Nick HemptonThe Vancouver The Guidebooks WON’T Tell You About!Maybe I’ve got it all wrong. Sitting in a driveway, waiting for a bag to arrive. This is my day. Deep, deep in the suburbs of Vancouver, on…Jun 22, 2022Jun 22, 2022
Nick HemptonOysters On The Edge Of InfinityStepping off the afternoon train in Bayonne I was swallowed by damp. A fine wet mist hung in the air, softening edges; it smelled of salt…Apr 2, 2022Apr 2, 2022
Nick HemptonRunning Around in CirclesOn one of those disorienting days between Christmas and New Year I circumnavigated a local park in an attempt to keep my indolent, sulky…Jan 8, 2022Jan 8, 2022
Nick HemptonA Series of Minor Inconveniences: Paris-Rome-Potenza“Dear passenger, this is to inform you that your flight with us tomorrow has been canceled. Thanks for your understanding. –The Alitalia…Oct 3, 20211Oct 3, 20211
Nick HemptonA Night at the HuchetteThe Metro spat me out into the muted streetlights of the Place du Chatelet and I headed across the river. I’d been in Paris a week and had…Sep 20, 2021Sep 20, 2021
Nick HemptonA Page from the Jet Lag Diary: ParisI looked up and smiled as the lights started to swim. It was a few hours after landing, and I appeared to be at a small round table on the…Sep 15, 2021Sep 15, 2021
Nick HemptonWill Someone Please Explain Florida to Me?I’m the problem. It’s me. Florida is fine– they know what they’re doing, lumbering around blinding freeways in their hulking SUVs, eating…Jun 15, 2021Jun 15, 2021
Nick HemptonThe Dough Knows: Steak and Kidney PuddingWhat the hell was I thinking. Clearly a string of at least moderate kitchen successes had gone to my head, and I thought I was untouchable…Apr 24, 2021Apr 24, 2021
Nick HemptonLet’s Get Ready to RambleThe word “hike” is one that fills me with immediate and profound dismay. Like when other people hear words like dental surgery or…Apr 8, 20211Apr 8, 20211
Nick HemptonThe Wonton AssassinBack in my dim dark past, my pre-viral salad days, I was a hired gun. A heartless mercenary offering my services to the highest bidder…Mar 4, 2021Mar 4, 2021