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Saturday Snap – On the Plane on the Way to Punta Cana

We forgot to get before & after pics like we did on the way to Cuba but here’s a photo of us on the way to Punta Cana… On The Plane to Punta Cana

¶ Posted 07 March 2015 § Family § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sasha § SaturdaySnap § Shea § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: holiday

Behind The Scenes at a 5-Star All-Inclusive Resort on the Mayan Riviera

After our recent holiday, I was interested in learning more about these mega-resorts (practically mini-cities) operate. This article provides a great overview on this subject, giving a behind-the-scenes tour of the same chain we stayed at in the Dominican Republic but from their Mayan Riviera complex.

¶ Posted 04 March 2015 § Jobs § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics, health, holiday, travel

Q&A With the Selfie Stick’s Unsung Canadian Inventor

These things (presumably some originals and some knock-offs) were fairly common sights in Punta Cana though not ubiquitous by any measure either.

¶ Posted 03 March 2015 § Canada § Technology § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics, travel

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 § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: 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 § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: cute, 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 § Travel § Video § Work ‡ Comments (5) ° Also tagged: cool, holiday, music, 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 […]