A storytelling home by Léa Plourde-Archer

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She/her. Montrealer. Full-time freelance content creator, blogger and translator (French to English/ English to French). Currently working on several manuscripts about the life of composer Violet Archer (my great aunt).

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  • Travel top 5: One accomodation: Hostel Mostel, Sofia, Bulgaria

    I started the travel top 5 last week by talking about one of my top destinations, Britanny. The next question I’d like to cover is the top accomodation I’ve had the chance to sleep in during my travels. Out of dozens of hotels, B&Bs and youth hostels, Hostel Mostel in Sofia, Bulgaria, came out on…

  • Travel top 5: One destination: Brittany, France

    For this new post I was inspired by the 5 questions that Unique travel guides publish on their Facebook pages when they ask random bloggers and travel writers about their favorite spots. So far in my life, I’ve been to 13 countries, stayed in dozens of accommodations, tasted a multitude of dishes and drinks and…

  • Challenging food: how to use Swiss chard in recipes

    Swiss chard is one pretty vegetable, with bright green leaves and stalks that grow in various shades of white, red, pink, orange or yellow. Prior to setting sight on one of these multicolored bouquets, I’d never felt compelled to try to cook Swiss Chard because they had never been easily available to me. When we…

  • Five artists to discover: May 2013 edition

    This is my third monthly list of the music that’s been playing on my Ipod in the last few weeks. (Click the links to check out the lists for March and April) Once again, expect a diverse mix with artists hailing from all parts of the world! N.O.H.A The acronym N.O.H.A. stands for Noise of…

  • Picture post: Ile Sainte-Marguerite, near Cannes

    We visited the city of Cannes when we lived in the south of France for 4 months. Our day-trip happened in December, way off-season in terms of tourism. This meant that there wasn’t much to do. Cannes is a typical French Riviera town but with more cardboard cutouts of George Clooney and over-sized posters with Marilyn Monroe’s face on…