Welcome back! You seem to like this blog. Why not share your favorite articles with your friends on Facebook and/or give it a Stumble? Thanks!I thought it was high time I wrapped up what I did on my June New York trip. You already know I stayed at the Pod Hotel, ate at Thai 51, [...]
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A Brooklyn Itinerary
I just took my fourth trip to New York City this summer. It was only my second time setting foot in Brooklyn. I finally did what so many New York tourists are encouraged to do: Walk the Brooklyn Bridge. The Brooklyn Bridge is one of the oldest suspension bridges in the country (finished in 1883), [...]
Travel Takeaways from Montreal
Recently I wrote about 7 Things About Travel That Stress Me Out. Little did I know how prescient that post would be for my trip to Montreal that weekend, where I experienced numbers 4, 5 and 6 from my list of 7 stressers. I also realized I missed one: When the unexpected derails your best-laid [...]
The Trans-Canada Highway: Canada’s Route 66
I have had a lifelong love affair with Canada. This may be due in part to my heritage (I am 1/8 French Canadian) or the country’s neighbor status with Vermont. I do feel as though I’ve missed out on much of Canada’s beauty, though, since my travels have only taken me to the Quebec Province. [...]
A Table for One at Thai 51
I had the best seat in the restaurant. Looking out the large front window at Thai 51, I got to watch people passing by on East 51st Street, New York City: Twenty-something visitors headed to the Pod hotel next door, he with an over-sized backpack on his back, she rolling a small suitcase behind her; [...]







