Month: December 2014

New Year’s Eve is one of the most popular nights during the year to go out with loved ones to party, have a nice dinner, or do something else that is fun, like skating if you’re Canadian. But unlike many people, I don’t like New Year’s Eve. I never have. I’m a New Year’s Eve […]

SHANNON’S TRAVEL BAG: travel tips for women Shannon Skinner visits Geneva, Switzerland, a small city with a big heart.        Geneva is small city with a big heart. With a population of nearly 200,000, it is the world’s capital of peace. While many visitors come to Switzerland’s second largest city for business, there […]

SHANNON’S TRAVEL BAG: travel tips for women Shannon Skinner visits Mandarin Oriental, Geneva, a luxury 5-star hotel offering lovely view, modern design and acclaimed dining, peaceful city-centre location, close to the historical Old Town.     The first time I visited Geneva, Switzerland, I was in my early twenties and back-packing across Europe one summer […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:     TORONTO,  Dec. 2, 2014 – Season three, episode six of Extraordinary Women TV with Shannon Skinner airs tonight featuring on-location interviews with several Toronto entrepreneurs and artists including: designers Linda Varekamp, owner, Stitch and Spoke; Nadya Asti-Rose, owner, Taska handbags; and Devorah Miller, owner, Red Thread Design, a children’s clothing line. Plus artists […]