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pamela macnaughtan

@pamelamacn.bsky.social
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travel writer + professional eater • anglo • 🚗 trips • fat girl eating • 🥐 snob • insta: urbanguidequebec & pamelamacn• #TMAC

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NPR @npr.org · 22/11/2025
A total of 303 schoolchildren and 12 teachers were abducted by gunmen during an attack on St. Mary's School, a Catholic institution in north-central Nigeria's Niger state, the Christian Association of Nigeria said. n.pr/48tDOYt
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More than 300 children were abducted in an attack on a Catholic school in Nigeria
A total of 303 schoolchildren and 12 teachers were abducted by gunmen during an attack on St. Mary's School, a Catholic institution in north-central Nigeria's Niger state, the Christian Association of Nigeria said.
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Le Devoir @ledevoir.com · 19/11/2025
Le regard de notre caricaturiste Godin sur l'actualité du 19 novembre 2025 👉https://bit.ly/49WUGIk
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pamela macnaughtan @pamelamacn.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Delighted to see my first article for Bon Appétit is live! All about maple in Quebec City kitchens – which I am now craving as I spend time with family in Ontario. #QuebecCity www.bonappetit.com/story/the-ei...
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The Eight Best Maple Syrup Dishes in Quebec City
Maple in its many delightful forms is essential to Quebec City's history. Here are the eight restaurants that best celebrate syrup's story.
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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
The story that got killed was for a podcast and I would LOVE to do more deep-dive food history stories in that medium or for magazines—just putting that out there for any editors or producers who might possibly want to chat.
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pamela macnaughtan @pamelamacn.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
I’m home with my mom, waiting for her chemo to start. We’re watching classic movies to pass time: Big Business, Baby Boom, Mr Mom, Three Men and a Baby. I need more suggestions tho… She’s wanting things to be light and fun.
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pamela macnaughtan @pamelamacn.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
I’m working on a story focused the use of maple in Quebec City restaurants (food, cocktails, beer). I’m including a mix of traditional foods and modern cuisine. Do you have a favourite maple dining experience in Quebec City? #onassignment
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pamela macnaughtan @pamelamacn.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Today I sat down with Webster, a tour guide, rapper, lecturer, author and independent historian to talk about his Black history walking tour here in Quebec City. Did you know Black history here is almost 400 years old, dating back to 1629, when the first enslaved person, an 8 year old boy, arrived.
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pamela macnaughtan @pamelamacn.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Wow. Great given its almost high season, but the strike was like 6 months long. I hope they can bounce back.
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pamela macnaughtan @pamelamacn.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
DYK: The house with the red roof is the oldest surviving house in Québec City (1690). Today it’s home to Restaurant Aux Anciens Canadiens (1966), but from 1870 to 1920 it was home to the first Black-owned barbershop – run by brothers James & John Williams, Québecers of Jamaican and Irish descent.
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pamela macnaughtan @pamelamacn.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Happy to share that I’m part of the new Québec Chapter for the Travel Media Association of Canada (TMAC). I’m in the role of President, which is both exciting and terrifying.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 08/05/2025
Conclave Selects First Chicago-Style Pope
Conclave Selects First Chicago-Style Pope
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pamela macnaughtan @pamelamacn.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Can we normalize serving cotton candy as dessert during brunch?
Seared steak topped with a fried egg and fir hollandaise served either poutine and salad. Brunch cotton candy
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pamela macnaughtan @pamelamacn.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
I find them soothing for some strange reason. I could watch Nate the Hoof Guy for hours. lol
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pamela macnaughtan @pamelamacn.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
I turn 50 in 5 months, so I’m planning a solo road trip in Labrador and Québec (and maybe Western Newfoundland).
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pamela macnaughtan @pamelamacn.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
I popped up to the roof this morning. I’ve lived in Old Quebec for 8 years now, 5 at my current address, and I never tire of this view. I love hearing the noon canon, and the church bells on Sundays. Spring means my windows are almost always open, and I wake up to the chirping of birds. #QuebecCite
View of Old Quebec from a rooftop, featuring Château Frontenac and Place-Royale
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soleil ho @soleilho.com · 21/04/2025
I’m the news editor for Chrysalis, and I’d love to get pitches on news stories from trans youth!
