New York state of mind

I always seem to have a good time in NYC. The drive down was grueling. It took about 11 hours to get there in our rented Grand Prix, including a couple of hours waiting at the border, and a couple of hours for lunch, dinner and bathroom breaks. The border delay was...

Turnabout

Well, it’s about to be a hectic couple of weeks. I’m glad that I just got back from an extremely relaxing mini-vacation. Laura and I went up to Collingwood to visit the Spa Scandinave. It’s owned by the same company that operates the spa in Tremblant...

Clickity click

The Chicago trip was a whirlwind. Literally. There were tornado warnings all day on Friday, the the weather was absolutely wild. It was hot and humid, but the wind was blowing like mad. At times, it was difficult to walk down the street, because the wind was pushing...

Breakfast

Fresh blueberries, strawberries, almonds and yogurt. I love summer. I forgot to add the ground flax seed before taking the picture, but it was mixed into the final product. The flax seed slows down your body’s absorption of the fruit, so you get more bang for...

Oniony Goodness

I can’t believe I didn’t know about this sooner, but The Onion has video reports now. They’re done in the same dead-serious tone as their print reports, with full cable news network production quality. I’m addicted. This one, for improvisers...