These are the Hardbite flavours I was introduced to as a frequent flier aboard Porter Airlines. I initially only liked the Walkers shortbread, but when they changed the brand of cookies they supplied I grew fonder of the thick, crunchy Read more
Terminal 2, or Queen’s Terminal, at London Heathrow is the Star Alliance hub. Even the underground corridor connecting the two parts of the terminal has Star Alliance history plastered all over its walls, from the formation of the airline partnership Read more
A charming little ski resort town that is blessed with year-round snow cover, it is only two hours away from Vancouver by car. If you don’t have a car you can use Evo car sharing and they allow you to Read more
Sitting in the middle of Wall Street diagonally across from the New York Stock Exchange is an old customs house on the site where George Washington was inaugurated in 1789. The building was completed in 1842 in classical revival style Read more
Ubiquitous tenement buildings are a staple in New York popular culture. The red brick buildings with a fire escape hanging off the outside wall are featured on the silver screen and in music videos across decades. The Tenement Museum is Read more
In 1860, the North had virtually unlimited credit, over 80% of deposits, and the bulk of industrial power while the south was poor and relied on slavery. Americans have instituted slavery for 240 years, more than half of the country’s Read more
The museum near the Hershey chocolate factory is a combined bus and car museum. I like how it arranged cars by period in scenes from the decade such as in a drive-in theatre, a used car lot, or a gas Read more
Two nuclear power plant disasters from the Cold War live in our collective memory—Chernobyl in 1989 and Three Mile Island in 1979. There was also Fukushima more recently but that wasn’t an issue that rose from human error, quite the Read more
The museum in state capital Harrisburg is one of the few state museums in the northeast that aren’t free. It’s just across the street from the Pennsylvania State Capitol so hold on to your ticket in case you need to Read more