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Guy Thériault @guytheriault.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
The best places to eat poutine in Canada www.lonelyplanet.com/articles/bes...
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Canada: where to eat poutine
A short history of and guide to the iconic Canadian comfort food.
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pamela macnaughtan @pamelamacn.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
IDK, sometimes when I’m doing a 7-course tasting menu for $95, I don’t want to pay $80 for a wine pairing too. I’m sure a couple glasses of white wine will be fine. Let’s see how this goes. Any guesses on what the final bill will be?
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pamela macnaughtan @pamelamacn.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
I’m happy to share that I am now working in travel trade in Quebec City; planning and facilitating group tours throughout the province (and Ontario). I’m excited to work in both trade and media, promoting Canadian destinations and experiences.
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pamela macnaughtan @pamelamacn.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
I’m heading up to Saguenay on assignment in the morning and planned my route to take me past my favourite pâtisserie for croissants. I’m so excited, I don’t think I can sleep tonight.
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pamela macnaughtan @pamelamacn.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
It is wild to me that some stores no longer accept calls from customers and that the calls are routed through a call centre (which refuses to connect you to the store). I just wanted to confirm that a specific store has a battery in stock for my Macbook Pro and get a rough estimate of cost.
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pamela macnaughtan @pamelamacn.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
I’m flying to Toronto on Friday and spending three weeks with my family just north of the city. It’s been a minute. Anything new/exciting I should venture into the city for?
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Jodi Ettenberg @legalnomads.com · 25/01/2025
Given that there’s a pause on FDA comms right now, it may be useful for Americans to sign up for Canadian recalls, since many products are sold in both countries. Eg fellow celiacs, this may clue you into products to watch out for on the US side too: recalls-rappels.canada.ca/en/subscribe
This image is a screenshot from the subscribe page of the recalls newsletter, sign up form from Health Canada
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Geraldine @everywhereist.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
This is fucking terrifying. They are doing the Nazi salute. They are working from the Nazi playbook. There is an end to this that we've seen before and we need to start talking about it right now.
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pamela macnaughtan @pamelamacn.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
I’ve loved Instagram since day one, but man, Meta is making things challenging. What’s the alternative? Where do I try to move my audience? I’m not ready to go, but i think I need a plan.
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pamela macnaughtan @pamelamacn.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Sad news about an iconic part of Quebec City; after 154 years in business, JA Moisan is closing. www.ledevoir.com/economie/835...
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Après 154 ans, l’épicerie J.A. Moisan met la clé sous la porte
La disparition de la plus ancienne épicerie encore en activité en Amérique du Nord marque la fin d’une époque.
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pamela macnaughtan @pamelamacn.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Around this time in 2022 it was -31°C and I took a video of the ice floe in the Saint-Lawrence River. Hearing the crunch of the ice floe was wild. I did not stay outside that day 😂.
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pamela macnaughtan @pamelamacn.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Ah yes, a *normal* winter day in January in Quebec City where it was -25°C at 7:30am. Guess who’s going to write from the pub down the street (which has a fireplace!)?
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Darcy Rhyno @darcyrhyno.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Now here’s an idea for any neighborhood with a grocery store and an interest in uber-local food. So pleased for the opportunity to write about it. #foodsecurity #locavore #groceries #Montreal #rooftopgarden #organic #garden #organicfarm #farming bluedotliving.com/canadas-firs...
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Canada’s First Grocery Store Rooftop Garden
In Montreal, there’s a grocery store like no other — the IGA Extra Famille Duchemin grows its own vegetables … on the roof!
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pamela macnaughtan @pamelamacn.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Can this sexiest man alive be Jonathan Bailey this year? The charming KING of green flags. Like, I wish I could be friends with him IRL.
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pamela macnaughtan @pamelamacn.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Someone on TikTik said they love how Spencer Pratt is so mean to everyone who’s not his wife; truer words have never been spoken 😂. That man gives zero fucks, and all the fucks.
