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Hello

May 16, 2020March 30, 2022by Meredith HardieLeave a Comment on Hello
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Thoughts

It’s beginning to look a lot like Covid

December 20, 2021March 30, 2022by Meredith HardieLeave a Comment

It’s beginning to look a lot like Covid

Hello, internet. I am writing to you from the charming village of Sunningdale, England, on my fourth day (we think) of having Covid. There are five days to Christmas and six days (maybe) left of my isolation.

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To Do

Shop local Toronto: Favourite stores

November 30, 2021April 26, 2022by Meredith HardieLeave a Comment

Shop local Toronto: Favourite stores

A list (in no particular order) of local shops in Toronto’s west end that I love and can sometimes afford.

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Travels

Copinghagen

November 28, 2018March 23, 2022by Meredith HardieLeave a Comment

Copinghagen

So far, if I were to write a “36 Hours in Copenhagen” for The New York Times, it would consist of the following: See people do heroin while en route to hostel. Eat all-you-can-eat sushi with three strangers. Drink a little too much a lot too much at The Drunken Flamingo. Go to McDonalds at 4 a.m. and accidentally offer french fries to a prostitute.

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Travels

STN > CPH

November 9, 2018March 23, 2022by Meredith Hardie1 Comment

STN > CPH

My flight to Copenhagen is boarding in twenty minutes and I still have to change terminals, legally enter the U.K., clear customs, pass security, and find the gate. How do you say “I’m fucked” in Danish?

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Thoughts, Travels

Dan-ish

November 8, 2018March 23, 2022by Meredith Hardie1 Comment

Dan-ish

I give their hands a little squeeze before letting go and looking out the window. I can’t quite believe this is happening. The sting of the shock hasn’t worn off. And it’s not the goodbye that kills me – we were always good at those – it’s the weight of not being able to say hello again that feels unbearable.

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