New York can be stressful. As much as I love it, moving there two and a half years ago was jarring to my Canadian nervous system. I was accustomed to the quaintness of Queen's University, Toronto Beaches and Algonquin Park -- not the incessant honking and swearing and bumping into...

It's a lucky, guilty, overwhelming feeling to be sitting in a Red Hook, Brooklyn cafe, on my laptop, well fed, well caffeinated, well clothed, and with no personal hurricane horror stories.

And...

"Oh, you're Canadian! Canadians are so nice!"

Yes, yes we are. Keep thinking that world -- but that's not all we are. We are talented, and disciplined and personable, and easy-going and really, just good at life. I love Canada and it's super nice people because while non-Canadians are thinking,...

The post-Cannes depression has finally worn off and I am ready to report with enthusiasm about this Canadian actor's New York adventures. I know, I can hear you saying "Boo Hoo, post-Cannes depression," but how would you like you to go from drinking free champagne and eating the best food...

Waiting at airport, I miss my trailer. This morning, I discovered a goat lives on the campground premise -- just when I thought it couldn't get better. Instead of befriending "la chevre," I swept the floors, scrubbed the dishes and said "Goodbye." Now, an eight-hour plane ride seems best spent...

This lifestyle feels very sustainable: non-stop film screenings, drinks and dinners, interesting people, and inspiring conversations. I ban any words resembling a complaint from leaving my lips. Although I admit I cursed the weather over the weekend. Saturday through Tuesday, it rained and poured, and rained some more.

It...

On Friday night, I met four wonderful Brits, screenwriters, directors and production managers, also staying at the campground. They have a couple of films in the Short Corner (a marketplace for short films where you pick from a catalogue of about 2,000 films from around the world and view them...

Ashley Peoples is a Brooklyn-born Toronto-raised actress who recently starred in Abigail, a film that is a finalist for The Cinéfondation Prize at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival 2012. She will be chronicling her time at festival for Huffington Post Canada.

Festival adventures are underway. There is a...

Ashley Peoples is a Brooklyn born Toronto-raised actress who recently starred in Abigail, a film that is a finalist for The Cinéfondation Prize at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival 2012. She will be chronicling her time at festival for Huffington Post Canada. Her first entry, about having to spend the...

I am a Canadian actress living in New York on my way to a trailer park in Cannes. From there, I will venture out to the glamorous Cannes Film Festival, hoping my heels don't get stuck in the grass. When they do, I will be asking the same question you...