There are four originals of the 1297 Magna Carta, one of them is in Washington, D.C.‘s National Archives. Entry is free but photography is prohibited. The modest downstairs gallery tells the troubled national history of how slaves built the Capitol Read more…
This is the most child-friendly museum of the Smithsonians in Washington, D.C. If you don’t like having your seat kicked by a toddler on the bus, screaming babies on airplanes, or parents bringing tweens into bars then you will not Read more…
Distance: 378km Location: Washington D.C., Maryland, Virginia Date: December 25-29, 2022 Up front: This V6, mid-range, mid-size pickup could get you a top-of-the-line V6 Camry for the same money. With that in mind, the interior is best described as utilitarian Read more…
Washington, D.C.’s main monoliths of power, culture, and history all lie in an inverse T-shaped park stretching two miles from end to end. From the Lincoln Memorial in the west to the Capitol in the east to the White House Read more…
Distance: 248km Dates: 3-4 May, 2024 Location: New York, New Jersey Up front: There are too many standard features to list, but I will list a couple of my favourites. The 5-Series of yesteryear used to have with upper back Read more…
Route: Calgary to VancouverPlane: A320-200, ex-Alaska AirlinesDate: Jan 10, 2025Price paid: $242 + $150 eUpgrade, including a previous flight in business class from Ottawa Comfort Four retired Alaska Airlines A320-200s made their way to Air Canada’s fleet in mid-2023. As Read more…
Celebrating 900 posts. By being thrifty about the way I spend and strategic about long weekends, I find myself traveling about once every four to eight weeks. My friends often ask me how to save money while traveling and AirBnB Read more…
Manufactured in the 1950’s and 60’s during the UK’s height of industrial achievement and just before the fall of Empire (of which I was a part of), the iconic red double-deckers served the streets of London until about 2005 when Read more…
Spam doesn’t have to be boring old pork. It could be turkey, or other types of processed pork suck as bacon and hickory smoked ham. If turkey works, I wonder if a chicken Spam was ever produced. If it were Read more…
The three most widely available flavours are original, 25% Less Sodium, and Lite. These are sold in supermarkets and cornerstones around the world. I checked my local Walmart and found all three available on the bottom shelf. Lite is the Read more…