After writing about the best gelato in Vancouver and the best ice cream in Seattle, I just have to write about the best ice cream in Ottawa. Carp Custom Creamery offers classic American flavours like lemon blueberry, double vanilla coconut, and chocolate fudge with the consistency of good Italian gelato. Read more…
The Seattle Monorail is just under a mile long and probably one of the world’s shortest urban railway lines. It was built to shuttle passengers between downtown Seattle and the Space Needle, which was the site of the 1962 World’s Fair. The two trains, called the Red Train and the Read more…
The Space Needle in Seattle is tall, but doesn’t reach anywhere near space. Its exterior style is typical of 1960’s futurism with an enthusiasm for human progress. The observation tower is 184 meters tall, but the highest floor only stands at 158 meters. It was originally built for the 1962 Read more…
The Ottawa Tulip Festival comes into full bloom every May. The display contains 10,000 tulips sent by air from the Netherlands to show their gratitude for the Canadian Armed Forces that liberated them from German occupation during World War Two. The flowers are planted along Commissioner’s Park, a waterfront public Read more…
Yes, the Professor Zimbardo that conducted the infamous Stanford Prison Experiment gave a lecture in the Chinese University of Hong Kong once and I had the rare opportunity of a lifetime to attend it. For those who don’t know, the Stanford Prison Experiment, much like Milgram’s compliance experiment was highly Read more…
Shadow wire: A formal agreement between two or more news outlets from two or more geographical locations to republish each other’s reports outside of an established wire subscription. The media, wherever it is in the world, is facing a crisis – people are increasingly unwilling to pay for news. Even Read more…
Located on Cordova Street in Vancouver about a 5 minute walk away from Waterfront Station, Bella Gelateria has the best gelato in the world. Not even kidding. It’s won the people’s choice award in Florence, Italy and is crowed the best gelato in North America. You can check out there Read more…
Right on the short of tri-national Lake Constance, Romanshorn is Switzerland’s gem of the lake. It’s no match for Germany’s bustling Konstanz or Austria’s festive Bregenz, but it is an important gateway for the Swiss to enjoy the lake. The ferry pier at Romanshorn is just a stone’s throw away Read more…
On the easternmost end of Lake Constance, Bregenz is the largest Austrian city on the lake it shares with Germany and Switzerland. You can either get there by train within Austria, but the best way to get there from Germany or Switzerland is to ride one of their ferries from Read more…
On our way to Fort Langley, Marcus and I decided to swing by 0th Avenue in Surrey to literally look at the US. It’s probably not an ‘iconic place’ that belongs in league with the Eiffel Tower, but it is ‘cool’ in the sense that the US-Canada border is the Read more…