Freelance lifestyle and entertainment journalist
Published online for Father’s Day at FLARE.com and in print for FLARE‘s September issue. Last year, my family of three boarded the plane to India, but only two of us needed tickets. My dad’s blue backpack contained our passports, an unlocked cell phone, and my mother’s ashes. My mum never really talked about the possibility of her […]
Written fore FLARE‘s 9-5 series. … What is it about festivals that you love so much? If you’re going to a festival for the first time, it can be completely life-changing to step into an environment that doesn’t have the same amount of rules as general life. I think you discover things in yourself that you […]
Pitched and written fore FLARE. Reposted by Chatelaine. It was late at night in downtown Toronto and Aisha Addo hopped into a cab for the long trek back to her home in Mississauga. The driver started up a conversation but soon began making sexual comments and asking personal questions, like whether the Addo lived alone. “You know when […]
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’ […]
Ishani Nath 