March 2019: All Roads Lead to Long Lake

March 2019: All Roads Lead to Long Lake

10 minutes from Downtown can mean a lot of different things to a lot of different people. This is particularly true in a dynamic and growing city like Halifax. In some ways, you could say the bedroom community of Fall River is 10 minutes from Halifax. Sure, if you hop...
February 2019: Coming Home

February 2019: Coming Home

A classic lottery TV commercial from the mid 2000s featured two couples winning the lottery, one couple moved to Toronto, the other to Halifax. While the Toronto pair moved into a small condo in the suburbs of downtown, the Halifax couple moved into a comfortable home...
January 2019: A Retrospective

January 2019: A Retrospective

As we welcome 2019 and think about all of the things that are in store for this new year, we can’t help but take a minute to reflect on how far we have come. The end of 2018 marks the first full year of the Long Lake Village Blog. As such, it seems like a good time to...
December 2018: A Home for the Holidays

December 2018: A Home for the Holidays

The importance of a home can’t be overstated. Our homes keep us safe. They keep us warm and dry. They give us a place to relax, unwind and get away from the world. However, one could argue that our homes are especially vital during the holiday season. Kitchens fill...
November: The Great Indoors

November: The Great Indoors

Dictionaries will define interior design as “the art and science of enhancing the interior of a building to achieve a healthier and more aesthetically pleasing environment for people who use the space”. This description puts significant emphasis on the importance of...
October Blog: Armdale

October Blog: Armdale

Yacht clubs, time zones, Halifax beaches, coastal barrens… if you haven’t guessed this month’s topic yet, we don’t blame you. In this edition of the Long Lake Village blog, we’ll be exploring Armdale. Armdale is a name used to describe a collective of communities...