The Queens of Egypt visit Montreal Julie Kalan July 24, 2018 4452 Statue of the goddess Sekhmet GranodioriteThebes, New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, reign of Amenhotep III (1390–1353 BCE)Credit: © Museo Egizio, Turin The Queens of Egypt, a wonderful immersive exhibit, is making...
Sampling the Tennessee Whiskey Trail – One Sip at a Time Julie Kalan April 20, 2018 5456 The Tennessee Whiskey Trail, inaugurated in June 2017, links 30 distilleries located across the state. Today I am visiting three whiskey distilleries in middle Tennessee. Jack Daniel’s Distillery – the grandda...
Music City – Nashville, Tennessee Julie Kalan March 14, 2018 6248 Like a musical Mecca, a trip to Nashville is a pilgrimage for music fans. Nashville’s most famous honky tonk - Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge. Photo: Julie Kalan Found on the Cumberland River, in the center of Te...
Coastal Wisconsin – Visiting Sturgeon Bay and Green Bay Julie Kalan February 24, 2018 9251 Sturgeon Bay – A Segway to Artsy and Quaint Located on the Door County peninsula, Sturgeon Bay offers visitors a tranquil blend of small town main street shopping, art galleries and boating. With Green Bay in o...
Saint-Malo: a seafarer’s coastal city Julie Kalan December 23, 2017 4916 Saint-Malo The Saint-Malo city flag flies proudly from the roof of the 15th century castle keep Perched upon a granite out crop, where the mouth of the Rance River meets La Manche (the English Channel), si...
December in San Antonio – TexMex Holidays Julie Kalan November 17, 2017 6539 Festivals, events and fun fill up San Antonio’s calendar each December. Here’s a look at some of the holiday highlights… La Tamalada Comadre Gloria Solis and her husband guide the Tamal making workshop at...
Rennes: Brittany’s Charming Capital City Julie Kalan September 1, 2017 8687 Located at the confluence of the Ille and Vilaine rivers, in the mid-eastern section of Brittany, lies the city of Rennes. About an hour and twenty minutes from Nantes by train, and only an hour and a half from...
Nantes – A city forever reinventing itself Julie Kalan July 27, 2017 5278 In north western France, on the banks of the Loire River sits the wildly inventive city of Nantes. Though now a part of the Pays de la Loire region, Nantes has strong historical and cultural ties to Brittany. T...
Branson, Missouri: Live Music and More! Julie Kalan June 24, 2017 5526 In December 1991, 60 Minutes declared Branson the “live music capital of the universe”. But all these years later, can Branson still claim this title and what else keeps this town of 10 500 residents’ regularl...
Chagall: Colour and Music Julie Kalan April 21, 2017 6581 The bold bright colours and repeating musical motifs that are hallmarks of Marc Chagall’s work are on exhibit at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Paintings, costumes, sculpture, ceramics, and stained glass – i...
