blast from the past

Last year, around this time, Jason and I headed to the Quebec City region to toodle around the nearby island of Ile d’Orleans for a story I wrote for National Geographic Traveler (March 2008). While in the area, we were also able to attend early August’s New France Festival, a five-day extravaganza that turns the […]

on stands now…

When I was a kid, I wanted to be a photojournalist for National Geographic. Last year I managed to somewhat fulfill this life-long ambition, when a story I pitched to their travel mag, National Geographic Traveler, was accepted. In August, J. and I jumped in the car and headed back to that little bit of […]