You were in the bedroom cleaning out some of your late husband’s clothes into old brown cardboard boxes ready to donate them to the Salvation Army. Though he was killed in action in the Gulf War over two decades ago you could never really bring yourself to clean out his Read more…
Asia’s last remaining greyhound racing track closed in June of 2018, so I decided to pay it a visit just before it closed. Greyhound racing has a significantly lower profit than horse racing, a brief glance at the information board reveals that each race has less than $10 000 in Read more…
At a job application, I was asked what I thought about the role of technology in humanitarian work, here is my answer: Like any other field, technology is the new reality when it comes to improving effectiveness and outcomes. Smaller medical equipment can help diagnose patients sooner at the scene Read more…
Some call it beer, I call it inspiration. After a long hard weekend of work and fun I’m finally breaking out a Molson’s and feeling very inspired. Yesterday, I drove all the way to Squamish to admire the beautiful show-topped mountains in summer and watch the perfect sunset on a Read more…
SONIC claims to be “America’s Drive-in”, and rightly so. With over 3000 stores around the country SONIC is America’s only remaining large scale drive-in restaurant with car hops. During the interwar period, drive-ins were a popular style of restaurant because all it needed was a carpark, and with the boom Read more…
Managing Editor, Architectural Conservancy Ontario’s Acorn Magazine The Heritage of Healthcare. Spring 2021 (Print)Stories of our Waters. Fall 2021 (Print) Reporter, Capital Current The 25th Hour: Heritage and SustainabilityScripted, interviewed, and shot the mini-documentary with Jennifer Osborne.https://capitalcurrent.ca/the-25th-hour-heritage-and-sustainability/ The 25th Hour: Half The Legs, Double The LoveScripted, interviewed, and edited the Read more…
This iconic attraction in Paris is a real cash cow for the French tourism industry. It has been the subject of many controversies, scientific experiments, and postcards. Constructed for the 1898 World’s Fair it was supposed to be taken down like all the other exhibits, but it was maintained as Read more…
Among stolen historic gems such as Nike of Semothrace, the Mona Lisa, and Assyrian sculptures from Pergamon, is free entry for anyone under the age of 18. I visited three days before by 18th birthday to take advantage of state-funded museums promoting education for the masses. The glass pyramid in Read more…
Chen, a friend I met while engaged in a German language course, and I both loved riding on two wheels. We were both staying in Berlin for a while so we thought it’d be a good idea to get a scooter each for cheap. Chen being Chen, went all the Read more…
The Eurostar crosses the English Channel to connect the British Isles to mainland Europe. The Chunnel also carries vehicular traffic on trains. The travel agent that I booked my flights to London with suggested that I take the cheaper British Airways flights to Paris, but I insisted on taking the Read more…