A running list of everything I love in Vancouver, BC (in other words, a city guide)
Another city guide from me to you! My credentials are living in Vancouver for two years during the pandemic (at first reluctantly, then finding it difficult to leave), having met some “locals”, and doing a fair amount of research, trial, and error on my own. This guide includes my favorite cafes, restaurants, breweries, wine bars, cocktail bars, food courts, and thrift stores!
Kicking off the new year in subzero Calgary, Alberta
Went with zero expectations, left impressed with great restaurants. With that bar scene, there’s SO much potential for YYC in the summer.
The age of uninnocence at Blue Hill Farm
I’ve never jumped to write about a trip so quickly since I started this blog. The past two days were everything, and nothing was the same ever again. Blue Hill Farm at Stone Barn is just better than me in every way. This was, in Carrie Bradshaw’s words, the age of uninnocence.
Big Easy Weekend in New Orleans
I traveled to New Orleans for the first time back in 2018. It was my first big girl trip, funded entirely by myself, setting up my first Out of Office notice as corporate fresh meat. My friend and I planned on attending Buku, a 2-day music and arts festival, and otherwise indulging in Cajun food and beignets over an extended weekend.
One Summer Afternoon On Salt Spring Island
What better way to start the summer off than an island road trip?
A Long Weekend Of Cows, Hops, and Laughs In Vermont
October is the prime foliage month, so me and a few girlfriends from college took a day off and packed into two cars for a leaf-peeping weekend in Vermont. Brutal is trekking from Brooklyn to Newark Pennsylvania Station at 4am in the morning, but if that’s what it takes to escape from the city for a little bit, so be it.
In Montreal, Layering Is A Method Of Survival
One of the most surprising things about the Montreal food scene though is that there are so many vegetarian restaurants. Maybe it’s to balance the rich, fat-dense French/Quebecois cuisine, or maybe Montreal is just more health-conscious than Brooklyn can ever dream to be.