A close encounter of the bike kind
Whether you are a rider or a driver, bike lanes can get you into trouble The shrill sound of the bicycle bells made me slam on the brake. I was in my car, turning right from Yonge Street onto King Street,…
Whether you are a rider or a driver, bike lanes can get you into trouble The shrill sound of the bicycle bells made me slam on the brake. I was in my car, turning right from Yonge Street onto King Street,…
There’s a ski slope inside a mall in Dubai while there’s a beach inside a mall in Edmonton! The Fifty Fifty Club was formed during the winter of 2006, in Edmonton, Alberta. I am the founder of the club. It’s an…
The fashion show broke out as I was working on my blog post. I was on a Vistadome train heading back to Cusco from Machu Picchu, Peru. One minute the cabin crew was serving us food and drinks, the next,…
A few weeks ago I met Myrtle Simpson. The lady is well over 80. In the 1960s she became the first woman to ski across Greenland with four others on an unsupported expedition. As this wonderfully feisty lady recounts her…
My concerns about flying have little to do with the security screening I am afraid of United Airlines. For that matter, I am afraid of most airlines. I feel that they always have the upper hand. It may have a…
When the report from the medical clinic referred to me as “obese,” I took a double take. The reference was in the Body Mass Index (BMI) section of the report. My family doctor had suggested a series of preemptive risk…
At an early stage of life, if you could choose five traits that could shape your destiny, what would they be? Have you ever thought about it? Choices are a way of life. We develop our instincts and start making…
Technically, there is no such thing as a simple Indian wedding. You take the complexity to another level when you do an Indian wedding in Canada, and the groom is American. Throw in remote management by my daughter who was…
I feel kind of sad as I write this post. If you ever ran a small business that failed, you would know the feeling. It was not my business. But, you still feel for the people who tried really hard…
Betting on Education We did the math. After us picking up half the tab, my daughter’s student loan was going to be larger than the mortgage on our house. It was not a comforting thought — letting your child rack…