Canada
University of Alberta
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
Canada
Alberta Gallery of Art
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
Canada
Edmonton, AB
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
Articles
800th post from an American Diner
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 I also know that as I write this in September 2022, it will not be published until summer 2024, almost Read more
Iconic Places
Yale Center for British Art
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
Iconic Places
Yale University
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
Cities
New Haven, CT
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
US
New Haven Museum
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
Cities
Hartford, CT
Hartford was named after Hertford in England in 1637, but the Dutch settled the first colonial village in 1633. The native Americans called the place Suckiaug. The first Western constitution was written here in Hartford in 1639 and served as the sole capital of the Connecticut colony until 1701. The Read more