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One thing about me is that I’m going to claim at least four cities in the PNW as my hometown, sorry about it! Bellingham was such a delight - a million thanks to Micah Jones from Cafe Blue for moderating and to @Village Books and Paper Dreams for having us in their space! Styling: @LaurenWalkerLee Suit: @Meg

Come for the book reading, stay for the finger pistols at the end 🤠 What a delight to celebrate with my Vancouver loved ones! Thanks to Amanda Smith from @mondaycreative for moderating such a beautiful tribute and conversation. I found out way later that this apparently was the most attended author event at @Indigo Robson ??? (I heard this from family so maybe they’re just pumping my tires 🤷🏼‍♀️) 📍: @indigo.ca Stylist: @LaurenWalkerLee Outfit: @Meg (is this my most favorite thing I’ve ever wor

We need to hear more love stories - I write about all the different kinds of love in ‘The Table Where We Meet’ - love that barely arrives and well-worn love and best friend love and brotherly love and almost-not-quite-was-that love. Tell me a love story. How did it change you? How did it change the way you understand love? #lovestory #bestfriends #platonic #surprising #meetnewpeople

Toronto’s launch was nothing short of magical — the most genuine, tender celebration with so many loved ones absolutely glowing from the inside-out. @iamjamgamble took the reigns as our moderator, insisted that I go take a soul break before we started, and then double insisted on a walk-in grand entrance to a standing ovation… I’ve truly never experienced that level of joyous, raucous care. A moment I’ll never forget. THE Ryan was front and centre, and I couldn’t look at him without crying. Loo

My face has never been so clean 😅🙈💀 #fail #embarrassing #lol

Braking news 🚙🚙🚙 We had a wild ride (that could’ve been way more wild in a bad way!!) right when we got to Sonoma 😅😅 the moral of the story is check your tires, check your brakes, make a fuss, carry your paperwork, and if you have to make 8-20 customer service calls, make sure you do it at golden hour on a ranch 😅😅 What’s the craziest thing that’s happened to you on a road trip? #roadtrip #crazystory #westcoast #wildride #disaster

Redding —> San Francisco! 🚗📘 toot toot! We’re on our way! Yesterday we were in the car for an eternity. We ate really yummy rice bowls in Portland! We ate All Of The Chips! We saw so many dear friends! We crashed at my friend Rachel’s house even though she’s glamping right now (god bless friends who just give you the code to their house!)! We crushed nine episodes of Beth’s Dead podcast (please send rec’s for episodic podcasts!!) Off to @bookpassageferrybuilding for a conversation with @eringi

And so the official road trip begins! Today’s the biggest driving day - bellingham > Portland (stop for an event > drive to Redding = many hours many kms many miles 😵‍💫😮‍💨🥴🫣 tell us what podcasts to listen to! Tell us what car snacks to get! #roadtrip #westcoast #portland #sanfrancisco #behindthescenes

Dinner With Strangers started with a few questions: how would we introduce ourselves if we didn’t say what we did for work, and if people are brave enough to share something about themselves, would we all be able to learn something about each other by the end of an evening? I host Dinner With Strangers monthly in Toronto, and I’m available to host a night of guided conversation for your own friend groups, communities, and companies too! Visit jessjanz.com or send me an email at jessjanz@gmail.c

I host a monthly dinner series called Dinner With Strangers, with the only rule being that no one can say what they do for work. Instead we talk about what we love, what’s on our mind, what we’re learning, and what we’re wondering about. When we take away our normal constructs of conversation, it’s amazing what we can learn about each other. Our next dinner is on Thursday, October 12th. Go to jessjanz.com to learn more! #askgoodquestions #dinnerwithstrangers #torontodinner #torontonightlife #