Is a name that is needlessly long. It’s assumed that any museum of history in the capital would be a national museum about the country’s past. In its well laid-put galleries, American racial identity, industry, democracy, and culture are deconstructed. But the ugly truth that the Americans the museum serve Read more…
I would have thought Chicago or New York would be the place for this, but turns out the National Building Museum lives on one side of Judiciary Square in Washington, D.C. Buildings are everything; we live, work, and rest in them. They’re all around us. America used to be the Read more…
The museum is expensive and small for Washington, D.C. standards, but time your visit correctly and you’ll be able to participate in simulations that gives you a broader perspective on law enforcement training. Its location under the D.C. courts and opposite a memorial etched with the names of law enforcement Read more…
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 and the White House, broken promises, the long-time disenfranchisement of 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 like this place. The Smithsonian is a revered institution, but 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 with a couple of convenience features that fit the interior 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 in the north, this half-kilometre wide grassy avenue was the 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 support, but it’s only available in the X7 and 7-Series 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 of 2025, Air Canada still hasn’t refurbished the plane, so 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 comes up a lot. Of course, it depends on what Read more…