Saturday, July 7, 2012

Mariposa Folk Festival

Jann Arden at Mariposa Folk Festival. Photograph by Brian Quinn, Travel Photographer.

Join Janie Robinson at Orillia's Mariposa Folk Festival this weekend, July 6-8, and discover all the fabulous folk festivals across the country this summer with the 2012 Canadian Folk Festivals Guide. http://artsavenue.ca/theavenue/2012/03/canadian-folk-music-festivals-guide-2012/

Friday, June 15, 2012

Disney's Cars Land Grand Opening

Disney's Cars Land. Photograph by Janie Robinson, Travel Writer 
Janie Robinson's hanging out with Lightning McQueen at the full throttle grand opening of Disney California's Cars Land in her Toronto Star travel story at http://www.thestar.com/travel/northamerica/article/1216173--u-s-travel-road-trip-to-disney-s-cars-land-in-california

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Segs on the Beach in Southern California


I'm in Huntington Beach, California and just had "Segs on the Beach"! From fun Segway tours on the sandy beaches of Surf City USA to amazing art in lovely Laguna, explore Southern California's sun-soaked beautiful beaches with Janie Robinson in the Toronto Star.

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Janie's Royal Travel Taboo


Where I come from, when a guy invites you to join him for tea, and it's his birthday, you get him a card.  Turns out, it's not quite that simple if the guy happens to be His Royal Highness Prince Philip.  Find out why in Janie Robinson's latest story in the Summer 2012 issue of  DREAMSCAPES magazine. http://www.dreamscapes.ca/article/travel_taboo___the_royal_treatment_106.html

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Say Aloha to new Disney hotel

Janie with Mickey & Minnie at Disney's Aulani Resort & Spa in Oahu, Hawaii. Photograph by Janie Robinson, Travel Writer
Join Janie Robinson at Disney's first destination resort and spa in Hawaii.  While Mickey, Minnie and the gang are obviously a popular part of this new family resort on the Leeward Coast of Oahu, celebrating Hawaii's rich history, culture and storytelling traditions is what Disney does best at Aulani Resort & Spa.  http://www.thestar.com/travel/northamerica/article/1176874--family-travel-disney-s-aulani-resort-in-oahu-makes-hawaiian-culture-the-star-attraction

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Janie Robinson at home in Crete and around the world (The United Church Observer)

Here's one of my favourite stories about two of my favourite subjects - my hometown of Vasey and travelling! Janie Robinson's Easter Spirit Story is in the April 2012 issue of The United Church Observer.
Spirit Story April 2012 United Church Observer. Story by Janie Robinson, Travel Writer









Wednesday, April 4, 2012

BERMUDA - GO FLY A KITE ON GOOD FRIDAY

Janie Robinson celebrates a time-honoured Easter tradition on Bermuda's pretty-in-pink Horseshoe Bay Beach in the April 2012 issue of Westjet Magazine.   Bermuda's annual Good Friday's Kite Day Festival  is a fun-filled beach party with live music, dancing, tasty treats and rainbow of colourful kites dancing in the brilliant blue sky above the island’s pretty Easter egg-coloured pastel homes. The Fairmont Southampton, Bermuda has a family fun four-day Easter Holiday program April 5 - 8 http://www.fairmont.com/shp/Easter2012/