San Francisco’s famous Lombard Street is much longer than just the squiggly bit with eight bends, it goes all the way from the Presidio Boulevard, through the hill where Coit Tower is, to Pier 27 on the shore. Tourists love to drive down the curvy bit of the road, and Read more
Not the French award for contributions to the state, but an art museum in San Francisco perched on top of a hill facing the Pacific Ocean on two sides. It’s a classic art museum with masterpieces like Fruit and Game by Jan Fyt and pieces by Anthony van Dyck. Even Read more
San Francisco made an assortment of boats and ships with styles such as Chinese junk brought over by immigrants. The National Historic Park has over 100 small boats in its collection maintained by traditional craftsmanship. Many of them are fishing vessels. The pier is noted to be an important crossing Read more
The ticking counter person taught me to exchange my Legion of Honor ticket for a de Young Museum ticket so I could visit both museums for free on a free day. I only skimmed the ground floor because I’m not that interested in contemporary art and abstract representation. I stopped Read more
I visited the same year Canada remembered the 100th anniversary of its Chinese exclusion act. The gold rush, for mostly worse, lured tens of thousands of Chinese workers in the 19th century under false promises of wealth. By the 1880s, more than half of all Chinese women in California worked, Read more
Route: Winnipeg to OttawaPlane: B737-700Date: Dec 11, 2022Price: $57.63 + $58 WS Dollars + $200 upgrade fee Comfort Although WestJet brands this as premium economy, the seat is basically equivalent to North America business class on Air Canada or domestic first class on United Airlines. The stitched diamond pattern gave Read more
Federal land as a national park. Technically not part of California so you can’t smoke recreational Marijuana here. I recommend the first ferry as it gets you there just as the prison opens. The main exhibit is on the evolution of the US correctional system, like at Eastern State Penitentiary Read more
Hitting the big thousand is supposed to feel like a milestone, but it just feels like another weekend catching up to my photos. I’m writing this in summer 2023 just after my long-weekend trip to San Francisco knowing that none of this will be published until 2026 with the huge Read more
Oslo Gardermoen airport is an SAS hub, and SAS dominates the lounges at the airport as the only airline lounge. The only non-airline lounge is the OSL Lounge, which is pay per use or accepts premium passengers from select non-SkyTeam airlines. SAS Lounge The SAS Lounge is open to all Read more
Canada’s capital Ottawa has a bunch of nice museums, but the one I least expected to see was the National Scout Museum. I was a Cub Scout as a child so I knew about the uniform, badges, and activities, what I didn’t know was that there were Canadian scouts in Read more