Blatchford Field in Edmonton was an active airport until 2013. Today, it’s being redeveloped into low-density housing. The aviation museum is mostly home to military and search and rescue aircraft, with only a few commercial aircraft in its collection. Some of the exhibits, like the iconic Hawker Hurricane, are working Read more…
Distance: 1.2 kmDate: February 17, 2024Location: Florida Up front: The driver’s seat is an open hatch on the front right because it’s British. When it rains, which it did, the driver’s compartment floods and the foam seat is soaked. The seat is not adjustable, so your foot won’t reach the Read more…
A good school, not a great school. Edmonton‘s largest university consistently ranks in the top ten of Maclean’s university rankings year after year in multiple categories but never manages to break into the top three. It’s located in the capital of a province with decent economic activity, excellent engineering, and Read more…
I didn’t have high hopes for seeing fine works of art in Edmonton other than the obligatory Group of Seven and some other landscapes from the Rocky Mountains. I was right. What I didn’t expect was for the art to attack more than my sight. The scent gallery exploits one Read more…
Edmonton has two claims to fame: being the aerodrome of freedom during WWII and the northernmost metropolis in North America. The Alberta Aviation museum has more information on the former and the Royal Alberta Museum on the latter. Apart from that, it’s a city full of boring NPCs from the Read more…
I’m sitting in a diner near the Atlantic Ocean in West Haven, Connecticut knowing that this trip to Yale will yield enough content to help me surpass 800 cumulative posts. I also know that as I write this in September 2022, it will not be published until summer 2024, almost Read more…
Universities are a public good, even more so when they run museums with free admission. Yale University runs the Yale Center for British Art, which houses the largest collection of British art anywhere in the world outside of the UK. Visitors are greeted by friendly and helpful staff in a Read more…
Yale ranks as one of the world’s most prestigious universities and is the third oldest in the US. Founded in 1701 in New Haven, the Ivy League private institution is one of the most well-endowed in the world and it shows through its impressive museum collection in its art museum Read more…
I’ve lived in Europe and been all over New England. New Haven is a little bit of both. It has that classic British colonial layout with green church squares interlaced with criss crossing paths, an intimate streetscape with mixed commercial and residential use, and a Yale University campus that looks Read more…
After visiting the big leagues of art at Yale, the New Haven Museum returned me to everyday life. There were toys, pianos, and bicycles on the first floor, showing how the city developed over time and how people lived through the 19th and 20th centuries. There was also a room Read more…