I’ve started to write this post probably a hundred times since the mid-May phone conversation when my Dad, an American ex-pat living & working in Barbados for the past four years, told me he was moving back to the States. It seems like only yesterday that, in a similar phone conversation, he was asking me…
Brighton Farmers Market
Every Saturday morning, the Piles open up the grounds of their Brighton Plantation to a whole host of farmer’s market vendors, allowing locals sell produce, ready-to-eat food (including the best spring rolls), handmade pottery, jewelry, & art. From 6am when the gates open, the area is full of American, Canadian, British, & Australian ex-pats sharing…
Vancouver: Sake
I have always been afraid to try sake. I’m really not sure why. I think it’s because of the assumptions I had made, what I thought it would be: alcohol-y tasting & smelling & knock-me-off-my-feet strong. But, one Friday in June, I was feeling adventurous didn’t want to look wussy in front of my new…
Guest Post: Cycling Through Italy by Rebekah Kuschmider
Cycling Through Italy by Rebekah Kuschmider When Christina asked me to write about my quintessential summer vacation my mind whirled. My family has taken some a-maz-ing vacations over the years. There was the trip to a due ranch in Wyoming when I was about 12 where we all camped out in Yellowstone one night and…
Guest Post: The Perfect Paris Summer Vacation by Jaime Carroll
The Perfect Paris Summer Vacation by Jaime Carroll Follow Jaime on Twitter at @JaimeLC While many people think a summer vacation should be filled with sand, surf and sun, my favorite place to spend a week in the summer is in the city of romance, magic and lights: Paris.A good many other people may think…
