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Music Monday – “I don’t know much about Cinco de Mayo/I’m never sure what it’s all about/But I say I want you/And you don’t believe me/You say you want me/But I’ve got my doubts”

Less than ten days to go… “Mexico” – Cake

¶ Posted 13 February 2017 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music, travel

Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds – Three Concerts on the Beach @davetimmexico

It was about a week before we left for the Dominican Republic in February 2015 that I stumbled upon the news that Ringo Starr was performing at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, not far from the resort we’d be at. After some quick discussion, I ended up buying tickets for my parents, Shea and […]

¶ Posted 12 February 2017 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § Photo § PopCulture § Randomness § Shea § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: allinclusive, music, parents, travel

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Another Use For a Multi-Purpose Tool? (July 2016)

Shea demonstrates another use for the multi-purpose tool she got me for my birthday last year…

¶ Posted 09 February 2017 § Family § Humour § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Shea § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: holiday, travel

Sandos Caracol! Two Weeks From Today!! (And A Bit About How To “Know Before You Go”)

Because the Internet – everything from YouTube to Instagram, TripAdvisor to Twitter, mommy bloggers to travel bloggers and much much more – allows you to get a sense of travel destinations before you go, I sometimes think the anticipation of a trip is (almost) as good as the trip itself. Okay, maybe not… 😉 (Oh, and if you find […]

¶ Posted 08 February 2017 § Family § MemoryLane § Pace § Sasha § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: allinclusive, holiday, travel, twitter, youtube

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Our Mexican Wedding (March 2003)

We leave for Playa Del Carmen in three weeks. Over the past few years, we’ve had a handful of tropical trips, we’ve been back to Mexico once but haven’t been back to near where we were married in fourteen years (this time, we’re at a resort just north of Playa Del Carmen, last time we were […]

¶ Posted 02 February 2017 § MemoryLane § Photo § Sasha § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: holiday, parents, travel

Saturday Snap – Rub-A-Dub-Dub

¶ Posted 21 January 2017 § Family § Humour § Pace § Photo § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) °

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – New Years Eve Countdown, Iberostar Varadero (December 31, 2015)

Hard to believe that just over a year ago, we were celebrating New Year’s Eve in Cuba!

¶ Posted 05 January 2017 § Family § MemoryLane § Pace § Sasha § Shea § Video § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: allinclusive, food, holiday, language, parents, travel, xmas

Five Star @SparkleTour #yqr @ctvregina

Thanks to the good folks at SparkleTour.ca, it’s super-easy for anyone in Regina to plot out a tour of some of the best light displays our city has to offer – you can find the ones nearest you or, as we did tonight, plot a route to all of the ones that have achieved a […]

¶ Posted 22 December 2016 § Family § MemoryLane § Randomness § Saskatchewan § Shea § Xmas ‡ Comments (4) ° Tagged: cool, holiday, music, saskatchewan, travel

Radio Garden: Listen To The World

This should probably be a Friday Fun Link but it’s so cool, I wanted to share it right away. More than a streaming service, Radio Garden allows you to easily move from radio station to radio station around the world in a very intuitive, easy-to-use fashion (although Chrome has WebGL disabled by default so you’ll either […]