Plenty of suds are on offer but the four core brews are 5:01, Clutch, Idle Coast and Check Engine. “With the brewery in full view, people love coming in to see how our beer is made,” says Kari Williams who owns and operates the popular brewpub with her husband, Doug, and their two adult children Devon and Darci. “Depending upon the time of day, you might see the steam rising from the stainless steel brewing vessels or hear the rattle and hum of the canning machine.” Redline offers tours on Fridays (4 PM to 8 PM) and on Saturdays (12 PM to 8 PM).
CRAFT CIDERS THORNBURY VILLAGE CIDERY
90 King St. E., Thornbury 905-859-5464 / 877-965-0995 thornburycraft.com Tasty things are happening at the Thornbury Village Craft Cidery. Not only does the boutique beverage company serve up an award winning natural cider made with 100 per cent freshpressed local apples, everything is locally made in a landmark manufacturing building. First built in the mid 1880s, and then reconstructed (after a fire) in 1932 by John Mitchell
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of Mitchell Brand Apple Products, the historic building was one of the first large apple processing facilities in Canada. Since 2007, it has been home to the Thornbury Village Cidery. Thornbury Premium Cider is the flagship product of Thornbury Village Cidery. The cider is carefully hand-crafted and each bottle contains about five local apples. Using the finest apples that the local orchards have to offer, it’s an easy drinking, light, crisp and refreshing cider. It has a very dry and pure taste and it’s not too sweet. Tasting and tours are available along with many unique ciders that are not sold anywhere else, see website or call for details. Select products are available at the LCBO, on-site and at various restaurants and bars.
HERITAGE ESTATE WINERY AND CIDERY
421 Penetanguishene Road, Barrie 705-797-1919 heritageestate.ca
Peter and Jocelyn McArthur are trailblazers in the Barrie-area cider and wine business. While a handful of local producers have been bottling hard ciders made from local apples and pears in the Collingwood-area for the past decade, or so — Heritage Estate Winery and Cidery is the first one with a Barrie address. Along with wines, Heritage Estate Winery and Cidery produces three artisanal ciders, Dragon’s Gold, Eden’s Apples and Strawberry Edens Apple. All ciders are made with 100 per cent Ontario apples, are pasteurized and gluten free. “Dragon’s Gold is the dry cider, has a gold colour and notes of caramel apples, while Eden’s Apple has citrus and floral notes and a sweeter finish,” explains Peter. “But even though Eden’s Apples is sweeter, it still has only half the sugar content of most larger commercial ciders.” The Strawberry is pure summer made with real fresh Ontario strawberry juice. Open from Tuesday to Friday 12 noon to 6 pm, Saturdays 12 noon to 5 pm for retail sales and closed Sunday and Monday. Watch for summer hours coming soon. Call ahead for a tour, tasting or flight and pairing.
COFFIN RIDGE VINEYARD AND WINERY
599448 2nd Concession North, Annan (near Owen Sound) 519-371-9565 coffinridge.ca
As the first commercial winery in Grey County, Coffin Ridge opened its retail store in 2008. “An out of control farming hobby led my family into the winery and cider business,” admits general manager Mike Todd with a smile. Along with its boutique wines, Coffin Ridge’s Forbidden hard cider is worth a try. “Made from 100 per cent Ontario apples, our artisanal cider is cold pressed and filtered to preserve the fresh, crisp, new harvest apple flavours,” says Todd. Along with Forbidden, Coffin Ridge also offers seasonal small batch ciders, such as Extra Dry Rhubarb, Maple Rosemary and Tropical Hop Cider — to name a few. Enjoying the stunning local views is part of the Coffin Ridge experience. “We overlook the crystal blue water of Georgian Bay, and we’re in the shadow of the Niagara Escarpment -- the setting is stunning,” explains Todd. Coffin Ridge offers tours and can accommodate group functions for up to 75 people.
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The Barrie Advance Readers’ Choice Awards were created so you can tell us which local businesses and service providers are the best at what they do. Once the nominations close on August 5, the nominees will be shortlisted and you will have the chance to vote for your favourite. Help make your favourite local business become a Barrie Advance Readers’ Choice.
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SPY CIDER HOUSE AND DISTILLERY
808108 24th Sideroad, The Blue Mountains 519-599-5353 spydistillery.com
A new organic craft cidery has set up shop. Located in the heart of the Blue Mountains, Spy Cider House and Distillery’s first offering is Golden Eye — a dry, light, crisp and refreshing organic cider. “With a respect for the land, our mission is to create small batch artisanal ciders that are both flavourful and unique,” explains general manager Eimear Duggan. The 70-acre certified organic farm uses geothermal energy, has an on-site press, and uses its own estate apples. “We let the ingredients speak for themselves.” The local cidery will open in June 2019, with tours and tastings to follow.
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No wine has withstood as many love-hate relationships as chardonnay. Many might remember that back in the 1990s it was the bottle you’d bring to every dinner party. If you ordered a glass of white at a restaurant, it was inevitably a chardonnay. People were far less interested in who was making it and where it came from than they were about just drinking it. Fashionable and marketable, it was a brand unto itself. It was the unofficial white wine of the decade. And then everything changed. Chardonnay became the victim of its own immense popularity. A lot of wineries started producing chardonnay and playing up the attributes that people loved the most – sweetness and oakiness – until it became a caricature of itself. Mass producers used wood chips to capture that oak flavour but they overdid it so that oak became the dominant flavour. By the early 2000s, the thought of drinking chardonnay became almost gut wrenching. Restaurants replaced their chardonnay bottles with easy-drinking pinot grigio and sauvignon blanc, ushering in the ABC era – as in, pour “anything but chardonnay!” The chardonnay brand was all but dead to most new world wine consumers. Fast forward a decade. Improved winemaking practices have produced better wines, and no grape could be happier than chardonnay. Haters have been asked to set aside previously held notions against the grape and re-discover this wine’s more formidable attributes. The perception that chardonnay is a full-bodied, fruit-forward wine with creamy, buttery, rich flavours is somewhat ironic due to the fact that the grape is actually quite neutral in character. Aside from conditions such as climate and terroir that determine the starting point, winemakers essentially have a 68
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blank canvas and can make the wine in any style they choose because it is so adaptable. Chardonnay seems to easily translate the terroir of the region in which it is produced. Warm climate chardonnays, such as the ones made in Napa Valley, emit more tropical fruit flavours. But without a certain level of winemaker intervention, those lovely flavours can easily get carried away and become more baked or stewed like, making the wine fat and dull. The better chardonnays come from cooler spots where grapes often teeter on the cusp of ripeness, bringing out more expansive aromas, minerality and a backbone of lively acidity. Aside from Burgundy, the birthplace of chardonnay, Canada is producing some of the very best made in the world today because of our “cooler” climate. In fact, as a tribute to cool climate chardonnay, Niagara hosts the annual International Cool Climate Chardonnay Celebration (i4C) in July each year. This year marks the ninth year as 51 wineries spanning nine countries will come together July 19-21 to celebrate and discuss new ways of producing, enjoying and thinking when it comes to chardonnay. It’s a great event for industry professionals however it’s an even better experience for consumers. We may never again go as far as proclaiming chardonnay to be the wine of the decade, but it does make for a great comeback story. Did You Know: Chardonnay is planted in every major wine producing country around the world due to its ability to adapt to a wide range of climates? It takes its name from the village of Chardonnay in the Mâcon region of Burgundy, France.
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...ASIDE FROM BURGUNDY, THE BIRTHPLACE OF CHARDONNAY, CANADA IS PRODUCING SOME OF THE VERY BEST MADE IN THE WORLD TODAY BECAUSE OF OUR “COOLER” CLIMATE.
