Discovering Naija’s vibrant roots
On a balmy Wednesday morning in November 2021, while staying in Victoria Island, Lagos, we visited the Nigerian National Museum. The museum was rich with artifacts from [Read more]
Photography
The beauty and the birds of Witless Bay
Way back in 2018 -- oh, remember those glory days before corona -- I meant to share a bit about our adventure along the Atlantic Coast while we were road tripping through [Read more]
Eat, grieve, love. Remembering how beautiful life is in Italy
The last few years have been hectic. HECK-TIC! My partner Chuck and I have been furiously renovating our new home, figuring out how to parent teenagers and also figuring out [Read more]
On the road again: How to plan a memorable road trip
In early June, we embarked on our latest Canadian road trip, this time to the furthest eastern part of North America: Newfoundland. This was our last province to tackle [Read more]
Do things with your mom
"Could we have a day?" That was my mom asking my sister and me if we could spend a full day touring Maui together on our last family vacation. We were completely taken [Read more]
Get your motor running
Well, hello friends, it's been awhile, hasn't it? Sometimes I think I could be a decent travel blogger and then reality hits when I realize it's been four months and I've [Read more]
Cliffs and castles and puffins and cows
Tour buses suck. They just do. No human wants to be treated like cattle, yet that's how most of those tours work. However, sometimes they're necessary when you need to [Read more]
Live fast, have fun, be young in Dublin
I'm not sure what to think about Dublin. I arrived with preconceived notions of what I thought this city would be like and each one of those notions was [Read more]
11 reasons why you shouldn’t visit The Highlands
Dark colours, crumbling castles and unkempt creatures are all part of the supposed "charm" of The Highlands. After a three day whirlwind of a tour, I can safely attest that [Read more]
It’s not the camera, but who’s behind it
On a cloudy, windy morning in Edinburgh -- they have a lot of those -- I met up with James Christie of Edinburgh Photography Tours to walk the town, take in a bit of history [Read more]
10 wonderful places to look up
Look up! It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a gargoyle? Some travellers like to take photos of doors, some prefer the all-selfie route, but for me, my favourite perspective looks [Read more]
Make democracy great, period
Greetings from DC, land of the free, home of the brave and currently run by the clinically insane. When I mentioned to people our Girls Trip was tackling DC this year, [Read more]
My life…in travel books
Three amazing adventures happened in 2015. I flew to Maui with my best friends, hit up San Francisco with my mom and sisters, and spent a weekend in Eastern Canada with my [Read more]
Boat day is the best day
On a sunny day in Lahaina, my bro found us a boat and took us out on the turquoise waters to spy whales, swim with the fishes and imbibe Mai Tais. It was pretty sweet.
Satisfy my soul
Do you sometimes think your tech device is getting to know you a little too well? Like freakishly so? This actually came across my mind on the last day of my latest travel [Read more]
