Kelowna's Juicy Tips

Wow – this year is just flying by! It’s already the May Long Weekend this weekend – the traditional kick-off to Kelowna’s high tourism season. This has prompted me to think about unique accommodations – mainly because lots of us are starting to get friends and relatives planning their summer visits, and sometimes it’s nice [...]

Kelowna’s Manteo Resort Waterfront Hotel & Villas has had quite a run lately. Last Fall, the gracious hotel welcomed renowned Chef Bernard Casavant into its kitchen. That was after an extensive reno of the already top-shelf hotel, and after the hotel’s staff raised a record-setting $27,142 at the annual Run For the Cure (which they fundraise for [...]

With Earth Day coming up on April 22 (next Thursday), here are some ways that a local restaurant and resort are marking the occasion with on-going green practices and a very special 100-Mile Menu…

Everyone loves a ghost story, and I stumbled across one this year in a decidedly unspooky – in fact, charming – place: Kelowna’s boutique Hotel Eldorado.

This article on Kelowna.com by Kathy Michaels pays tribute to a hotel that has long walked-the-talk of environmentalism in Kelowna. It was sparked by the Best Western receiving the Minister’s Award of Excellence from the Honourable John Yap, Minister of State for Climate Action, who personally came to the Best Western to present the award [...]

Can you hear it? The sound of water running off your paddle as you kayak along Okanagan Lake? It’s a sound I love dearly and I know there are many of you with me on that one. There’s something grounding and exhilarating about being out on the water.
Getting out on the water is one of [...]

If you or someone you know if planning a vacation in Kelowna and wondering if they should still come given the news reports about the Terrace Mountain Fire, here are some resources they can use in order to help them make the decision that is right for them.
Just the facts:

The Terrace Mountain Fire is burning [...]

It’s a wrap for strawberries, and now we’re full-steam into cherry picking season. Mother Nature has it all figured out when it comes to fruit picking in the Okanagan: one fruit ripens after another with barely a beat skipped. You can almost hear the class roll-call: Strawberries – here! Cherries – here! Apricots – here! [...]