About two weeks ago one of my dearest friends arrived in Iqaluit wearing brand new boots and a look of anticipation. Her name is Danica Kwong, and I met her…
Isolation and Opportunism: Price Gouging in Rural Canada
After months of nose-to-the-grindstone, no-me-time work obligations, this past weekend I packed my bags and road tripped it to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan with my beautiful bride-to-be besty, Heather…
6 Lessons Learned from an Arctic Blizzard
Image  All rights reserved by Pat Kane Photo On January 7, 2014, Iqaluit, Nunavut experienced one of the worst blizzards in years. Winds gusted to over 87 mph, with sustained speeds of…
You Say We’re Different: Six Adorable Coastal Towns That Look Almost Exactly the Same (But Have a Lot to Offer on Their Own, Too)
Six towns on the East Coast you’ll love to love. One of the things I love about America’s east coast is the beautiful brick-lined coastal towns that make up our historic…
5 Reasons to Visit Alaska In the Winter
When most people think about Alaska, they think the following: cold, mountains, cold, bears, more cold, a certain ex-governor, and…cold. Because of this not-entirely-inaccurate impression of my beloved state, most…
A Few of the Strangest Things: On Readjustment to US Life
Giant local parking lot, with not a building or a person in sight… I recently moved back to the US after living abroad as an urban Peace Corps Volunteer in…
Why do you love traveling?
Go Girl Travel Network has arrived in São Paulo, Brazil! Isn’t that awesome? The first meetup outside of the USA was a great success. The girls from São Paulo have filled the…
One-Stop Shopping in the North: Iqaluit’s Christmas Craft Sale
If you’ve been following my column on Go Girl Travel Network, you will know that things are different in Nunavut. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the arts and…
A Go Girl Geek’s Crash Course to Conventions
Conventions are a world all their own. Image from bbcamerica.com. This past Thanksgiving weekend, The Boyfriend and I packed up the SUV and headed to Lombard, Illinois (home of the…
Homesick Holiday Help
Marseille’s Christmas market, the Foire aux Santons, is one new tradition I’m looking forward to. Photo credit: Ladmedia.fr Having lived outside of the United States for most of my life,…
Eat Your Weekend Around the World — Without Leaving Chicago
There are three things I really love about being an American. The first is our communal addiction to peanut butter and all of its manifestations. The second is our shameless…
Pumpkin Pie Thanksgiving Abroad
This year will mark my third Thanksgiving in Colombia. As a Peace Corps Volunteer, I have a conveniently large group of North Americans to celebrate with. Every Thanksgiving, Volunteers and…
Hats on Parade: Sundays in Harlem
Every Sunday morning, hundreds of tourists pour out of chartered busses on W 125th street in Harlem, with one thing on their minds: gospel music. Â The fame of Harlem’s gospel…
Got Milk Run? Why I Love Flying in the Canadian Arctic
What’s the reward for long layovers? A beautiful view. Photo by Anubha. Travelling within Nunavut is not easy: We have over 1.8 million kilometres squared of land, three time zones,…
America vs Germany
When I came to the United States last year I thought for some reason I would go back to the Western World and everything would be more or less the…