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pamela macnaughtan @pamelamacn.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
It’s a Quebec thing – and quite tasty with maple syrup.
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pamela macnaughtan @pamelamacn.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
There is very little snow in Old Quebec right now and it’s super weird. This winter is too mild!
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pamela macnaughtan @pamelamacn.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
If your name on here shows as “Elon Musk” and you follow me, it’s an instant block.
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pamela macnaughtan @pamelamacn.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Towards the end of last year I started a newsletter. I wanted a space to write about fatness, travel, food, and life as an anglophone in Quebec – without having to maintain another website. open.substack.com/pub/pamelama...
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A Fat Woman's World | Pamela MacNaughtan | Substack
Coucou! I'm a fat woman with big boobs (locking in that extra fat look, ha!), and anglophone living in Quebec City. This is where I chat about food and culture – as well as living and travelling while...
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pamela macnaughtan @pamelamacn.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Hear me out… Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper host the Emmys with copious amounts of champagne. 🍾 🎤
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pamela macnaughtan @pamelamacn.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
YES to this!!
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pamela macnaughtan @pamelamacn.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
This is my dad, the salesman with a wild sense of humour who was commonly known as ‘Captain Coleman’. (The camping equipment company, not the hot mustard -which he also loved)
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pamela macnaughtan @pamelamacn.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Today would be my dad’s 89th birthday. It’s hard to believe that in March it will be 10 years since he passed away. It sounds like a big number, but it’s also so incredibly fresh. The periods of numbness increase as time passes, but the waves of devastation still topple me from time to time.
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pamela macnaughtan @pamelamacn.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Guys, TikTok cannot be banned in the US until EastCoastDIY finishes their crazy big house build. I’m too invested at this point.
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Montreal Gazette @mtlgazette.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Phase 1 of Quebec City tramway project will cost $7.6 billion, open in 2033 www.montrealgazette.com/news/provin…
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Phase 1 of Quebec City tramway project will cost $7.6 billion, open in 2033
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Kirsten @kirstenalana.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Downtown LA’s the Last Bookstore was an immediate favorite the first time I visited & I’ve continued to follow owners Josh & Jenna Spencer while they opened new stores. I can’t wait to visit the newest in Studio City starting Dec 14: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
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The Last Bookstore Studio City sets its opening date
The Last Bookstore defies the e-commerce trend and prepares to open a new bricks-and-mortar outpost in Studio City. 'The desire of Gen Z to have physical media is part of it,' the owner says.
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pamela macnaughtan @pamelamacn.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
1. Why am I just learning about the movie Carnal Knowledge (1971)? 2. Also, this casting is eclectic: Jack Nicholson, Candice Bergen, Ann-Margaret, and… Art Garfunkel?
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pamela macnaughtan @pamelamacn.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
It’s been a bad week, so I walked around my neighbourhood in Old Quebec City this morning at 8am.
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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
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pamela macnaughtan @pamelamacn.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Solo for Christmas this year and trying to figure out what to cook/bake. Any suggestions on foods that won’t cost me a fortune?
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pamela macnaughtan @pamelamacn.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
I totally forgot that my building is testing the fire alarms for a couple of hours today and almost had a heart attack just now. Holy fuck.
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a cat is playing with a cucumber in a kitchen
ALT: a cat is playing with a cucumber in a kitchen
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pamela macnaughtan @pamelamacn.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Migraines, brain fog, extreme exhaustion and bouts of sciatica are really f-ing with my productivity this month. Please, can I have a normal body and brain for a bit. I am so behind on things.
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pamela macnaughtan @pamelamacn.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
If I had a tree, this is what I’d want. All bacon, all the time.
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pamela macnaughtan @pamelamacn.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
I’m hate asking for help, so I’ll mull things over for a few weeks. Can I do it myself? Do I really need help? If I ask for help and a friend says “yes”, great! If 2+ weeks pass without their help, I’ll find a way to do it myself. Them being annoyed by that is not my problem. (Right?!)
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