The cucumber vs dill pickle debate is, perhaps, less popular than the choice between hickory BBQ and old-fashioned BBQ. The first that that struck me was the lack of any vegetable ingredient (apart from vegetable oil and perhaps some herbs Read more…
There was a discount offer for all Frito-Lay and PepsiCo products, so I went to the supermarket and picked up every single flavour I could find. That plus a couple of cans of Pepsi. Like planning for my travel articles, Read more…
Bombardier makes planes in Toronto, Ski-Doos in Valcourt, and train parts in Kingston. The Bombardier Museum in Valcourt, Quebec, is Canada’s version of the Henry Ford Museum of Innovation in Detroit. Visitors start by watching two 15-minute long videos that Read more…
Distance: 3,384 kmLocation: Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, ArkansasDate: 24-31 October, 2023 Up front: The driver’s seat has plenty of movement but the passenger’s seat is manual only and lacks a height adjustment. Despite being a wide car, all the buttons Read more…
There are three Plaza Premium Lounges at Hong Kong International Airport. However, they’re not worth going to since the lines are long. Everyone and their dog in this financial hub has a credit card that comes with a Priority Pass Read more…
The total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024 strafed North America with moments of darkness over major metropolitan areas. I traveled with a few friends to the Royal Military College in Kingston to watch the event on base. Everyone was Read more…
United ClubThe canteen-style seating reminds me of the cafeteria at the Library of Congress. Hard plastic chairs and white acrylic tables are easy to clean and in United colors. The wall has black-and-white photographs of heritage aircraft. I think color Read more…
Plaza Premium Lounge (near gate B15) Vancouver has one of the largest Plaza Premium Lounges in Canada. Its portfolio of East Asian airports and a focus on trans-Pacific travel made Vancouver a great place to put a large lounge. There’s Read more…
After the French stole this tract of land from indigenous people, the king granted it to Monseigneur François de Laval in 1674. In 1801, Joseph Papineau, a Lower Canadian legislator, bought the land and developed it. He sold it to Read more…
The University of Waterloo near downtown Waterloo, Ontario, was a child of an affiliate of Western University before it became its own thing to train engineers after the Second World War. Its technical programs were advanced for the 1960s when Read more…