I felt like I darted from the rainy night right into the movie Grease. Girls were in full swing skirts and polka dots. Hairdressers made sure those beehives stayed in place with industrial strength hairspray and bobby pins. Melvis and the Jive Cats were getting everyone All Shook Up with tunes from the fifties. I […]
Montreal’s Urban Sugar Shack
The province of Quebec is recognized as the leading producer of maple syrup worldwide and every spring Montrealers head out of the city for a true country hoedown at any one of the cabane à sucre (sugar shacks). But you don’t have to leave Montreal to get the sugar shack experience. The ultraromantic and refined […]
Montreal by Moped
I now have a new tale to add to my all-too-long list of most embarrassing travel moments. I was so incredibly excited to explore Montreal by moped with DYAD Montreal Tours. My All-in-One tour would have me zipping through four of Montreal’s districts after a short lesson and “driving test”. But I just couldn’t get […]
Wine Wednesday: Arizona Hops and Vines
We lived in Arizona for six years and I honestly didn’t even realize that grapes could grow in the desert! So when my friend Camella invited me to explore some of Sonoita’s (southern Arizona’s wine country) wineries, I couldn’t wait to see just how Arizona wine measured up. I absolutely loved the casual, cool, and […]
A Garden of Stories at Tohono Chul Park
Tohono Chul Park is a beautiful 49-acre botanical garden in a suburb of Tucson, Arizona. The park has been connecting patrons with nature, art, and culture for over 25 years and I was more than happy to spend a few hours exploring it. The gardens are full of beautiful desert flora like prickly pear and […]
Quick Lunchtime Cooking Class in Old Montreal
Once upon a time I dreamed of being a chef. Excitedly, I scheduled an appointment to tour Le Cordon Bleu in Scottsdale. When I found out I would need to attend for a minimum of 15 months and could only miss three days over the course of my entire program, my wanderlust kicked the chef […]
10 Things to Do on a Girls’ Getaway to Montreal
My favorite person in the world to travel with is Tim. He pushes me beyond my comfort zone with adventures like caving beneath Budapest, snorkeling in freezing cold water in Iceland, and snowmobiling across frozen seas. But sometimes it’s nice to have a girls getaway and do some of the things (shopping!) that are just […]
Wine Wednesday: Chicago’s BYOB
BYOB: Bring your own <insert the B>, be it bottle, booze, or beer. Chicago’s quirky liquor laws have led somewhere around 400 restaurants in the Windy City to implement bring your own policies, saving restaurant proprietors from long waits for expensive liquor licenses. Essentially restaurants can allow you to bring your own and provide glasses, […]
The Best Little Swedish Village You Never Heard Of
In Lapland, the Torne River divides (or in the winter, unites) Finland and Sweden. The villages of Kukkola lay on both sides of the Tome River: Kukkola, Finland and Kukkolaforsen, Sweden. Our travel schedules are often so hectic, that we were more than thrilled to spend a relaxing day getting to know the quiet little […]
Suomenlinna: Castle of Finland
Located at the entrance to Helsinki’s harbor, Suomenlinna was built in the second half of the 18th century by Sweden for the purpose of serving as the main base of Sweden’s armed forces that were stationed in Finland. Suomenlinna was originally named Sveaborg, its Swedish name, and changed names to Viapori when Russia occupied it […]
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