GUEST BLOG – Lisa Pasold on why September is best for visiting Paris’s glittering Belle Epoque
Paris is beautiful at any time of year, but autumn is my favourite season for conjuring the glittering world of […]
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CLASSICAL TRIVIA! – When insults were eloquent
These were sent to me by Pat Shaunessy, a fellow ex-pat from Philadelphia now living in Toronto. I asked Pat
GUEST BLOG – Gary Schoepfel welcomes you to his home field, Chicago.
For more than a decade, I have been globe trotting with Classical Pursuits. I’ve led book discussions on riverboats in
GUEST BLOG – Craig Walley invites you to explore ga·lore /gəˈlôr/ Adjective – in abundance
While I cannot invite you to Newfoundland, I can invite you to do the next best thing — journey imaginatively
Convivium, Guest Blog, Journal, Toronto Pursuits
GUEST BLOG – David Schmitt on the merits of mysteries
I love good books! I’m reading Anna Karenina right now, just for fun, but I recently finished two of Lee
GUEST BLOG – French Immersion with Sean Forester, Lisa Pasold and Ann Kirkland
In Woody Allen’s film Midnight in Paris, the central character gets into a taxi and finds himself transported back to
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TORONTO PURSUITS – Prime the pump at Stratford, July 12-14, 2013
A perfect prologue to Toronto Pursuits (July 14-19) is a weekend of world class theatre at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival.
GUEST BLOG – Rosemary Gould on Civil War trip: understanding the Confederate experience
Rosemary Gould, of Charlottesville, Virginia, will lead our trip, The American Civil War, to Richmond, Virginia from March 1-5,2013. Rosemary
ON THE ROAD WITH ANN – Early reflections on Vietnam and Cambodia, pt. 1 of 2
Our last days in Cambodia were packed with magnificent and mysterious Angkor temples and local culture. Heat and humidity sapped
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GUEST BLOG – Gary Schoepfel from the Mekong
When I travel I sometimes forget my ears. I venture out with camera in hand and eyes wide open. I
