Commodore for sale…

I joined Twitter about a year and a half ago, and since then I’ve met many great people from all over the world. We chat about love, life, TV, food….you name it. I’ve made some great connections and had a lot of laughs! Recently, I was having a discussion with a friend from Australia. She [...]

Breaking News: Chilean miners being rescued

All I can say is God bless these men…and I’m not a religious person. If you’re interested, here’s a link to a CBC article and live feed of the rescue. Here’s to hoping all ends well and that the rescued are safe and sound. Link to live feed of rescue

You can travel east, you can travel west…one of many travel memories :)

My best friend and I have traveled quite a bit together, and I’ve gone on several trips without him, too. I made a list in this post about the places I’ve been in the past few years (I think I might have omitted Mexico, where we took a cruise in 2008). I’ve climbed the stairs [...]

Lost in…Shanghai?

This is one of many of my favorite travel stories; I’ll share more of them eventually! In 2006, a friend and I took a group tour to China, including stops in Beijing, Xi’an, Guilin and Shanghai. You might have heard of Shanghai’s Silk Market; it was the name we were given to denote a huge [...]

Olympic post #2: Likeability

Man, this Shaun White guy really IS an animal! According to this article, he made $8 million in endorsements last  year from companies such as Burton, Target, Red Bull, Oakley, Ubisoft and AT&T. What I liked most about him, though, was his complete ease and candor while being interviewed in the studio by newscasters. No [...]

Olympic post #1: The first 6 days

Well, the Olympics have been going on for 5 days now (yes, there WAS a competition on the day of the opening ceremonies!)  and I must say that I’ve been having a blast  watching them. The opening ceremonies were beautiful; I honestly think my favorite part was kd lang singing “Hallelujah”. I wasn’t able to [...]

Thoughts for and about Haiti

Back in March 2006, I felt very privileged to be able to visit Haiti. I will add a disclaimer; I didn’t go to Port-Au-Prince or any of the other large cities, but rather to a private resort operated by Royal Caribbean International called Labadee. However, any ideas I had that this stop would be just [...]

And we think OUR traffic fines are bad…

I read this story on a news site recently, and it got me thinking about a couple things… I admit, I speed on a regular basis. 60 in a 50 zone (for my non-Canadian readers, these numbers are in km/h; to get mph, multiply by 1.6 ), 100 in an 80 zone…my maxim is “I’m [...]