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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: holiday

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: allinclusive, cool, holiday, music

Music Monday – Bachata Dancers in the Dominican Republic

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

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: allinclusive, holiday

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: economics, holiday

Music Monday – “Kiss me under the light of a thousand stars/Place your head on my beating heart/I’m thinking out loud/That maybe we found love right where we are”

Didn’t post this weekend as I was away at my brother-in-law’s wedding… “Thinking Out Loud” – Ed Sheeran

¶ Posted 02 February 2015 § Family § MusicMonday § Sad § Shea § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: cute, music

In One Month, I Hope To Have A Similar Clip of Pace and/or Sasha…

I keep watching this clip with them over and over to make sure their moves are ready! 😉

¶ Posted 28 January 2015 § Family § Humour § Pace § Sasha § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: cute

When You Have a Trip Planned…

…it’s funny to consider the videos you find yourself watching for any sort of preview of what your own experience will be like! 😉

¶ Posted 21 January 2015 § Family § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Music Monday – “Da roof/Da roof/Da roof is on fire”

When Shea and I went on our first all-inclusive vacation to Mazatlan in February 2000, this was one of the songs we heard blaring from the poolside speakers constantly and which will forever be associated with hot holidays in my mind for that reason… “Follow The Leader” – Soca Boys