Closson Chase 2017 South Clos Chardonnay
Louis Latour 2016 Mâcon Lugny Les Genièvres
Quails’ Gate 2016 Stewart Family Reserve Chardonnay
Inniskillin 2017 Montague Vineyard Chardonnay
If you haven’t yet been to Prince Edward County (situated about 175 kilometres east of Toronto), you’re missing out on what wine writers are calling the Burgundy of the new world. It is here that you’ll find one of the best examples of cool-climate chardonnay grown outside of Burgundy. The South Clos is bold and complex with spicy and caramel syrup notes. There’s excellent acidity holding the fort down until the long, balanced and round finish. Less than 400 cases produced. ($39.95)
Here’s a great example of an “unoaked” chardonnay, made in Burgundy, that will make your head spin. If the under $25 value isn’t enough reason, it has a rich and savoury butter nuttiness to it – typical in “oaked” chardonnay! Grapes are sourced from within the village of Lugny, located high up in the south of the famous Mâcon region. Thanks to its terroir, it was the only village planted with chardonnay 30 years ago. ($23.95)
This is the flagship white wine made at one of British Columbia’s most prominent wineries. The orchard fruit aromas are mind blowing. You’d swear you just took a peach cobbler out of the oven. Your first mouthful will be rich and bursting with stone minerality. Take a minute, then enjoy a second mouthful and notice its creamy, buttery charm. Perfect with salmon and baked potato. This wine is made to be enjoyed now. ($43.95)
The 2016 vintage of this single vineyard chardonnay earned a silver medal at the 2018 International Wine and Spirits Competition, proving that Inniskillin isn’t just a one-trick pony that produces world-class Icewine. The 2017 growing season wasn’t nearly as hot or as long as 2016’s, and so, the fruit was able to form better overall balance, including acidic structure and just the right amount of sweetness. The result is yet another well-made expression of Ontario chardonnay. ($25.95) GoodLife | Barrie July - August 2019
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Visiting New York City? Or have a layover? Check out the newly opened TWA hotel connected to JFK’s Terminal 5 via its iconic flight tubes. The only on-airport, AirTrain-accessible hotel at JFK has 512 ultra-quiet guestrooms with exhilarating views of the runways. Visit the TWA Flight Centre where restaurants, bars and retail outlets abound. If you’re looking for downtime, check out its 10,000 square-foot rooftop observation deck with pool. twahotel.com
Napa Valley luxury The Four Seasons Resort and Residences Napa Valley will be the first to include an on-site winery and vineyard. The resort, now taking reservations for stays starting in January 2020, features a vine-totable restaurant, decadent wellness spa and farmhouse-style accommodations. Unique experiences include winemaking and tasting sessions. This natural hideaway is surrounded by acres of vineyards, framed by picturesque forests and majestic mountains. Relax and indulge as you raise a toast to living the good life. fourseasons.com/ napavalley
Swoop’s 1st Anniversary
Swoop celebrated its first anniversary on June 20, 2019. This summer the airline increases frequencies from Hamilton to Abbotsford, Edmonton, Winnipeg and Halifax, making it easier than ever to explore this great country. Its international offerings will continue with service from Hamilton to Montego Bay and Cancun. Swoop’s mission is simple: make travel affordable, easy and accessible to all Canadian travellers by keeping costs low. flyswoop.com
Niagara Brews & Crews
Experience the best of Niagara with Hornblower Niagara Cruise’s new VIP Brews & Crews. It begins with a ride on the new funicular transporting guests to the Rvierside Patio with views of the Niagara gorge. After some shopping head to a two-hour party with private bar service, appetizers and DJ before boarding the Falls Fireworks Cruise. The cruise runs daily June 14 to September 2, 2019, then weekends only until Canadian Thanksgiving weekend. niagaracruises.com GoodLife | Barrie July - August 2019
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Allow me to boast about life here, north of the 49th parallel. If there’s one thing that defines Canada, it’s our wealth of unspoiled settings and wild spaces – connecting with the outdoors is Mother Nature’s tonic for whatever ails you. Happily, there’s an entire spectrum of ways to follow a path to wellness through nature. For some it’s detoxing from the distractions of a busy life and “powering down” expectations and demands. For others it could
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be a menu of pure indulgence to rebuild inner strength and find that place of calm and happiness. There may be dozens of different ways to find wellness and hundreds of different programs in every corner of this country. We’ve found two that are a short distance from the frenetic pace of the big city. One will speak to your inner kid and the other will soothe your adult needs. Bottom line: you can’t go wrong; Mother Nature to the rescue.
PLAY LIKE A KID Girls Gone Camping is proof positive that you are never too old for summer camp. “The motto of the getaway weekend is fun, fitness and friendship. It’s like going back to being a kid again,” says Trista Lockwood. Trista is the creative spark behind an adult September weekend camp, bringing women together to relax, disconnect from life’s stresses and focus on taking time to nurture their own wellness. “It’s all about women supporting women.” Now in its fifth year, Girls Gone Camping fills with almost 250 women of all ages. Some have signed up for the first time and are on their own; others are there to reconnect with friendships made. Some have come from as far away as the Maritimes, England and Australia. Certified as a personal fitness trainer and massage therapist, Trista founded Girls Gone Camping because she saw that most retreat programs were focused solely on fitness. She wanted to incorporate the element of fun and a high level of personal choice in what leads to wellness and relaxation for each participant. As she explains, “Some come to party and some come for healing, everyone is different.” At the core of Trista’s program philosophy is the need to “disconnect to reconnect. Life is so busy and we are so focused on our technology. Put away the social media, put away the carpooling and everything you have to do. Then choose activities – from ziplining to canoeing, kayaking, archery, yoga, Pilates, zumba, pound fitness (based on drumming) or SUP yoga. We do cocktails and colouring, sessions on health and wellness, meditation classes and meditation hikes where you hike out to the most beautiful point in the park. In the fall, Algonquin Park is so picturesque, with the leaves changing colour and steam rising off the lake in the early morning.” This slice of pristine Canadian wilderness is a large part of what makes Girls Gone Camping so restful and restorative. The program uses the cabin facilities at Camp Tamakwa, accessible only by boat on South Tea Lake in the southwest corner of Algonquin Park. The founder of Beaver Canoe established the camp, so its Canadian roots run deep. “It’s amazing to see how the women come together,” says Trista. “It’s like being at summer camp – they sleep in bunk beds in cabins, we have evening bonfires, sunrise yoga on the dock, an evening with a DJ where they dance their hearts out, a huge afternoon water party where I see grown women jumping on the water trampoline and they can’t stop laughing. It is pure joy.” tamakwa.com/girls-gone-camping/
The Fairmont Le Château Montebello offers luxury in stunning natural surroundings. Photo: Fairmont Hotels
Girls Gone Camping is a women's weekend camp to nurture wellness within beautiful Algonquin Park.
INDULGE LIKE AN ADULT Sometimes wellness just has to come with room service and five-star surroundings. In the small Quebec village of Montebello – halfway between Ottawa and Montreal on the bank of the Ottawa River – the Fairmont Le Château Montebello manages to blend “rustic” lodge-style ambience with a dash of
Canadian history, a large menu of outdoor activities and, of course, the comforts and pampering of an award-winning spa. The main lodge, including guest rooms and foyer with its soaring three-storey lobby, is undergoing a top-to-bottom renovation with new contemporary furnishings and upgraded common areas. GoodLife | Barrie July - August 2019
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roam | retreat Inspired by the architecture of grand chateaux in the Swiss Alps, the “world’s largest log cabin” was constructed of 10,000 hand-cut giant, red cedar logs. First built as a private retreat on what was once a 17th-century Seigniorial estate, in 1970 the 120-hectare property was converted to an upscale public resort. Politicians, foreign dignitaries and jetsetters have passed through the large front doors, lounged by the lobby’s massive six-sided fireplace and wandered the trails winding along the woods and riverbank. “The wellness and treatment menu connects naturally with our setting and surroundings,” explains spa director Andrea Guerrero, as I settle in for the Great Canadian Facial. The nurturing one-hour facial features a deliciously heated treatment bed (my body needed no coaxing to melt into the warmth) and local Quebec products, mainly the B. Kamins clinical line using bio-maple extracted from the province’s maple trees. Andrea described the popular facial as adaptable to the individual skin’s needs using a combination of products and techniques unique to the Château Montebello property. The participants in Girls Gone Camping choose from a variety of activities, including ziplining and canoeing.
