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Ottawa’s newest brewery evokes Old-Ottawa charm – talking beer with Dominion...
It was arguably the most perfect day to visit a brewery. The brewery in question! The sun was beating hot and heavy, my car windows were rolled all the way down, and I was hollering along to some...
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Kathmandu to Hong Kong: Culture shock central
Hi all, Part of me wishes (and will always wish) I was still in one of the two places mentioned in the title of this blog post. International travel is an intoxicating mix of new encounters and...
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Cultural identity conundrums
In my last post, I mentioned I would be talking about culture and cultural identity sometime in the next to near future. Well now’s the time – the wee hours of a Wednesday night, sleepless...
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One Year
Last year at this time I was on a plane across the world. November 5, 2013 was when the great adventure that was Nepal began. It was my new chapter, my new start, exactly what I didn’t know I needed. I...
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Vignette #1: That Old House
This is the first in a series of short reflections I’ll be posting in the coming weeks. I’ve always enjoyed writing vignettes – small snippets that capture a very specific moment in time, a person, or...
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The Familiar Feeling Of Leaving
I’m bad at goodbyes. I’ve had to say a lot of them this week, and it’s not the first time. It was two years ago to the day that I left for Nepal on a one-way ticket. Two years later, a lot has changed....
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How biking is helping me break stereotypes & travel safer in Dar es Salaam
A solo Friday night bike ride at Coco Beach, Dar es Salaam Cycling has always made me feel free. In Ottawa my bike is what gets me from Point A to Point B, from friend to family, grocery store to...
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Walking a Fine Line
An invisible line became visible shortly after I came to Tanzania. That line has been there my entire life, but I’ve always been so detached from it that I haven’t noticed its presence. Until now. This...
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Reflections on Ireland: On growing old and growing up
There are certain things I have no choice but to do. One is a childhood beach ritual, a request kid Hilary made to all future iterations of herself. It starts with a story. Every other summer when I...
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Saturday cycles in Mwanza and an unexpected lunch
There’s eating local, and then there’s buying fresh Nile Perch from the edge of Lake Victoria and carrying it 17 kilometres home, strapped to the back of a bicycle. I’ll give you one guess as to how I...
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Vignette #2: Abandoned adventures along the road less travelled
Remember how a long, long time ago I promise to begin posting a series of vignettes? Yeah? Well this is #2. My first one was about the sensation of returning to my Gramps’ house several years after his...
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The Precipice of Fear, AKA how you know you’re doing your most important work
For the past three years, the Istanbul airport has been the gateway to many fears. It was through here where I first flew when moving to Tanzania in 2015. It was where I passed through again eight...
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How biking is helping me break stereotypes & travel safer in Dar es Salaam
A solo Friday night bike ride at Coco Beach, Dar es Salaam Cycling has always made me feel free. In Ottawa my bike is what gets me from Point A to Point B, from friend to family, grocery store to...
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