Seek new horizons. Treasure the LOVE.

There’s something special in the BVI breeze. It’s an energy that is picked up by the wind and carried throughout each of our 60 islands, islets, and atolls.

There’s in the BVI breeze. It’s an energy that is up the wind and carried each of our 60 islands, islets, and atolls.

Once you feel it for yourself, you’ll understand what makes every day here so extraordinary.

Once you feel it for understand what makes every here so

Brad Ogbonna

Photographer

Brad Ogbonna is drawn to photographing quiet, intimate moments between people. For Family Ties (p.41), he set up his camera at Tanoreen, a popular Palestinian restaurant in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, run by mother and daughter Rawia and Jumana Bishara. Ogbonna, who lives in Brooklyn, wanted to show readers the close relationship— and love—between the two generations: “I work to capture people in their truest form, their truest essence,” he says. See more of his photographs on Instagram @bradogbonna.

Jenn Ackerman

Photographer

Shruti Swamy

Writer

In My Mumbai (p.98), novelist Shruti Swamy reflects on India’s most populous city. She’s traveled to Mumbai many times, but last November, she visited for the first time after the death of a beloved family member. “It was meaningful for me to be there and to bring my daughter with me,” she says. Swamy is the author of The Archer (Algonquin, 2021). Her work also appears in the Paris Review and the New York Times. She’s currently working on a collection of short stories about motherhood.

Originally from Virginia Beach, Virginia, photographer Jenn Ackerman is now based in her husband’s home state of Minnesota. During the COVID pandemic, when lockdowns and social distancing were in place, Ackerman found it difficult to deeply engage with the Twin Cities as she once did. But for A Place to Call Home (p.88), she was welcomed into the Swedish, Hmong, and Somali communities, and got to revisit some of her favorite spots around town. “I had shot these places prepandemic and it was so good to come back to them and be reminded of how beautiful Minneapolis really is,” Ackerman says. Find her work on the Instagram account she shares with her photographer husband @ackermangruber.

Mayukh Sen

Writer

James Beard Award–winning writer Mayukh Sen is the author of Taste Makers: Seven Immigrant Women Who Revolutionized Food in America (W.W. Norton, 2021). Rawia Bishara, profiled by Sen in Family Ties (p.41), is a co-owner of the Brooklyn restaurant Tanoreen. “[In the ’90s] people from Palestine felt it was one of the few places in the city where they could get a taste of home,” Sen says. He’s currently writing two books, one focused on the Indian-born actress Merle Oberon, the other a collection of essays about American TV soap operas. Follow him on Instagram @mayukh.sen.

Contributors

CLÉMENCE GOUY Illustrator

Currently based in Amsterdam, illustrator Clémence Gouy is originally from Brittany, France, and still has a soft spot for her home country. She vividly depicted the City of Light in Gay Paris (p.37) through a tableau of cocktails and the rainbowcolored pedestrian crosswalk in Le Marais—an important landmark for the Paris LGBTQ community. “I like to see it as a visible manifestation of all the Parisian queer people who paved the way and walked these streets before,” Gouy says. She recently completed a feminist mural on a basketball court in the 11th arrondissement of the city. She has also worked for Apple, Nike, and Adidas. Find her on Instagram @clemence_gouy.

Sebastian Modak

Writer

Brooklyn-based writer Sebastian Modak was born to be a traveler: He grew up in Hong Kong, Australia, India, and Indonesia. For Where to Cruise Next (p.55), he muses on one of his latest adventures—cruising to Antarctica with tour company Aurora Expeditions. “There are so few wild places left on Earth,” Modak says. “It’s the closest I’ll ever get to being on another planet.” He also writes for the Washington Post, Condé Nast Traveler, and Lonely Planet. Keep up with his adventures on Instagram @sebmodak.

Toronto

Overrun with Blue Jays and Raptors. Well, their fans, anyway. Also known for its world-class dining, electric nightlife, and the kind of locals who take a lot of pride in sharing them.

Algonquin Park

Filled with wildlife, trails, lakes, starry skies, and countless other ways to reconnect with nature. At 7,630 km² (or about 2,946 square miles), this park is bigger than some countries.

OTTAWA

An artsy epicurean city with more than 1,000 farms in the metropolitan area alone. Roam galleries, savor the abundance of the season, or wander along the picturesque Rideau Canal.