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Category Archives: Travel writing
I write both editorial and branded travel content. I’m a member of the Travel Media Association of Canada and have won three national travel writing awards.
For HOG Magazine Canada: Exploring Ronda
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For Roads and Kingdoms: Finding the Perfect Cocktail and the Perfect Retirement Goals in One Day
I first spotted the curious restaurant while walking with my mom along the waterfront just north of Nice, France. Perched on a tiny rock pillar out in the sea, it was impossible to miss. But it was not a day for lingering, so we walked on, climbed up onto Mont Boron and then back down to the neighboring town of Villefranche-sur-Mer, striding past hillside homes and kitchen gardens, where chickens lounge away their days under the shade of olive and citrus trees.
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For Roads and Kingdoms: A Tiny Beer Is the Perfect Escape Hatch for Bad Bars and Bad Dates
I'd been in Madrid for a week, and I hadn't yet fallen in love. With the city, I mean. I was there with my husband—and I fell in love with him more than 10 years ago. But this city, it just didn't want to let us in…
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For YP Dine: Vancouver's best rooftop patios
After a long, soggy Vancouver winter that drizzled its way right into spring, there's nothing to perk up Vancouverites' spirits like a sunny afternoon on a rooftop patio. A glimpse of the city's killer views from any one of these perched hotspots makes all those rainy days seem like a distant memory. Grab a seat for your dose of vitamin D.
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Fodor’s Travel Vancouver & Victoria Guidebook
Canada Day seems an appropriate time to share that the new Fodor’s Travel Vancouver & Victoria guidebook is out! I had a delicious time working on the Where to Eat section for Vancouver.
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For the Vancouver Courier: Street art goes mainstream in Houston, Texas
They say that everything's bigger in Texas.
In Houston, that's certainly true of the hats, the boots and the servings of barbecue. But the saying also applies to an unexpected public art program that's taking over the streets of downtown. Recently, 100 international artists transformed 20,000 square feet of wall space into city-sanctioned street art for the second annual Houston Urban Experience (HUE) Mural Festival. Add that to the 25 walls painted for the inaugural festival last year, and it's clear that there's a Texas-sized appetite for street art in H-Town…
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For PAX Magazine: Sea, Smoke and Fire: The Ancient Seafood Traditions of Ise-Shima, Japan
For PAXnewsWest.com: YVR unveils new west coast dining experience at Lift Bar & Grill
The international terminal of Vancouver International Airport (YVR) has launched a new full-service West Coast dining experience in the form of Lift Bar & Grill, a sister location to the iconic Lift Bar & Grill in Vancouver’s Coal Harbour.
With windows onto the airport’s 114,000-litre aquarium and extensive use of wood finishes, Lift Bar & Grill highlights West Coast design – and executive chef Soojin Park’s menu selections showcase West Coast seafood certified by the Vancouver Aquarium’s Ocean Wise program.
“We try to support local suppliers,” Park said at the restaurant’s media launch yesterday. “People have a wonderful time in Vancouver, and we want them to have one last great meal before they leave.”
Park trained as a chef in Toronto and has appeared on the Food Network series Made to Order. She was sous chef at Vancouver’s La Brasserie before becoming executive chef at Lift Bar & Grill in 2010.
In addition to entrée-sized dishes, the Lift Bar & Grill menu offers an extensive share plates section, allowing passengers to share with the other travellers in their party and customize the size of their meal.
“People don’t want to have a big, heavy meal before they get on a flight,” said Bob Lindsay, owner of Lift Bar & Grill. “People seem to be really enjoying the shared concept.”
Lift Bar & Grill is part of an extensive expansion of the food and beverage options at YVR in partnership with SSP Canada. Five additional restaurants occupying a total of more than 14,000 square feet are planned through 2019, with Pajos’ Fish & Chips, Bánh Shop and Freshii slated to open by the end of this year.
“Last year, 22.3 million passengers came through this airport,” said Scott Norriss, vice-president, commercial development, Vancouver Airport Authority, noting the figure is a two million passenger increase over 2015. “We need to offer them the variety and quality of food that Lift offers.”
Sixty-two per cent of passengers purchase food and beverage at YVR, and the airport has the top concession sales per enplaned passenger in North America according to Airport Revenue News.
Like all restaurants at YVR, Lift Bar & Grill participates in the Food on the Fly program, so passengers can order meals to go in special packaging to take onboard their flight.
Lift Bar & Grill is located past security in the international departures terminal. For more information, visit YVR.ca.
This post originally appeared on PAXNewsWest.com in 2017.