You can buy a combined admission ticket to both the Corning Museum of Glass and the Rockwell Museum for a discount price. The secret is to go to Rockwell first, get the combined ticket, before going across the river to Corning to avoid a timed ticket. This way, you can Read more
Corning is famed for being the home of the glassware giant that spawned Pyrex, Corelle, and the space shuttle’s windshield. It began life as a settlement by Erastus Corning in 1835 before becoming a village 13 years later. Today, Corning is the town’s largest employer with its headquarters here. Cultural Read more
Plaza Premium Lounge (Zone B) Any traveler with an eligible credit card, a PPL pass, Dragon Pass or cash to pay are welcome at Plaza Premium lounges. This one near gate B12 is a smaller hidden location for domestic travellers in zone B of the terminal. Its awkward triangular shape Read more
Syracuse is the place to go to visit a museum on the canals and commercial shipping lanes of the Great Lakes, but go to Toledo‘s National Museum of the Great Lakes for additional learning about the culture and histories around the Great Lakes. Circumnavigating the eastern lakes should really be Read more
Toledo sits on the Maumee River and graces its banks with museums like Imagination Station, the National Museum of the Great Lakes, and the Toledo Museum of History. It was famous for being a glassware manufacturing hub in the 1880s. Toledo was embroiled in an internal conflict between Ohio and Read more
Unibroue Pilsner Bohémienne Appearance – 10/10, the cloudy amber color fits the brew’s name, the foam holds well Taste – 7/10, it tastes like it smells, and smells like it looks, very light on the nose and grows stronger on the tongue. Texture – 7/10, light bodied with bubbles that Read more
The Great Lakes Science Center was disappointingly small, so I took the extra time to do a bonus round at the neighboring Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. I’m not big on music, but I do have the Rolling Stones and The Beatles CDs in my car – Read more
The late Queen Elizabeth II had reigned for so long that people have lived and died in 70 years. Although there was a quick succession of death, ascension, abdication, and coronation in the first third of the 20th century, there hasn’t been a change of guard in recent memory. Canadians Read more
Distance: 2kmLocation: TorontoDate: May 17, 2023 Up front: If you’ve driven any contemporary Ford sedan or crossover like the Escape, the centre console will feel familiar with a rotary dial shifter and a large touchscreen. Admittedly, this tester brought in by a Ford rep has faulty screen software causing lettering Read more
Parking costs $12 a pop but the museum itself is free. The giant atrium in the centre of the building reminds me of the British Museum. It probably looks exactly like it was proposed in concept sketches. The Art Lens exhibit is the first time I’ve seen an art museum Read more