Solo in Paris

This time, I was flying solo. Chloe wasn’t on this trip to Paris. I was worried that I would feel lonely and spending my evenings alone. I should have known better. There’s always at least a couple people from the Paris office who are down to get a drink and have dinner. However, I was […]

Paris, France

Since you all know the drill about Paris, I’ll just talk about our day off in Paris. (We were given the option to take an extra non-working day in Paris because we were working on Family Day). Chloe had found out about a restaurant on an island and we wanted to go to it. It […]

London, England

Before heading to Paris for (another) work trip, I made a pit stop in London England to visit my friend Mara. She’s been living there since September studying for two masters degrees. She lives on the outskirts of London. My flight arrived just as the sun was rising over London. I have to say, one […]

Place #49: Brugge, Belgium

My manager was once again sending me back to Paris, so this time I decided to take a couple vacations days beforehand and go on a mini trip before heading to Paris. Since it was going to be easiest logistically to fly into Paris, I wanted to go somewhere that was relatively close. I was […]

Place #38: Harbourfront Centre Craft & Design Studio

Along with my goal of going to a new place each week, at the beginning of this year I set out to have more activities. I wanted to be a part of something: a class, a group, whatever. I looked into baking classes, cooking classes, various art classes, rock climbing gyms, sewing groups. None of […]

Place #15: Breather

I was surprised on Tuesday evening when I got a call from the woman who runs the connect group I attend, Dorcas. We had occasionally texted and said hi to each other at church, but hadn’t really chatted outside connect itself. She runs a blog and through it occasionally hosts workshops. She was calling me to […]

Place #6: Coldstream Fine Art

Friday was once again upon us, and I could count the number of times I had left my apartment that week on one hand. That’s one of the things about working from home; if you don’t pay attention, it’s easy to become a hermit. Really easy. Usually I go into the office twice a week, […]

Birmingham

On Friday, Arthur, Lynn and I went to Birmingham for the day. We wandered around a bit; Arthur and Lynn looked around in a couple stores. We went to the national Trust’s “Back to Backs”. They’re the only back to back houses left in Birmingham. Quite literally, they’re houses that share a back wall that’s only […]