A new year, and a new-ish adventure. After a fifteen month hiatus, I returned to Nunavut for a 4 week work stint in Sanikiluaq. I haven’t been here since the summer of 2012, and despite the bitter cold and strong winds, I’m kind of glad to be back. I was supposed to have arrived on Monday the…

I have no idea how many restaurants/ bistros/ brasseries/ cafes there are in all of Paris, but it’s a hell of a lot. I think it’s pretty easy to become overwhelmed by the sheer amount of choice, which also makes it easy to end up inadvertently choosing poorly and ending up at some over-priced tourist…

D and I have been wearing our poppies on the lapels of our coats the past week here in Paris (they’ve taken a beating, as evidenced in the photo above). In my ignorance, I did not realize that the French do not have a similar practice in the weeks leading up to Remembrance Day, known here…

Short, pre-Christmas trip to the Pacific Northwest (American side) over the last few days. First stop was Portland, Oregon, mainly because D was going to see the Dandy Warhols in concert. To eat: Ken’s Artisan Pizza Voodoo Doughnut (we didn’t actually eat here, but every time we passed the tiny shop, there was a significant line-up)….