MARK TWAIN SAW HOW MUCH THE NEW ORLEANS OF THE DEAD RESEMBLED THE ONE FOR THE LIVING. Writing about the city in Life on the Mississippi in 1883, he observed that the vaults where the dead were buried there resembled …

12 Things to do in New Orleans (when Mardi Gras is Over)
YOU COULD SAY THAT THERE ARE TWO NEW ORLEANS – the city during Mardi Gras and the city before and after. Some people think Mardi Gras is year-round in New Orleans, and if you don’t leave Bourbon Street and its …
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All Around New Orleans: Capturing the Crescent City
EVERYBODY THINKS THEY KNOW WHAT NEW ORLEANS LOOKS LIKE UNTIL THEY GET THERE. Or at least that was my experience, when I made the city my first post-lockdown trip outside my country, desperate for a place that looked as little …
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Pretty Scary: Monster Month and Autumn Walks in Elora
LOCKDOWN KEPT US AWAY FROM ELORA FOR TOO LONG. Our favorite small town – and the “prettiest in Ontario” – came through the other side of the pandemic changed, and we wanted to get a look. It had been over …
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Exploring Toronto’s Green Heart in High Park
EVERY CITY NEEDS A GREAT PARK. It’s hard to imagine the world’s urban centres without their iconic parks – Manhattan’s Central Park, Brooklyn’s Prospect Park, the Bois du Boulogne in Paris, Montreal’s Mount Royal Park, Berlin’s Tiergarten, Stanley Park in …

5 Things to See at Niagara Falls (that aren’t the Falls)
YOU COULD SAY THAT THERE’S NOTHING AT NIAGARA FALLS THAT ISN’T THERE BECAUSE OF THE FALLS. The town, its attractions, even the Niagara River Gorge itself – none of those things would be here if it weren’t for the incredible …
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