About Jackie

Hello! I’m Jackie and I created Travel, Wine & Shoes to share my travelling adventures with family, friends & other adventurous folks. I am Canadian, born in Newfoundland and raised in Alberta. An amazing, fantastic young man named Bryan calls me Mom and I try not to embarrass him too much with my stories and shenanigans.

My career calling was Computer Science. When I was a kid, we had a Commodore 64. In the back of the User Manual were some utility programs written in BASIC. I spent hours typing in all the code just to see the word “hello” go across the screen. I loved it and yes I am nerdy! These days, I am an IT professional with 30 years experience with Programme Management, Project Management and software.

My favourite things are travelling, wine, shoes, books, good music and Mustangs. I trip over my feet, have EPIC blonde moments and can swear like a sailor. I am a Merlot girl and sadly for all my wine talk, I’m a lightweight. I recently bought a Heritage Classic Harley (named Tumbleweed). My most recent hobby was learning to golf and I love hanging out with my girlfriends having the best time at Ladies League.

My motto is if you want to do something ~ TRY! There is nothing to lose. Stop saying someday I’d like to do this or that and travel here and there. You will either like it or not, but you won’t be saying someday anymore. The failure is not trying.

I would love to hear from you! Wine, book, shoe and travel recommendations are always welcome. Hope you enjoy my pages.

Happy Travelling