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 …
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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 …
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 …
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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