When my family decided to go on a cruise in July as our summer vacation, I know there was but one reason my mom chose our particular route from Montreal to Boston: She wanted to see the place of Anne Shirley’s origins. Anne played a role in both of our childhoods—I hardly know a woman [...]
Photo Friday: Montreal, Canada
August 26, 2011 By 36 Comments
Montreal is one of those cities that is pretty darn impossible not to like. I visited for the first time in 2007, found myself there on family vacation for the first couple days in July and—funny enough—am back right now, currently signing in 450 college students (and 73 lifelong learners) so we can set sail [...]
Holy Royals! My Brush with Will and Kate
July 11, 2011 By 58 Comments
I interrupt my own regularly-schedule road trip coverage to tell you about that time Kate Middleton stalked me. (True, she’s far away and quite grainy, but it is still so clearly Kate, cheap lens and pixels be darned.) You see, it all started innocently enough, eight days ago. We were just beginning a week-long cruise [...]
Lovely Lake Louise
February 1, 2009 By 26 Comments
Over the weekend, my good pal and fellow travel writer extraordinaire, Holly, experienced nearly the EXACT same itinerary around Alberta as I followed last summer when I, too, hopped up from San Francisco to Canada and subsequently fell in love with its awesomeness. Only, um not really at all, seeing as I was there in [...]
Baffled by Banff
July 28, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Have you ever been to Banff before? Because HOH MY GAWD, I want to take it behind the middle school and get it pregnant (for you 30 Rockers out there). I’ve logged visits to 44 of the 50 U.S. states, and while there are some amazingly stunning parts of my own country, I don’t know [...]
The Blue-Haired Express
July 24, 2008 By 8 Comments
Because I generally write for an older and much more affluent audience than myself, I’m accustomed to oftentimes being out-aged by decades during many of my on-assignment travels (when I’m jet-setting on my own dime, consequently, I find I’m often the oldest of the bunch because I still opt for hostel travel, a means that [...]
Oh, Canada
July 21, 2008 By 17 Comments
I’ve been to Montreal before and, as of a few weeks ago, Victoria, as well. But never Vancouver, or, I’m sorry, “North Hollywood,” as everyone kept feeling the need to remind us. Seriously, every restaurant we went to had been graced by ScarJo or Bennifer in recent weeks; hotels had dubbed certain quarters “the Halle [...]
Oot and Aboot in Montreal
September 7, 2007 By 1 Comment
Yes, I went to Canada, and yes, they really do talk like that. Well, sorta. The whole “ay” and “oot” is pretty spot on, and I was in French-speaking Montreal, not even Winnipeg. When I decided to take a random trip to Montreal for Labor Day weekend, people asked me “why Montreal?” Why not? is [...]
Featured Destination: Banff, Canada
January 4, 2007 By Leave a Comment
You’ll be hard-pressed to find a more stunning, postcard-worthy spot in North America than Canadian’s natural gem, Banff National Park. Nestled among craggy mountains, fresh-water streams, and melting glaciers, the town of Banff–located a couple hours from Calgary in Alberta–quite resembles a less snobby version of Aspen, while offering a peaceful respite from the chaos [...]
