IT TOOK ME A LONG TIME TO GET TO POINT PELEE. The park is really only about three and a half hours from Toronto, but like most places you can’t get to without a car – and there’s far too …
Wow City: Seeing New York City with Fresh Eyes
WHEN MY OLDEST WAS LITTLE SHE WAS OBSESSED WITH BOOKS ABOUT NEW YORK CITY. There was Mo Willems’ Knuffle Bunny, The House on East 88th Street by Bernard Waber and Miroslav Šašek’s This Is New York. But most of all …
Maps to the Stars: Back to Los Angeles as a Tourist
I LIKE TO JOKE THAT LOS ANGELES IS MY FAVORITE IMAGINARY PLACE. This is mostly because the city feels like a movie set, so much that you’re pleasantly surprised to find something still there when you return after a few …
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Hiking fall colours at Mountsberg Conservation Area
FALL COLOURS MEAN THE CLOCK IS TICKING ON THE YEAR, and that it’s time to enjoy green spaces before winter comes. In our family that means a Thanksgiving weekend trip on Parkbus to a destination an hour or three away …
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Between Lighthouses: Along the Eastern Shore of Prince Edward Island
THE STORY OF CANADA THE COUNTRY BEGINS IN PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, which is a good reason to visit the country’s smallest but most densely populated province. It’s also a lovely and remarkably varied place, despite being only six kilometers wide …
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A Weekend Away: Port Elgin and Bruce County
ANYBODY WITHOUT THE MEANS TO OWN OR LUCK TO INHERIT A COTTAGE OR SUMMER PLACE probably knows about towns like Port Elgin, on the shores of Lake Huron on the edge of Ontario’s farm belt. While not strictly a summer …
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