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10 Reasons Mexico Is Safer For Tourists Than You Think

  One of the most common questions I hear when we tell people we’ve gone to Mexico multiple times over the years (and are going again this year) is, “Is it safe?” It seems there are daily news stories about drug cartels’ influence on the highest levels of government and horror stories of mass shootings with these […]

Posted 15 January 2019 § Canada § List § News § Travel § Wisdom ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – West Edmonton Mall (Feb 2014)

I’ve always loved the framing of this picture…

Posted 10 January 2019 § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

WestJet’s 2018 Christmas Ad

I’m always conscious that these videos are as much about marketing as any sort of true holiday sentiment. But they *are* well-done so it’s been a bit of a minor Christmas tradition for me ot post these videos since they are usually pretty heartwarming. Here’s WestJet’s 2018 version…  

Posted 18 December 2018 § Canada § Family § PopCulture § Travel § UK § Video § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Music Monday – “Get me drinking’ that moonshine/Get me higher than the grocery bill/Take my troubles to the highwall/Throw ’em in the river and get your fill”

I mentioned a couple weeks ago that I was really getting into Tyler Childers – watching videos of him, reading articles about him, dreaming about taking “road” trips to see him, joining Facebook groups about him, playing his songs (badly) on guitar and listening to his music non-stop. At the time, I made a Music Monday […]

Posted 12 November 2018 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

The World’s Most Remote Inhabited Island

 

Posted 30 October 2018 § Randomness § Travel § UK § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Friday Fun Link – Dollar Street and GapMinder’s Four Income Levels

Dollar Street, from the GapMinder Foundation, uses a well-designed interface to help counter misconceptions about different income levels in the world. Their main point is that people don’t uniformly live in “poor” or “rich” countries like most of us tend to think but that people actually share similar lifestyles, items that they own, and things they […]

Posted 19 October 2018 § Canada § Family § Infographic § Jobs § News § Travel § UK § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Throwback Thursday- #tbt – Grasshopper Cafe, Amsterdam (Fall 1995)

Figured this would be a good week to dig deep in the photo albums for a shot from a weekend trip to Amsterdam our host college arranged while I was on a semester exchange to England in 1995. (That England trip will probably fill 7/10 spots if I ever do a “Fondest Pot Memories” list […]

Posted 18 October 2018 § MemoryLane § ThrowbackThursday § Travel § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Saturday Snap – Welcome Home Mom!

With Shea being away for a week away at a conference, I had visions of having the kids show up at the airport dishevelled, dirty, and with funny signs to welcome their mom home. Unfortunately, Pace’s sense of humour is a bit different than mine so he went with a more traditional sign and only […]

Posted 13 October 2018 § Canada § Family § Humour § Jobs § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Shea § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Friday Fun Link – The World’s First Beer Hotel – With In-Room Taps and Shower Mini-Bars – Is Finally Open.

This looks like a fun place to stay!

Posted 12 October 2018 § FridayFunLink § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Throwback Thursday – Near Heart’s Content, Newfoundland (July 2011)

With Shea in Halifax for a conference this week, it’s got me thinking of our last trip to the east coast when we visited Newfoundland for 10 days to attend a friend’s wedding and be tourists checking out the amazing sights. We’d briefly talked about me going to join her for a few days before […]

Posted 11 October 2018 § Canada § Family § MemoryLane § Photo § Shea § ThrowbackThursday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: