Lest you think that all I do in Cuba is sit on the beach and drink pina coladas, well the truth is that I do. See I lived there from 1988 to 1991 while I was a child, and I could not imagine a more perfect place to grow up. My father was working there on an oil...
I’m back from sunny Cuba, and unlike my last trip it was a rather mediocre vacation, mainly due to the family choice of hotels. Travel tip – if you’re going to Varadero don’t stay at the tip of the peninsula. The marshy and boggy land spawns mosquitoes like...
Me: Honey, I’m just buying some tickets to Cuba for my family, and I’m being lobbied pretty hard to go with. What do you think? Him (hurriedly): GO! Go have fun. I’ll even pay. Me: ??? Him: Just go relax on the beach, get lots of rest and come home in a good mood...
In yet another example of government stupidity and shortsightedness the federal government announced the closure of the six farm programs operated by Correctional Services Canada, a decision that they reached without consulting anyone, least of all us, the little...
This has been a week for reflection on the internets. A blog friend wrote about aging, a forum had a discussion about adulthood, and another blogger posted an entry on the quarter life crisis. And while I’ve never been one to fret about numbers, getting older or...
In a burst of optimism and positivity I’m doubling our tomato plantings from nine plants to eighteen this year. Last year only four produced at all, given our sad lack of summer and other weather prevarications, and we only ended up with a counterful of fruit,...
I know, I’ll make a YouTube video! Kidding. Never did I think that those words would come out of my mouth, but there’s one of life’s surprises for ya. For the record, I can’t stand Ann Coulter, she’s too easy to make fun of on every level – from the superficial to...
Well, one of them anyhow. I do believe recently, an English jam manufacturer broke that record with a truly expensive marmalade with whiskey and gold leaf and who knows what, but until that time the world’s most expensive jam happened to be Confiture Des...
I’ve been blessed with a new co-worker who loves to eat as much as I do. So three days this week instead of pondering how sad it is to work every day (very sad), we’ve taken the liberty of a long lunch to check out three restaurants that participated in Downtown...