I have been back in Canada for less than a month now and am getting settled in with my bar course, what…
September 16, 2009 Zanzibar!
August 20, 2009
Our first stop in Tanzania (I still don’t know how to pronounce that correctly) was actually Dar es Salaam. Having nearly frozen…
Swakopmund!
August 13, 2009
Damn, it’s been a long time since I’ve had the opportunity to post here. In that time, I’ve made almost a full…
Cape Town!
July 2, 2009
I made it to Cape Town in one piece, after over 24 hours in planes and airports. And it is surprisingly cold…
Historic Paris Walk
June 21, 2009
I finally took the time yesterday to do Rick Steves’ “Historic Paris Walk,” for which I have the audio guide. I started…
Paris: Part Deux?
June 17, 2009
The closer it gets to the end of my time in Paris, the more I think about coming back to live here…
June Is “All French, All the Time” Month (except for this post)
June 4, 2009
I finally made the decision to speak in French whenever I possibly can this month. Yes, I saved it for the last…
Krakow!
June 3, 2009
I wanted to hit up some places in Eastern Europe while I was on exchange and I had heard really good things…
Barcelona!
April 22, 2009
Maybe it was the rainy weather or the hype everyone has given the city, but I didn’t think Barcelona was that great….
Day at the Opera
March 15, 2009
I went to watch ballet at the famous Palais Garnier opera house in Paris. I’m not a big fan of ballet (their…
Wanking with the French
March 5, 2009
I saw a man’s penis on the metro yesterday as he was silently masturbating in the seat facing mine. There are no…
Dancing with the French
February 25, 2009
Parisians sure do love their techno music—at least, the club-going lot does. Me, not so much. I went to a club called…
Last Day in HK
February 4, 2009
I’m leaving Hong Kong tonight for Paris. I am freaked the fuck out about arriving in Paris, even though I can actually…
Running Out of Time
January 20, 2009
I am in the middle of preparing for my departure to Hong Kong and Paris and I am starting to get anxious….
Paris, Je Viens
November 24, 2008
I haven’t been paying close enough attention to this place. It’s starting to collect cobwebs, get wrinkles, and smell of mothballs—sort of…
whistler, baby, whistler!
August 26, 2004
i have just returned from whistler, bc. it was really nice to take a mini-break, even if it wasn’t a full-fledged vacation….
bleh
August 17, 2004
“i need a vacation,” she says, two weeks before school starts….
candy for the baby
October 12, 2003
i suppose i shouldn’t even be thinking of ordering things from chapters.ca like the indiana jones four-disc dvd collection or the saving…
new westminster
July 25, 2003
last week, i traipsed around the new westminster quay with my co-workers for fraserfest. i don’t reckon i’ve been there since, well,…
augh
January 24, 2002
you heartless bastard! you just ruined my european fantasy, thankyouverymuch. in other news, i’ve just recently spent countless hours reading smallville fanfiction….
fly me to the moon
January 24, 2002
a wonderful frank sinatra song — and an even better utada hikaru remake. a must-download. as most people have suggested, to overcome…
