I am a television jinx and a pop culture junkie. Most of the shows I love end up getting cancelled. Covert Affairs. Tow of a Kind. Happy Endings. Don’t Trust the Bitch in Apartment 23. Mixology. Veronica Mars. Sense a…
Turning 27
This year is going to be quite special. I will spending my 27th birthday in Istanbul! Checking off country #19 and reuniting with an old friend from my Trento days. In fact, I’m probably there now, in my fancy hotel,…
This is not about football.
I don’t like hockey. There. I said it. It might be enough to lose my citizenship, I know. Canada = Hockey. I do watch it occassionally. Two of my friends have season tickets to the Ottawa Senators, our local NHL…
This is not about books.
I have a problem. It’s a disease. I buy books. Lots of books. Right now, there is a stack of books on my night table that I am making my way through. There is a reading list on my phone, a full…
Travel Plans – 2016
Who could have guessed July would come around so quickly? Does this happen every year? Does the summer finally approach and suddenly, the days go by faster and faster, and the room keeps spinning and I am left wondering what on…
This is about bikes.
I went into this summer as a brand-new grad school graduate. I had so many plans, quite a few trips planned and I had just booked a week-long vacation in Istanbul to ring in my 27th birthday with an old…
#exposedbrick – a photo series
I am not going to lie. Sometimes, we can be a bit pretentious. I know. You are shocked. Last summer, we said something to each other that most 20 year-olds will eventually say to each other. “We should open a…
26 and a tourist in the NCR
I straddle the line between two cities. In fact, two provinces. I am currently sitting in my office in my one city of one province and I can almost see my apartment, which is located in another city in another…
This is not about pasta
I am almost 26 years old. My birthday is in a few weeks. I will finally join all my friends who have made it past the mid-point of our twenties. I live on my own in a fabulously decorated apartment…
Summer Round-Up of 2015
Summer has officially ended. It is now time for apple-picking and leaf-crunching, Sunday football night, indoor soccer games, cinnamon-dusted hot chocolates, my 26th birthday, and the return to school to finish my masters’ degree. On that last Friday, I defiantly…