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Hello New Zealand
By Darrin J. Searancke My fore-fathers were Flemish. They immigrated to Ireland in the 1500’s. and became brewers. Then due to some silly dispute over potatoes/stout, chose to sail the seas and settle in the rugged new land – well, islands of New Zealand, in 1862. I started my own world travels in 1993 – [...]
Hello East Coast
By Renée Lavallée My first memory of the East Coast was when I was six years’ old and my family packed us all into the car for the drive from small town Quebec. Our first stop was Prince Edward Island, and my only memory is of a cottage we stayed at and the sandy beaches. [...]
Dear Bermuda
By Duane Jones Dear Bermuda, For the first 19 years of my life I called you home. You had a huge influence on who I am today. Your mix of North American, British and Caribbean culture makes you like nowhere else in the world. I love that your year-round beauty is effortless to the point [...]
Hello Halifax: You can never go home
By Gail Lethbridge You’ve heard of culture shock, that sensation of alienation and dislocation that occasionally saddles the traveler. Well, what about reverse culture shock, that lesser known condition of returning home to find that it doesn’t feel like home anymore? We never think of this when we go away. We don’t realize that you [...]
Hello Toronto
[For the next couple of weeks while I'm touring around Ireland with Cokebaby and the in-laws, I've lined up a number of great East Coast Guest Posts. You'll see a number of posts about the city of Halifax and the East Coast but there's also a good mix of international experiences. I'll start off the [...]
Hello [City]
From July 7-21 I’ll be on the Emerald Isle, sipping pints of Guinness and stuffing my face with boxties (that doesn’t sound as dirty as it really is). While away I’m going to run a very special series of East Coast Guest Posts and am inviting you to write an open letter to your city. [...]
Coming up roses
Today on the dog blog we look at the age-old, instinctual habit of scent-rolling. For anyone who doesn’t have a dog in their life, this behaviour is defined by the disgusting need for a canine to smear really strong smelling things on it’s body (the source of which is usually something horrific). But what does [...]
No boys allowed
Recently, the first #halifaxchicks tweetup took place. A number of geek girls decided to give props to local tweeters one #followfriday and from that grew the discussion of having a girls’ night out. Now, male bonding seems to typically include bro codes and high impact sports. I’m not sure what would happen on a geekier [...]
How to impress someone in one dish without even breaking a sweat
Now, I haven’t been on a date in over 10 years but I do know that the old adage “a way to a man’s heart is through his stomach” stands true. But fellas, this saying applies to women, too. I’m a foodie: always have been and always hope to be. Cokebaby and I share dinner [...]
East Coast roots
Toronto is one of the most multicultural cities in the world. It’s something that I admittedly miss about that city. Being born and raised in a multicultural family had its unique ups and downs and made for a sometimes difficult time “fitting in” as a child. Well, since May is Asian heritage month, I thought [...]
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