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Saturday Snap – Some More Dominican Republic Pics (From A Waterproof Camera)

My waterproof camera started acting up halfway through the trip – not quite dead but definitely not working well either.  So once it started being tempermental, I stopped using it in the water. Luckily, my mom brought a disposable waterproof camera so we had a few other water pics… Shea loves my Tom Cruise circa […]

Posted 14 March 2015 § Family § MemoryLane § Pace § Sasha § SaturdaySnap § Shea § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Five Funniest Moments During Our Trip To The Dominican Republic

Before the trip, Pace and I kept playing The List Game (“Name five things you’re going to do on the beach”, “Name five things you’re going to eat at the buffet”, “Name five things you’ll do on the plane”) and that’s continued after our return home. Tonight, we (okay, mostly *I* since the things Pace remembered […]

Posted 10 March 2015 § Family § Humour § List § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Shea § Travel ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , , ,

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:

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: , , ,

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: , ,

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 § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

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: , , ,

Music Monday – Bachata Dancers in the Dominican Republic

Posted 16 February 2015 § MusicMonday § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

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 § Travel ‡ Comments (4) ° Also tagged: ,

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…

Posted 10 February 2015 § Family § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,