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Music Monday – “What’s the reason why/Da Vinci had to paint/Lennon had to write/About peace”

Remember how, in the old days, you’d try to maximize your $14.99 (or $19.99 or more!) when buying a cassette or CD? To do this, instead of blowing your cash on an album by a single artist that might only have 1-2 songs you like, you’d pick an album with a title like “Biggest Chart Toppers […]

¶ Posted 02 March 2015 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: allinclusive, music

Saturday Snap – Farewell to #PuntaCana #grandpalladium

Back from our week long holiday in the Dominican Republic and now the long sad process of unpacking and downloading all the pictures we took and catching up on neglected stuff at home begins. We’ll likely get a fuller album up on Facebook eventually but here’s one shot of us from the week taken by the […]

¶ Posted 28 February 2015 § Family § Pace § Photo § Sasha § SaturdaySnap § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: allinclusive, cute, holiday, travel

Weird Thoughts You Have While Flying

Very likely that there will be a week long blog holiday as we leave for the Dominican Republic tomorrow for a week’s holiday…

¶ Posted 18 February 2015 § Family § Humour § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: holiday, travel

Travel Planning, Coincidence and (Another) Once In A Lifetime Experience

Recently, at my library, I delivered a program called “Trip Planning 2.0: How To Research Your Vacation Online” where I gave registrants a “guided tour” of some the most useful sites for trip planning, both well-known (Google, TripAdvisor) and lesser-known (Reddit, FourSquare). (The program was basically an expanded version of a blog post I did […]

¶ Posted 17 February 2015 § Library § PopCulture § Technology § Video § Work ‡ Comments (5) ° Tagged: allinclusive, cool, holiday, music, travel

Music Monday – Bachata Dancers in the Dominican Republic

¶ Posted 16 February 2015 § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: holiday, travel

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Our Tropical Vacation History

Some people go every year, some people go whenever they can afford it, and some people will never go to one, thinking they’re fake, inauthentic holidays. Shea and I are in that middle category – though we don’t go every year [edit: I lied – as of January 2020, we’ve been five years in a […]

¶ Posted 12 February 2015 § MemoryLane § Photo § Sasha § Shea § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (4) ° Tagged: allinclusive, holiday, travel

In one word, the temperature in Punta Cana is…

Consistent!

¶ Posted 11 February 2015 § Infographic ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: allinclusive

The Dominican Republic

On our trip next week (next week!), I don’t think we’ll so much as leave our all-inclusive resort for a city tour or a catamaran excursion. But perhaps next time…