Let’s just call it like it is — I’m a bit of a lobster roll connoisseur around these waters. At least when it comes to Southeastern and Southern New Brunswick. Over the years, I’ve made it my mission to try as many lobster rolls as I possibly can across this…
How lucky are we in New Brunswick to be home to one of the most dreamiest seaside towns in the world? Charming and picturesque, St. Andrew-by-the-Sea. If you’ve already visited, you know how perfect this town truly is and if you haven’t, well — there is a whole lot of…
Twenty-five years ago, my parents first brought me to Grand Manan Island. Never in my wildest dreams could I have imagined that twenty-five years later, it would become our second home. Perhaps one of New Brunswick’s best-kept secrets or hidden gems, the Queen of the Fundy Isles is the kind of…
Grand Manan Island is one of those places that quietly stays with you long after you leave. Maybe it’s the salt air, the slow pace, the dramatic cliffs and foggy mornings, or the feeling that life moves a little differently out here in the Bay of Fundy. Over the years,…
New Brunswickers know… There’s just something about a coastal takeout window that feels right. It’s the paper plate piled high with seafood. It’s the echoey speaker when they finally call your order number. It’s the gulls circling overhead, hoping for a dropped fry or two. And it’s most definitely the…
It’s a rarity that I learn something new about oysters, but here’s something that stopped me mid-slurp: before New York City earned its famous nickname as The Big Apple, it was known as The Big Oyster. Not surprisingly, I love this fact unreasonably. And honestly? Same, New York. Same. I…
When the world came to a standstill in 2020, Maritimers were quietly handed an unexpected invitation: an invitation to rediscover home. With borders closed and trips to faraway lands undone, we started exploring our own provinces in ways that many of us never had before. We followed winding coastal roads,…
