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Is slow travel really better for the environment?

Julia and I decided to take a bike trip through Colombia for many reasons: the country is a major cycling destination, with a culture of respect for cyclists and breathtaking, challenging terrain. It's also a country that speaks Spanish, and we wanted to be able to communicate effectively during …

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May Day Book Review

F. Scott Fitzgerald
Depicts the desperate, numb, shiftless drunkenness of poor folks in the same light as the carefree debauchery of the rich; basically an extremely condensed version of The Great Gatsby's central moral theme.

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Interpreter of Maladies Book Review

Jhumpa Lahiri
Masterful vignettes, Munro-like in their everyday accuracy. Chronicling the small hopes and setbacks of people adjusting to shifting cultures.

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Stirling Village: redevelopment without destruction

Imagine a redevelopment project that could bring 50 new apartment units and 20 new retail shops, offices, and restaurants into a neighbourhood. It doesn't sound terribly ambitious, but it could make a welcome addition to many semi-urban residential areas. Now, imagine you could accomplish this …

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