Things to love about Oaxaca

Things to love about Oaxaca

It’s a month since I arrived back in Canada from a week in Oaxaca. I touched down in Toronto on the eve of Hurricane Sandy which, fortunately didn’t affect us much except to make the rainy, windy, dark and ominous weather in very stark contrast to the beautiful sunshine of Oaxaca. Since then, my absence … Continue reading »

The Colours of St Lawrence Market

The Colours of St Lawrence Market

I’ve written before of our love of markets as places not only for great food, but to get a feel for the centre of local life in a city. In North America, this idea is perhaps a little less pronounced. Grocery stores still dominate even in big cities, but on weekends, locals and tourists alike … Continue reading »

Tourist pictures vs. Local pictures

Tourist pictures vs. Local pictures

Eric Fischer has put together maps of large metropolises visually representing where tourists take photos, versus where locals take pictures (and how many of each they are). London‘s is particularly visually striking, just for the enormous quantity of photos taken over such a sprawling landscape. Most – the blue – are local, though it’s hard … Continue reading »

Home and Sick and Homesick.

Home and Sick and Homesick.

I’ve been MIA lately in everything regarding the internet and my computer. I haven’t written, I haven’t tweeted, I’ve barely perused Facebook. I’ve worked, I’ve spent evenings reading in bed, I’ve seen old friends, I’ve daytripped around Southwestern Ontario, I’ve had dinners out, given up coffee temporarily (and replaced it with large quantities of herbal … Continue reading »

Appendix B: Places We Would Like to Live

Appendix B: Places We Would Like to Live

(In order of appearance in our lives) What Canadians Eat: smoked meat | on Schwartz’s famous deli A week in | reflections on a week of living in London An English Weekend + the merits of tea | museums, Hyde park, a bout of rain and a spot of tea Best (and worst) of British: … Continue reading »