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Nick Hempton

The 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, 2022

The Vancouver The Guidebooks WON’T Tell You About!

Jun 22, 2022

Oysters On The Edge Of Infinity

Stepping 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, 2022

Oysters On The Edge Of Infinity

Apr 2, 2022

Running Around in Circles

On 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, 2022

Running Around in Circles

Jan 8, 2022

A 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, 2021

A Series of Minor Inconveniences: Paris-Rome-Potenza

Oct 3, 2021

A Night at the Huchette

The 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, 2021

A Night at the Huchette

Sep 20, 2021

A Page from the Jet Lag Diary: Paris

I 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, 2021

A Page from the Jet Lag Diary: Paris

Sep 15, 2021

Will 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, 2021

Will Someone Please Explain Florida to Me?

Jun 15, 2021

The Dough Knows: Steak and Kidney Pudding

What 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, 2021

The Dough Knows: Steak and Kidney Pudding

Apr 24, 2021

Let’s Get Ready to Ramble

The word “hike” is one that fills me with immediate and profound dismay. Like when other people hear words like dental surgery or…

Apr 8, 2021

Let’s Get Ready to Ramble

Apr 8, 2021

The Wonton Assassin

Back 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, 2021

The Wonton Assassin

Mar 4, 2021

Nick Hempton

Nick Hempton

Itinerant jazz guy. Writing when I’m not playing, eating, or drinking. Sometimes when I’m drinking. Music stuff here: https://nickhemptonband.com

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