How much is too much? How many press releases does it take before it all begins to blur? My inbox is stuffed and here are some excerpts from a few of the sensational news tips I am privy to: Brussels is…
Killed by Coyotes – The Risk of Hiking Alone
Just how risky is it to go off on your own? I wrote about hiking alone a few weeks back after walking in the wilds of northern Saskatchewan. I wrote about being scared of bears, of human predators, and, well,…
A Travel Writer's Lament – I'm Tired of Being Poor!
Yah, so I’m heading to the Bahamas on Monday and to Switzerland next month. My life is all icing, but at some point I want a salad. As in green. As in money to pay the rent. Is this punishment…
Six Reasons I Love Press Trips: The Debate on Free Travel Continues
Free trips! Free trips! It’s still a hot topic (see post below). I just came across a post on Gadling.com by Tom Johansmeyer called Free press travel: necessary … and certainly not evil, a well-thought out – if slightly exhaustive - piece…
Travelling Free! Ethical or Scam City?
A couple of years ago I was walking around the Annex in Toronto and ran into a man I’d met on a beach in Thailand – what are the odds? The first thing he did, after finding out I was now travel writing,…
New Zealand – Hook Up Number One
Really, it’s just a lucky thing I have an insider knowledge about the New Zealand Matchmaking Flight because how else would you know that the Bachelor show’s Jason and Molly just got engaged!!! In New Zealand!! This is huge news!!! Except…
Is that a Parrot on Your Head?
This just in! I just got a press release about Sirroco, a frisky human-loving parrot in New Zealand caught on video trying to get amourous with a zoologist. The zoologist only looks semi-interested, so perhaps we could introduce Sirocco to one of the American and…
New Zealand Matchmaking Update – Who Hooked Up?
So, were there any love matches, that’s what I want to know. The New Zealand Matchmaking flight took off on Oct 13th (read my previous post about it here) with the Bachelor’s very own Jason Mesnick and ultimate fiance-winning Molly Malaney…
Road Trips and Word Counts
The problem with writing a road trip piece is that you have to leave most of it out. Word counts (the size of an article) are getting smaller because attention spans are shrinking, advertising is down, space is limited, blah blah blah.…
Rebecca and Emma Lake
This Saturday my sister, Chicago-based artist Rebecca Perehudoff, is having an art opening at The Gallery/Art Placement Inc. in Saskatoon. Unfortunately I won’t be there, but she’ll be at the opening and you can see the work here. The paintings were inspired by…