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Travel, comfort food, and stories worth noticing.
Life in Pleasantville is a not-so-serious guide to Canadian travel, comfort food, and midlife realness. I’ve been writing here since 2011—pull up a chair and stay awhile.
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I Wasn’t Even Paying Attention, and Then Suddenly I Was
A few months ago, I was driving in the car with the CBC …
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There’s a good chance I’m hanging out in one of these places right now.







































