travel
Checking out for two weeks
It’s been kind of a lazy summer for me on the blog. Mostly because the rest of my life has been so busy. But I do promise to pick things back up…after vacation! That’s right, I’m going to Amsterdam and Bruges for two weeks. I’ve got at least one guest post lined up for while [...]
Growing up is hard to do
In actual fact, I’ve long considered myself a bona fide adult. However, for the past few days I’ve been in Toronto for business while also visiting family and I was reminded of how perceptions vary depending on the eyes of the beholder. For instance, my parents dropped me off at the swanky Intercontinental Hotel after [...]
Peggy’s Cove Area: Why not now?
It’s been a whirlwind past few weeks at work and home. And the weekends have been no exception. Recently, I was invited to join some local bloggers and social media types on a day tour and overnight stay in the Peggy’s Cove Area. It was an excellent idea offered up by Colour in association with [...]
Deep Roots Music Festival
I have a dreadful confession to make: I’ve never been to a concert before. At least not in the the colloquial sense of the word. Sure, I’ve been to various symphonies. Jazz festivals. The opera even. Not exactly the kinds of events you go to dressed in jeans and a t-shirt with the expectation of [...]
On being good enough, smart enough, and doggone it, likeable
Since starting this blog on New Year’s day of this year, more people are coming out of the woodwork to leave comments here or through other social media channels. I just wanted to take a moment to thank you all. I’ve been having lots of fun and I hope you have also. It’s even been [...]
English and Irish cuisine: My kingdom for a salad
Food in London and Ireland was about what we expected it to be: ample servings of meat and potatoes. While we made it into our fair share of pubs, we did try to balance our diet out with other dining establishments and markets. It’s not that the meals were totally devoid of vegetables—we’d often get [...]
The mysteries of Newgrange
No, it’s not the fact that the other Megalithic passage tomb monuments on this historic site, Knowth and Dowth, rhyme with south. I took the liberty of rearranging the chronology of vacation events in order to save the best for last. Hey, it’s my blog and I can play around with the space-time continuum if [...]
The Rock of Cashel, Dublin and a tale of two Guinness
So, yes, we survived Limerick and lived to tell the tale. On our way out of stab city and en route to Dublin, we stopped at the Rock of Cashel. The buildings on this site date back to around the 12th and 13th centuries. Included in the price of admission is a guided tour which [...]
The Cliffs of Moher, Burren, and escape from stab city
We’re counting down to one last week of vacation posts before what I’m sure is the much anticipated food wrap-up post and then it’s back to regularly scheduled blogging. On our last day in the west of Ireland, we started off by visiting the Cliffs of Moher which stretches for eight kilometres and rises up [...]
Living history versus the history of living
After spending several days in the quaint town of Williamstown in a great B&B, connecting with locals who actually knew Cokebaby’s family, it was time to move on to another area of Ireland. En route to our next accommodations we stopped in to check out The Craggaunowen Project. Now, there are plenty of living history [...]
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