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With just eight treatment rooms and a relaxation area overlooking the peaceful Ottawa River, the spa feels comfortable and not overwhelming. The hope is that guests will find a visit to be relaxing and restorative; indulgence in a very adult way. Le Château Montebello is known for its connection to the river and the hardwoods surrounding the giant log “cabin.” I picked up a map of trails winding through the forest and noticed one that led to the small village of Montebello. The main street has small shops featuring products by Quebec artisans as well as several establishments showcasing local food products. Many are incorporated into the menu at the resort, like the mild Tete à Papineau cow’s milk cheese from Fromagerie Montebello, the mussels steamed in Les Brasseurs de Montebello beer and the local maple syrup flavouring the Quebec maple crème brûlée. I’d found my Zen spot. An hour of pampering, a walk through the maple grove and a small bag of squeaky white cheese curd. It doesn’t get much more Canadian than that. www.fairmont.com www.tourismeoutaouais.com
Inspired by the architecture of grand chateaux in the Swiss Alps, the world's largest log cabin was contructed with 10,000 cedar logs. Photo: Fairmont Hotels
A promise is a promise
Allandale Station opens October 1st! Choose your suite and pack your bags! Allandale Station is ready to welcome you when we open on time on October 1st. Some great suite selections still remain, but act fast! Call Michelle today at 705-721-7227 or visit us online at: AllandaleStation.ca
Presentation Centre Hours Monday-Friday 11am-7pm Saturday 9am-5pm Sunday by appointment only
393 Yonge St., Unit #2, Barrie 705-721-7227 (Corner of Little Avenue and Yonge Street) Independent Living • Assisted Living
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Freshii at Park Place Barrie
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Barrie’s first all-you can-eat Mexican restaurant serves up fresh, authentic Mexican fare in it’s cheerful family owned and operated eatery. Think of it as a piece of Mexico that teaches the art of eating and the passion of cooking. “Our goal is for every Mexican diner to love our food, and for every Canadian diner to enjoy a real Mexican food adventure.”
Freshii’s mission is to change the way the world eats. By making superfoods like kale and quinoa convenient and affordable for every citizen of the world, while continuing to introduce the latest culinary health trends. Turmeric juices, energii bites and grain bowls only skim the surface. Whether plant-based, vegetarian, low-carb, high-carb, to keto, we can accommodate! Freshii donates one meal from the sale of each WE menu item to developing communities. • Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner • Cold-pressed Juice Cleanse • Customized Menu Offering • Kid’s Menu • Catering • School Lunch Program
144 Burton Ave., Barrie | 705-252-7086 www.cocina-mexicana.ca
90 Park Place Boulevard, Unit 8, Barrie (705) 230-1940 parkplace@freshii.com www.freshii.com
Chavo Crepes
Danny’s Fish and Chips
You won’t find yourself under the Eiffel Tower, however our sweet and sinfully savory crepes will bring you a taste of Paris right here at our new location in downtown Barrie! Chavo Crepes was created in order to deliver a delicious and health conscious alternative to the ever evolving food industry. Maintaining the quality and integrity of our ingredients has always been our number one priority and our vision is to offer a product that has been naturally and locally grown and harvested and presented in recipes and food offerings seldom found here in Canada.
We make the extra effort to hand-cut our chips and fillet our fish daily! Our Fresh Alaskan Halibut and chips is hand sliced fresh, just minutes before it reaches your plate. Our English style fish and chips are made from an old secret recipe (thinly battered) and passed down through generations and served alongside our famous home-cut fries. Just one bite and you’ll be hooked! We don‘t just claim to be the best, we prove it through honest workmanship and genuine caring. Voted “Your Favourite Fish & Chip Restaurant” in Barrie and celebrating 40 years of doing what we love!
74 Dunlop Street East, Barrie | 705.727.8721 www.chavocrepes.com
411 Huronia Road, Barrie 705-721-8998
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Homestead Artisan Bakery + Cafe
Groovy Tuesday’s Bistro
Homestead Artisan Bakery and Cafe specializes in artisan sourdough breads and baked goods, crafted by hand in small batches. We source ingredients from local suppliers and base our menu on seasonal availability of local products. We are open bright and early every day for your morning coffee; our custom house blend was created for us by Creemore Coffee Company. Our lunch menu includes fresh deli-style sandwiches, seasonal soups, salads and fresh baguette with flavoured butters and seasonal preserves. A sweet selection of classics done right will be baked fresh daily; cookies, croissants, scones and squares. Thank you for nominating us again this year for Readers’ Choice Awards!
