Chef Robbie Hojilla Resurfaces at The Harbord Room
We were greatly relieved to stumble upon Chef Robbie Hojilla, late of the now-defunct Hudson Kitchen and share his seasonal, ‘root to leaf’ inspirational food in the hopping, beigey, rosey sun-dappled Monday evening Harbord Room....
The Big Red Travel Tour Bus
A recent travel article by Plansify’s Mike Snowden, “Travel Like A Local” Is Broken. Here’s How We Fix It about ‘ having an authentic local experience that is the very definition of good travel’ generated an...
A Feasting Week in Palm Springs, California
If you are acquainted with any budding mid-century Desert Modernism Architectural Enthusiasts or Retro Hipster Rat Pack followers than chances are you have heard about the many charms of Palm Springs. Rated one of Frommers...
A Melbourne, Australia Primer
Well, well, well. Melbourne is an entirely different city from Adelaide, and that is evident firstly in its size. Melbourne has over 3.5 million people in it and reminds us of Toronto. The water, the beach proximity and their...
The Campervan Life: Our Final Big Day of Driving
Today is our big final day of driving and I will admit that I am ready to get out of this damn campervan. We are up relatively early as is everyone around us. It is about 7:30 and John has been up puttering for about an hour. I...
Some followsummer Thank You’s
Our followsummer website has proven to be even more popular than we had imagined or anticipated. This became apparent when we hadn’t posted for seven days last week. The followsummer roar of the crowd was fearsome! “Where...
A Soaking Wet Mardi Gras Parade
We wake to threatening skies. Today is the Mardi Gras Parade. Graham is having printer problems, so we go over to his place to try to resolve them for him (success!) and then, Eric having arrived, we head to a local café for...
Today Begins with Dinner Last Night
Today starts early – it starts at dinner last night, to be precise. The mise-en-scene: We returned yesterday to Seminyak, to the hotel we stayed in last weekend when we arrived in Bali. Our hotel is just off Jalan Dhyana Pura,...
A Travel Day: Tempers Left at Check In.
Gazillions of Italians, Germans, Swedes and Brits, each family with numerous squawking children, numerous over-sized bags, all starting their Easter vacations, all exhausted from their connecting flights from all over the world,...
Gone fishin’ for two weeks in Canada
Tuesday, June 1st, 2004: Home in Canada: Stratford, Toronto, Ontario We are spending some R & R time with family and friends at home in Stratford and Toronto before hitting the next part of our trip. Please check the site...