I just came back from my trip to Vancouver last weekend. There were a number of things that I needed to take care of while I was there, the most important being that I was attending a friend’s wedding. We have been friends for more than 14 years, since she was 15 and I was   Read More …

I am going to Vancouver later this week to attend a friend’s wedding.  While I am there, I will also meet up with another high-school friend whom I have not seen for over a decade.  He had just recently (i.e. last month) announced to me that he is gay.  And over the last few days we   Read More …

Travelling by myself is lonely.  I feel that loneliness every time a go to a conference, or even when I travel alone to friends’ weddings.  As I have pretty much expected, this trip to Hawaii was no exception.  Aside from the first night in Honolulu, when I was just completely exhausted from all the travelling,   Read More …

I am now safely back in the comforts of my own home in Toronto, although I don’t believe my home can ever be as “comfortable” as my super-luxurious room at the Sheraton Waikiki (albeit the decor was a bit dated).  But while coming home means coming back to all my responsibilities here, it’s good to   Read More …

Exactly 2 months after going to the research conference in Montréal, here I am again, on the road, presenting another paper of the same research topic, this time in the very pretty city of Honolulu.  Of course, like all the conference I go to, Kate comes along too.  During the Montréal conference, I had this   Read More …

So the conference is over…and not a minute too soon. In fact, the last keynote lecture ended a full 30 minutes behind schedule. It seemed to be the theme of the whole conference that most people aren’t very keen on keeping track of time properly. Nevertheless, I’m glad that it’s all over now, and that   Read More …

Yesterday all thoughts of being a girl had to be put aside. I had to give a presentation (obviously not giving the presentation as a girl) of my work. It went quite well, although my session was in the biggest room and the microphone I had to used made me nervous. I was also in   Read More …

My second day in Montréal (the first full day really) is also the first day of the conference. I’m glad that I haven’t tried to attend the conference en femme, and to alter my name tag, because out of the more than 200 conference attendees, there were no more than 15 women. Everyone would have   Read More …

I’m in Montréal right now. Today is the first day of a conference that I am attending.  As I was getting ready for this trip, I realized that Katie has never been to Montréal before! Okay, so I have been to Montréal many times, just not as Katie. It’s time to take her there! The   Read More …

I spent the Victoria Day weekend home in Vancouver to attend a friend’s wedding. I haven’t been spending much time in Toronto in the last few weeks, but it’s still a great relief to be somewhere nicer than The Big Smoke.  And aside from a few minor responsibilities at the wedding banquet, I was on   Read More …