Even though Montréal is smaller than Toronto, it felt more far-flung, more congested with traffic and construction, harder to get my arms or head wrapped around. The core of Toronto is filled with historic and modern architecture everywhere, whereas Montréal has most...
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The Centre Block of Parliament Building is the main attraction in Ottawa, pictured here. Now it’s closed for renovation. I am so grateful I made it under the wire! There are still tours of the other buildings on Parliament Hill. You can get tickets online or...
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The thing I loved most about living in L.A. (more than the weather!) was living in a microcosm of everything that exists in the world. There is almost nothing anywhere on the planet that isn’t in Los Angeles in some way. But cities can be diverse and still be...
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I had never been to Detroit before, and I have been so incredibly curious about it. The photos I saw of it emptied and abandoned, and then hearing the news stories of revitalization and gentrification… I wanted to see it with my own eyes. It was more stunningly...
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Flint has been on my mind ever since its municipal water crisis. (And it’s not over!) I wanted to commune with it, even if it was just for one day. Before it was Vehicle City, Flint was Carriage Town. The original headquarters of the Durant-Dort Carriage Company,...
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Zee Frensch pronounced eet “Mackinaw,” therefore so do we, oui? Also, there are no cars!! The town is charming, charming, charming AND it is totally worth it to take one of the horse-drawn carriages around the island to see a lot of the wooded Mackinac Island State...
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