Chester Foc's'cle Restaurant in Chester Famous for Lobster Chowder Leaving Halifax, Nova Scotia’s oldest and capital city, my first stop down Nova Scotia's Lighthouse Route was the town of Chester, where wealthy 19th-century American families went for summer getaways....
A Cocktail with Blue Curacao at the 360 Experience on the Discovery Princess Like every other foodie, I’m constantly searching for the next over-the-top experience. I look for events like cooking classes where we make fresh squid ink pasta, ocean-to-table lobster...
According to the U.S. Travel Association, in 2019, Americans left 768 million vacation days unused. Wasted. That amounts to $65.6 billion in lost benefits or an individual average of $571 in donated work time. Workers earned nine percent more vacation time in 2019...
Thousands of Wildebeest Make the Journey Each Year Giraffes on Tanzania's Northern Serengeti “We’re going to ignore the giraffes on the right,” Frances yelled over the roaring engines as we sped along the path at 40 clicks per hour. The heat poured down from the...
“Chocolate symbolizes, as does no other food, luxury, comfort, sensuality, gratification, and love.” ― Karl Petzke I get excited just thinking about all the forms that chocolate can take. In addition to the standard all-American chocolate bar, in Spain, you’ll...
Upon their arrival, the settlers found rocks rather than farmland. Although the immigrants weren’t mariners by the late 1800s, they made schooners and became fishermen. Codfish was king in those days, and Lunenburg became the fishing capital of Canada. A capital made...
Lobster Fishing Off Nova Scotia's South Shore The temperature at the dock was in the low 30s, but I wasn’t shivering. I dressed in several layers in anticipation of the colder offshore temperatures. So many layers my limbs would barely bend, making it challenging to...
