Posted on: June 8, 2015
Starting June 4th, 2015, you can see “Hellboy” the new dinosaur species discovered in Alberta, at the Royal Tyrell Museum in Drumheller, Alberta! A dinosaur named after a comic book character? Get ready for every 8 year old (or 8 year old at heart!) you know to lose their minds
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Posted on: June 3, 2015
With a name like “Smoke’s Poutinerie World Famous Great Canadian Cross Country Plaid Gravy Train Fries Curd & Gravy Weird Wild and Wacky Poutine Eating Tour 2015” (SPWFGCCCPGTFCGWWWPET2015 for short) you know it has to be good! Because they had me at fries and gravy… Smoke’s is the world’s largest
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Posted on: May 13, 2015
The events of 9/11 shook the world. The absent Twin Towers left a gaping hole in the iconic Manhattan skyline. Now a new tower has emerged on the familiar cityscape. This tower, at One World Trade Centre, near the 9/11 memorial sites and Ground Zero is among the tallest in
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Posted on: May 11, 2015
I know you’ve experienced it. The first bright, crisp sip of your Sauvignon Blanc transports you to a summer afternoon. You can practically feel the sun on your arms and hear your friends laughing their hilarious raucous laughs. Tastes and smells have a special way of evoking memories that are especially
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Posted on: March 30, 2015
In times past, I considered myself the queen of the layover…cramming whirlwind adventures into the hours we had in any given city before flying off for the next leg of the journey. It was exciting and fun; a little amuse bouche to give me the hunger to come back and
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Posted on: March 23, 2015
If you have missed out on the distinct pleasure of traveling with kids who need car seats, count yourself lucky. It is a logistical nightmare. If you are traveling through more than one country, you will encounter more than one set of transportation laws tempting you to just call the
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Posted on: March 20, 2015
Congratulations! Today is your day. You’re off to Great Places! You’re off and away! The cheerful, hopeful words of Dr Seuss’ Oh the places you’ll go! resonate as we step from the port of Galveston, TX onto the deck of the recently refurbished Carnival Freedom. A happy sign invites us
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Posted on: February 16, 2015
For the first time in forever, you can cruise with your favourite Frozen friends! Fans of the show (every house has at least one!) will be swept away by the magic of Arendelle on select Disney Cruise itineraries to Europe and Alaska starting this summer! Casting a spell as only
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Posted on: February 6, 2015
Everyone pads softly in matching brown slippers, identical white robes cinched tightly at the waist, voices rarely raised above a hushed whisper and on each person, the same serene smile. It is the smile of people who have abandoned their faculty for critical thought to the mindless calm of serenity.
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Posted on: January 16, 2015
If you were to look at my browser history -and I don’t know why you would, you nosy parker- in addition to “cleaning marker from drapes” and “life with a two year old” you would find searches like “Costa Rica real estate” “Mexican long stay visa” and “best remedies for
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