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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…

4 min readJun 22, 2022

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The Vancouver The Guidebooks WON’T Tell You About!

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Nick Hempton

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…

4 min readApr 2, 2022

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Oysters On The Edge Of Infinity

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Nick Hempton

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…

2 min readJan 8, 2022

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Running Around in Circles

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Nick Hempton

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…

5 min readOct 3, 2021

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A Series of Minor Inconveniences: Paris-Rome-Potenza

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Nick Hempton

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…

6 min readSep 20, 2021

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A Night at the Huchette

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Nick Hempton

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…

3 min readSep 15, 2021

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A Page from the Jet Lag Diary: Paris

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Nick Hempton

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…

5 min readJun 15, 2021

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Will Someone Please Explain Florida to Me?

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Nick Hempton

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…

3 min readApr 24, 2021

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The Dough Knows: Steak and Kidney Pudding

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Nick Hempton

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…

5 min readApr 8, 2021

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Let’s Get Ready to Ramble

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Nick Hempton

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…

5 min readMar 4, 2021

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The Wonton Assassin

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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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