Comfortably Small • Locally Focussed • Open Kitchen •Casual Elegant Atmosphere
Melanie Barrett is where she wants to be. “People tell me that I should expand and make my restaurant bigger,” says the owner of downtown Barrie’s Groovy Tuesdays Bistro, “but I like it small, that way I can see and interact with all of my diners. Getting a bigger space would change that, and make it less personal.” Our menu is small, fresh and always changing. To put our best plate forward. From our breads and pastas to our desserts, we make absolutely everything from scratch. Being consistent with the quality of our food is really important to us.
80 Dunlop St. E., Downtown Barrie | 705-252-3680 homesteadartisanbakery.com
73 Collier Street, Barrie 705.721.0302 www.GroovyTuesdaysBistro.com
Kenzington Burger Bar
Bacio Trattoria
The KBB offers the finest fare for all burger lovers in Simcoe County! For the last 5 years we’ve been cranking out some of the most creative, mouthwatering burgers this side of Toronto. Whether you’re in for the live music, or just looking for the best burger you’ve ever eaten in your life, KBB has all our ducks in a row to satisfy your most intimate culinary desires!
Downtown Barrie, 40 Dunlop St. E. | South End Barrie, 511 Bryne Dr. Bradford, 4 Holland Dr. | Orillia, 85 Mississaga St. E. 705.725.1667 | www.kenzington.ca
Authentic Italian Cuisine • Warm & Inviting Atmosphere Cooked From Scratch & Made To Order With Love! Downtown Barrie’s Cheff Willliam Ortiz, sister Elizabeth and mother Nancy invite you to join them at their new Italian Restaurant “Bacio Trattoria” where you are greeted with a smile and great food. “We want people to feel like they are eating at home with family,” And based on high scoring social media reviews, local diners appear to have a soft spot for this family run eatery that focusses on Italian cuisine made from scratch and served with warm hospitality.
62 Dunlop St. W, Barrie 705.728.0890 Follow on Facebook & Instagram
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Ripe Juicery Cold Pressed Juices • Parfaits • Acai Bowls • Salads Sandwiches • Smoothies • Treats Ripe Juicery is a cold pressed, organic juice bar serving two locations in Barrie featuring cold pressed juice, hand crafted smoothies and acai bowls. Not to mention the oh-so-popular raw treats, cleanses, and a full plant based food menu. We serve in-house made soup, sandwiches, tacos, grain bowls and parfaits. We hand press all of our almond milk daily for smoothies & make every menu item from scratch using organic, plant based, raw ingredients. Offering Doorstep Delivery!
Tara Authentic Indian Cuisine Delighted to be considered Barrie’s finest, Chef Brothers Yar and Nur Mohammad have committed 25 years tantalizing the palates of their customers. Their culinary prowess makes Tara a most unique palatal experience. Open seven days-a-week the alluring aroma will bring you in. Lunch Buffet available for $16.99
Ripe Juicery, Barrie | ripejuicery.ca Downtown - 118 Dunlop St. | 705-503-7473 South End - 371 King St. Unit #4 | 705-503-4777
128 Dunlop Street East, Barrie 705.737.1821
Jessi & Bekki
Qing’s Cuisine Barrie’s Tastiest Szechuan & Thai Cuisine Barrie’s Tastiest Szechuan & Thai Cuisine Qing Ni is a recognized Canadian Chef with over 20 years experience having worked out west in Vancouver and California as well as in Toronto, Collingwood and now Barrie. He and his wife Lien have delighted those who appreciate amazing Szechuan and their authentic Thai cuisine. Offering an extensive menu for take-out, delivery and a cozy atmosphere for dining in.
610 Huronia Rd., Unit 9, Barrie 705-503-6610 www.qingscuisine.com
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J’adore Fine Cheese & Chocolate The Speakcheasy The Speakcheasy is Barrie’s new hot spot taking you back in time and into Prohibition era. Enjoy chocolate or cheese fondue, private tasting parties, oyster nights, fun murder mystery events while listening to classic tunes and sipping your favourite cocktail. J’adore Fine Cheese & Chocolate located up stairs and offers a Parisian-themed boutique filled with specialty items from around the world. See our website for all our special events. Special order cheese platters & gift baskets for any occasion.
