The Chester 2017 summer theatre festival was in full swing.  We chose the matinee performance of “The 39 Steps”; a melodrama adapted from the 1915 novel by  John Buchan and the 1935  film by Alfred Hitchcock. Continue reading Chester and the Summer Theatre Festival →

If you are hunting down local lobster dinners, you have to go to the Shore Club.  Prince Phillip and Princess Di did.  It is the hub of social life in its neck of the woods. Continue reading Shore Club Lobster Dinners →

The maritime provinces are where you find seafood so fresh, pulled from the sea and on your table quicker than you can say “lobster”. We have made it a point to try ’em all.  Now that we got our proper instruction on “how to eat a lobster” at the Social Club, we are ready to dive in at Halls Harbour. Continue reading Halls Harbour Lobster Pound →

The hot new thing (really an old thing back for an encore) is HARD apple cider.  We went to Wolfville, a university town, to try some. Continue reading Wolfville and Grand Pre →

A little cottage in Indian Harbour sits on a rise overlooking a small cove.   We are about 26 miles southwest of Halifax on the eastern shores of St. Margaret’s Bay.  This will be our home base for two weeks while in Nova Scotia. Continue reading Indian Harbour, NS →

We became enchanted with the life and folk art of Maud Lewis while visiting the Art Museum of Nova Scotia in Halifax.   Here was a woman who never traveled outside two counties in her native Nova Scotia.   Yet, her art speaks to everyone. Continue reading Who is Maud Lewis? →

Want to time travel?  If you do, be sure to visit Louisbourg Fortress, founded by the French in 1713 and named for Louis XIV..  Oh, the guns are not loaded unless you want them to be….they offer the opportunity to dress in period costume and fire a cannon and musket! Continue reading Louisbourg Fortress Cape Breton →