Category: ADVENTURES
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NUIT BLANCHE AND BURLESQUE IN TORONTO
For more than a decade, on just one night a year, Toronto holds a city-wide slumber party. The Canadian metropolis offers this free sleepless night where galleries and art installations delight visitors and locals alike. The city is transformed into an artistic playground where the most unexpected venues play host to an array of interesting…
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A CANADIAN FINDS HER SPORT: DRAGON BOATING
When I arrived as an immigrant to Canada, I was determined to throw myself into my new community. I wanted to meet new people, try new hobbies and activities, and make this new place feel more like home. Especially as truth be told, I was missing my native London, so very much. I tried winter…
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PSYCHIC’ED OUT
One little girl in the town of Cassadaga, Fla., loves shiny pennies so much, she’s continually leaving them around on the floor. Another inhabitant named Arthur, a former opera singer from New York, has a penchant for cigars and booze. On a visit to the town, you might also run into a woman with a…
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JUST LIKE HOME, BUT NOT: VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA
“And do I get off at Waterfront station?” The question makes me eavesdrop on the conversation from the front of the Skytrain. “Actually, you should get off one stop before, so you don’t have to walk uphill,” I interject. “I’m getting off there so I can show you if you like.” The young woman looks…
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SOLO TO BEIJING
I grew up in the United Kingdom. When I was a little girl, I had a giant oversized world map adorning my wall instead of boy-band posters or a kitten on a rainbow. Every time my parents took me someplace I would peel off a gold sticker and gleefully mark the new discovery on my map.…
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A WALK THROUGH LEWIS CARROLL’S LIFE IN GUILDFORD
The Walrus and the CarpenterWalked on a mile or so,And then they rested on a rockConveniently low:And all the little Oysters stoodAnd waited in a row. “The time has come,” the Walrus said,“To talk of many things:Of shoes—and ships—and sealing-wax—Of cabbages—and kings—And why the sea is boiling hot—And whether pigs have wings.” “But wait a…
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WHAT DOES TRAVEL MEAN?
Travel doesn’t have to be big. Travel doesn’t have to take a long time to plan. Travel doesn’t have to break the bank. Travel doesn’t even have to involve anyone else you know. That person you always wanted to be, that experience you always wanted to have, that place you always wanted to go, that…
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A WOMAN READY FOR ANYTHING
Helen Todd combines her career in Public Relations with a passion for whitewater kayaking. She’s served in leadership positions in both worlds–she’s a member of PRSA, PRCA, and holds an APR, as well as serving as past president of the Birmingham Canoe Club. Helen is devoted to bringing others to her sport and is a level IV…
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FLORIDA’S HISTORIC FISHING VILLAGE
The beach is the first thing most folks notice about Destin. The sparkling white sand is so soft and fluffy that it squeaks when you walk on it. The fine quartz crystals were once the rocky mountaintops of the Appalachians, washed away by eons of rain and rivers, and settled along this shore by clear…
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A WOMAN’S GUIDE TO A CLASSIC AUSTRALIAN ROAD TRIP: CRUISING THE STUART HIGHWAY
I dreamed of seeing herds of the fabled wild camels. When I drove along the Stuart Highway, Australia’s only 2,834 kilometer route connecting Port Augusta in South Australia to Darwin in Northern Territory, I watched the highway shift from the deep-red sand of the center of the country to the lush crocodile-rich Top End without…