I came to the East Coast for the first time in 1993.  The production company in Toronto that I was partners in landed a commercial for a mall in St. John NB.  After shooting the ad I decided to take a vacation and clear my head as the company and economy were not doing that well.  I drove around Nova Scotia, camping out somewhere near Keji and I ended up in Digby for two days gorging myself on scallops.  When I left it was with a heavy heart as I had fallen in love with the East Coast in the short two weeks I was there.  I couldn’t put my finger on what, but there was something that just felt “comfortable”.   

 It took five years before I got the opportunity to come back out East but it felt as if I had never left.  I have since made my home here, married, started a family and had a few adventures.  There is something special about Atlantic Canada that gets into your blood and won’t leave, even if you weren’t born here.   I think it’s a belief that no matter what happens with your job, your company, or the economy that there is still something worth while here.  Something big, yet unseen.   Something like a soul.