The first thing that comes to mind when I think of Indianapolis is the famous Indy 500 event. The GPS begs to differ. It took me more than five attempts with voice control to get GM’s in-car GPS to comply with my command to navigate me to Indianapolis, not Minneapolis. Read more…
The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Centre of the National Air and Space Museum may boast the largest collection of aviation artefacts in America, but the Seattle Museum of Flight has the most historically significant. Home to the first Boeing 727, 747, and a NASA 737, its proximity to the Boeing factory Read more…
Having just opened in the early 2010’s, Chihuly Gardens and Glass is one of the newest additions to the already iconic Seattle Centre. Sharing a site with classics such as the Space Needle and the Museum of Pop Culture, the gardens and its fragile exhibits are not inferior to its Read more…
As beautiful as the Niagara Falls may be, the price of beauty is $20. I wouldn’t risk parking at the $12 lots just up the slope though because whenever you have to walk down to see the falls you’ll always have to hike back up to get your car. At Read more…
Think Frank Sinatra, think Audrey Hepburn – New York, New York is the city of legends. Heck, I was singing Moon River to myself in the echo chamber of Grand Central Terminal! Yes, NYC is an expensive city to visit but there are ways to get around the expenses for Read more…
I’ve been to Victoria when I was 9, but I don’t really remember too much from that visit so I decided to go again. Some tour company charged $150 for a day trip to Victoria from Vancouver by ferry, but I managed to do more for just $119.98, here’s how… Read more…
Although the VPL has dozens of branches all over the city, my favorite location is the central library in downtown Vancouver. You might have noticed that I have an affinity for libraries having visited the Peabody Library, the Grimm Zentrum, and the Library of Congress on several occasions The central Read more…
While most of my fellow classmates went out to Victoria to do touristy things, I drove all the way out to Abbotsford to attend a reconciliation event between the Cree Nation and the church. Canada has a long history of mistreating indigenous people and it is still a contentious issue Read more…
Legally known as the Musquem Indian Band, the Musqueam people are the indigenous people of Vancouver. They are located just south of the UBC campus and across the river from the Vancouver International Airport. Getting access to the cultural pavilion to learn more about their history proved to Read more…
Open air concerts, fireworks, meeting Benjamin Franklin in the flesh, and having huge hot dogs for lunch, all this means the 4th of July in Washington, D.C. I’ve only watched movies about Americans having barbecues and setting off fireworks on this festive date and never experienced it myself. Being there Read more…