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Canada 2024 Part Four: Toronto’s Chinatown, Kensington Market, St. Lawrence Market, and The Distillery District
By Michael Downing We stepped out of the subway, onto Dundas Street, turned left and walked straight into Chinatown. It was impressive: Clothing, jewelry, grocery, restaurants. They have it all. We stopped at a little souvenir place and bought some keychains and magnets for next to nothing and walked through several grocery stores, checking out…
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Canada 2024 Part Three: Growing Up ‘Canadian’ (Sports Edition); Hockey Hall of Fame (in Toronto)
By Michael Downing Raised Canadian For the record, I am not a Canadian citizen. I was born in Erie, Pennsylvania, which is along the south shore of Lake Erie, making me a citizen of the United States. However, I began to learn something about myself when I moved north of Philly 2007: I have a…
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Canada 2024 Part Two: Art Gallery of Ontario, Group of Seven Canadian Artists, KAWS
By Michael Downing When we travel, we tend to visit book stores, music shops, and art galleries. We’re both avid readers, so the pull of new titles is strong. As for music, we met in a band called Evolution Circus back in 2003–Jackie as the lead singer and me on percussion and backup vocals–so we’re…
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Canada 2024 Part One: Wayne Gretzky Estate, Fish and Chips at Grimsby, Buddhists at Brandt Street Pier, Oakville
By Michael Downing It was a beautiful July morning when drove out of Union City, Pennsylvania, toward Buffalo, New York, across the Peace Bridge, and on to Wayne Gretzky Estate. We visited the Estate last year and enjoyed it very much, sampling whiskey and vodka offerings and dining at the beautiful Trius Restaurant, directly next…
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EAPSU Slide Show: Fall 2024 @ Millersville
By Michael Downing Downing, Michael, Travel Writing Slide Show, EAPSU Conference, Millersville, Fall 2024
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OER Journalism Book through PA Adopt
By Michael Downing I recently published an Open Educational Resource (OER) Journalism book through PA Adopt.
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