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Hometown travel: Harvest time in the Annapolis Valley
“It’s the most wonderful time of the year…” This song gets dragged out to celebrate everything from Christmas to back-to-school shopping. For my money, the most wonderful time of the year is the...
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Art at night: Nocturne, Halifax’s Nuit Blanche
I am very lucky to live in a city like Halifax that has a diverse, vibrant arts community, surrounded by a community that comes out in droves to support events that make our city a great place to live....
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Nocturne 2012: Halifax hits the town for art at night
Over the past five years, it’s become obvious to me that Nocturne is Halifax’s essential autumn event. In return, autumn helps us prepare for the winter ahead by dropping the temperature a few degrees...
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Friday photos: Dancing with chinelos at Cinco de Mayo in New York
Luck on top of luck on top of a little more luck landed me in New York for Cinco de Mayo this year. When my plan was coming together, one thing I wanted to do was enjoy some Cinco de Mayo activities...
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Craft Brews Rule at Halifax Seaport Beerfest 2013
Last night, I was delighted to join hundreds of my beer drinking friends down at Halifax’s Cunard Centre for the 10th annual Seaport Beerfest. For its tenth anniversary, Seaport Beerfest has moved to a...
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15 Août: Celebrating National Acadian Day on New Brunswick’s Acadian Peninsula
This has been a busy summer for me outside of the blog, but I was very lucky to receive an invitation to visit my friend’s family in Caraquet, New Brunswick to celebrate the Acadian fête nationale, 15...
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Guest post: Taryn survives Glastonbury 2013 (and is going back for more)
Greetings friends! While I’m on the road, I’ve lined up a couple of terrific guest posts for pop culture travelers out there. Today, we’ll catch up once again with Taryn, who went to the legendary...
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2013 Year in Review: Oh, the places I went!
‘Tis the season for year-end lists! In the “business*” of blogging, year-end lists are a great way to contemplate the year that’s passed, while it’s still too cold** to think about next year’s travel...
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Highlights of my August long weekend in Iceland: heat wave edition
Can I go back to Iceland right away, please? More people are going to Iceland than ever before, and for good reason: it is the best. Our little gang of three went to Reykjavik for a long weekend in...
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Traveling for Laughs: MDWAP at Montreal’s Just for Laughs Festival
What do you do when the #1 comedy podcast (in the United Kingdom) unexpectedly announces a show at 11:30 (in the morning) on a Thursday in a city only two hours away (by air)? You go. Such an adventure...
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