The best weekend mornings start with a burst of invigorating fresh air, and end with a hot coffee and fresh homemade cinnamon buns… at least, that’s how our morning went last Sunday. And I would repeat it for the next thousand Sunday mornings if I could. Just before 9am, Nick and I jumped into the […]
Easy Homemade Apple Cider Recipe with NS Apples
Last Saturday, Nick and I, along with one of our friends, took a trip to Port Williams in the valley for an apple picking excursion. We had a great time at Gates U-Pick (read all about it here), and brought home 30lbs of apples between three of us… that’s a lot of apples to use […]
A Saturday Full of Nova Scotia Goodness
For the last 5 years, any time I came home for vacation or the holidays, I felt the need to cram a lot of people and activities into a short period of time before leaving. Apparently, it hasn’t quite sunk in that I’m not leaving the east coast any time soon, because I am still […]
Nocturne 2020 on the Halifax Waterfront
October is proving to be one of the best months of the year on the east coast. It’s been five years since I’ve been home in October, so I’m glad we moved back in time to experience it this year. On Friday night, it was relatively warm and there was no wind, so I thought […]
Walking off our Turkey Coma at Nichols Lake
This year, Nick and I were fortunate enough to attend four dinners during the October long weekend, three of which included turkey. This is a nice benefit of moving back home – no shortage of friends and family – but after two of four meals, we were starting to feel it. On Sunday morning, we […]
Spooky Season Ghost Stories at Citadel Hill
Nick and I have spent the last month reacquainting ourselves with Halifax, after so much time away. And one of the first spooky season things we did was as “Halifax” as it gets… Citadel Hill Ghost Tours. I have not visited Citadel Hill in a long time, and I was not disappointed. For anyone who […]
A Blustery Autumn Hike at Polly Cove Trail
It was a windy, grey Wednesday, just a few short days into freedom after 14 days of quarantine. If you’re not in the Atlantic Bubble, you may not know that anyone coming into the Atlantic provinces has to quarantine for 14 days before doing anything. I am appreciative of the rule and the security it […]
How We Got Back Here…
If you had asked me in January how likely it was that I’d be sitting in Nova Scotia by September of this year, I would have said unlikely. However, a global pandemic and a semi-quarter life crisis were excellent fuel to the fire under my butt to get back east. Now, here I am in […]