123 Dunlop Street East, Barrie | 705.503.6633 speakcheasy.com jadorefinecheese.com
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5th Annual Mark’s Game Golf Tournament to Support Mental Health
Mark’s Game is an annual golf tournament that was created to help eliminate the stigma surrounding mental health and to raise funds for the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) Simcoe County in memory of Mark Laing, who died by suicide in 2011 at the age of 18. This year the tournament will take place on July 20, 2019 at Bear Creek Golf Course. The event includes a BBQ lunch, 18 holes of golf and cart, dinner and reception, silent auction and raffle. For more information about this fundraising event, visit www.bearcreekgolfing.com or call (705) 424-0241. For more information about CMHA and mental health support, visit www.starttalking.ca/contact-us/ or call 1-800-875-6213
Enjoy “Divine Time” Yoga Outdoors
With a diverse team specializing in health, fitness, agility, dance and elite sports, Waterfront Fitness and Pilates offers an intimate studio aimed to provide extra personal attention to participants. Enjoy range of fitness classes, including high impact classes like Bootcamp and Zumba, as well as low impact classes like Barre and Total Body Tone. They also offer lots of choice in terms of Pilates and yoga classes, and classes for new moms. Now that spring is here, you can try their new Sunrise Yoga morning class—mornings are considered a “divine time” and when an individual’s spiritual energy is at its peak. waterfrontfitnesspilates.ca/classes
Ayurvedic Inspired Skincare
Inspired by the principles of Ayurveda, the Ancient healing system that honours beauty from the inside out, Wild Grace is a unique Canadian skincare company that helps restore skin to a natural state of balance. Wild Grace’s product line includes body oils, serums and perfumes. All products are handcrafted in small batches with the purest and finest botanical ingredients. All products are organic and wild whenever possible, plant-based, vegan and gmofree. The new Tridoshic Collection of botanical blends is launching this summer and includes facial cleansing oil, crystal facial mist and elixir wildgrace.ca
First Snack Bar in Canada to be Keto Certified
A first-of-its-kind in Canada, Canadian-owned GOODTO GO keto-certified snack bars have just become available this spring. Available in four flavours, the snacks are low net-carb, soft baked keto bars, comparable to a soft, chewy cookie. They are vegan, gluten free, peanutfree, kosher and non-GMO Project Verified. Made with organic ingredients including coconut, cinnamon and raspberries, and high in healthy fats, these snacks have a lot going for them. They are now available at health food stores across Canada and online at well.ca. good2gosnacks.com
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Biggest Bash on the Bay
Ontario’s biggest waterfront festival happens bay side in Barrie on Aug. 2-5. The 49th Kempenfest is a weekend of live music, fun on the beach, midway rides, swimming, and two beer gardens for cool refreshment. Over 350 arts and crafts exhibitors and 40 antiques dealers are onsite. Performers include Loverboy, Jordan John and The Martels. 10 a.m.–6 p.m. 265 Lakeshore Dr. Details at www.kempenfest.com
Cowboys, Country Music and Camping
The award-winning Boots and Hearts Music Festival brings top country artists to Burl’s Creek in Oro-Medonte on August 8-11. Miranda Lambert, Jason Aldean, Cole Swindell, Maren Morris, Kane Brown and Kip Moore headline four days of live stage performances by over 40 artists. Reserve your RV, tent or accessible camping spot for the weekend. Weekend and single day tickets available. 240 8 Line South. Go to www.bootsandhearts.com
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Tall Ships & The Battle of Georgian Bay
Hundreds of international re-enactors will gather in a Grand Encampment at Penetang’s Discovery Harbour for The Battle of Georgian Bay Aug. 7-11. Prepare to have a War of 1812 experience as local skirmishes break out. Tall ships at Discovery Harbour and Midland will participate and host public tours Aug. 9-11. Musket and cannon demos, live entertainment and historic building tours daily. Info at www.battleofgeorgianbay.com
Enter The Dragons
Quick and colourful, Dragon Boats and their intrepid paddlers are a summer crowd magnet in Barrie. The 17th Annual Dragon Boat Festival on Aug. 24 features races on Kempenfelt Bay plus kids’ activities and live entertainment. Since 2003, the Festival has raised over $1.75 million for Barrie area charities. Hosted by the Barrie Public Library. 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. Heritage Park. Info at www.barriedragonboatfestival.ca
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