The Bloor/Yorkville strip has definitely set the festive mood with the streets lit up, and the stores packed with people! The only ingredient missing is SNOW! We’ve gone all of November without a trace of the white stuff, but it looks like our luck is about to run out. Our guest blogger and favourite interior designer, Nora Voon, is experiencing wetter weather patterns on the other side of the pond (London). Although the temperature of the precipitation is different, the feelings of leaving the winter weather are the same! Escape the snow before it begins with Nora’s review of a much warmer destination:

I hate the weather around this time of year in London. It’s so miserable. You know, it’s true, what people say about London… it really does rain a lot, especially during the months of November, and also from April all the way through to June. The sky is grey, the air is damp and the wind is very cold. Add on top of the fact that the windows aren’t exactly double glazed like North America, we have ourselves some extremely cold feet. This has led to many day dreaming moments of me sipping a nice cocktail and lying under the sun in some exotic destination. So today’s blog is dedicated to destination far away for our northern Hemisphere earthlings who are longing for some color, good food, beautiful landscapes and great hotels with superb interior design. Read the rest of this entry »