Freelance lifestyle and entertainment journalist
Written for FLARE‘s 9-5 series. … Why proposals? I love love. I didn’t even get into it because of events. I don’t even consider myself an event planner—it’s the love that does it for me. So what exactly does a proposal planner do? It’s kind of the same thing as having a wedding planner or a […]
Breaking news Q&A done for FLARE. A 30-year-old Ottawa woman is speaking out after a gym supervisor accused her of dressing inappropriately—not because of the type of top she was wearing, but because of the size of her breasts. “Typically I wear a t-back tank top and a pair of yoga pants,” said Jenna Vecchio, who […]
Written for FLARE‘s 9-5 series. … What types of extreme weather do you cover? Everything from severe thunderstorms to tornadoes, hurricanes, blizzards, lake-effect snow, wildfires and natural disasters. How did you get into storm chasing? I’ve always had a passion for weather and a colleague encouraged me to go down to tornado alley. My first year, […]
Pitched and written for FLARE‘s 9-5 series. … What is a typical workday like for you? Basically we show up everyday and relieve the guys who have been working all night. We have lots of chores around the hall that we have to do, like checking the trucks and keeping things clean, and we usually all […]
Written for FLARE‘s 9-5 series. … What does a fertility consultant do? At Canadian Fertility Consulting, we help clients who want to become parents (we call them “intended parents”), whether that means participating in an egg donation or in a gestational surrogacy. What factors do you consider during the matchmaking process? When we take on a […]
Pitched and written for FLARE‘s 9-5 series. … How does it feel when you look at that tattoo? It feels like healing. It’s like a reminder we’re capable of renewing ourselves over and over again. How do tattoo artists typically get trained? There’s no standardized schools or techniques or anything. It’s all very much just artists’ […]
Written for FLARE‘s 9-5 series. … Does your job include any unusual tasks? We have an office policy of opening all fan mail on behalf of our clients prior to passing it on to the respective client since we often get some crazy stuff. One time, we got five huge oil paintings sent from somewhere overseas […]
Written for FLARE‘s 9-5 series. … Standing at the top of a hill before a run, what’s going through your mind? It depends. If I’m at the top of the half pipe, I’m going through my run mentally and then I’ll just breathe and tell myself, “Relax. You got this.” But if I’m just going down […]
Written for FLARE‘s 9-5 series. … How did you find doing lifestyle versus reporting hard news? It’s been the biggest blessing because lifestyle is a world of happiness and fun. You don’t realize how draining news is until you get out. I was covering a lot of child abductions and homicides. I think lifestyle and hard […]
Ishani Nath 