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6,000 feet of rocks and stuff

This is more than a day late, yada yada, I know. I’ve just been trying to increase the level of suspense. Really. So let me tell you a little story about two girls who didn’t know each other very well and decided to hike the tallest mountain in the NE and then almost died (not […]

My Montreal Bucket List

Okay, so you may or may not know that I have been living in Montreal for a little under a year now. During my time here, I have gotten to experience a number of things: I have been ice-skating at Parc la Fontaine, I have been to the Biodome, the Insectarium, Parc Mont Royal (a […]

Vacation in your backyard

You may or may not have noticed that I didn’t put up a Travel Thursday post last week. I was also more behind than usual on my Music Monday post, which held me up on the Thursday one, sorry about that! (Since I know all of you are just dying to read my blog, I […]

Winnipeg’s a small place

Recently, I have hit a wall with my guitar playing: I love to play, and the simple things are getting easier for me. I am improving at singing/playing simultaneously, and I’ve learned a new blues chord progression (thanks to my friend Kevin). But I keep coming back to the same problem: I don’t know any […]

Keren Ann’s Trumpet Player

Before I begin, I just want to apologize for the tardiness of this post. I went to see Keren Ann at the Montreal Jazz Festival (more on that next week) this past Monday night. I had intended to write about her for Music Monday – you know, do what I usually do, write the post […]

Adorable Children Multnomah Falls

Fallin for Multnomah

Last month, my friend Nick and I flew across the country to Portland, Oregon to surprise our friend Carly on her birthday. Luckily, it was a last minute decision (we found super cheap tickets on Kayak.com less than two weeks before leaving!) because if we had been planning this for a while, there’s no way […]

Lachine, QC: Parc René Levesque

The other day, my friend Chelsea and I left busy Montreal on a mission to find the Montreal MegaReuse Center and some used furniture to repurpose. A few wrong turns, and some very confused pedestrians later, my SC-plated car pulled into the warehouse parking-lot, and we descended on the place like lions on a gazelle. […]

This town called Burlington

A week or so ago, I visited beautiful Burlington, VT right alongside Lake Champlain. I didn’t realize this, but apparently Burlington has been suffering from massive amounts of flooding lately. Due to the snow melt and a ton of rain, Lake Champlain has gotten up to 3 feet over its normal level, flooding neighborhoods, the […]

Hidden Gems

In keeping with my new Music Monday trend (of writing the blog an hour into Tuesday and then pre-dating it), I thought I’d share with you this amazing store I happened upon today in Burlington, VT. Located just off Burlington’s beautiful Church Street in the picturesque downtown area, Burlington Records is no doubt a favorite […]