One thing that Canada does completely kick our American asses at is our respective national anthems, at least in my eyes. I am not a huge fan of the Star Spangled Banner — O’ Canada is so much better to my ears.
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5 Things to Do in Grenada
Tweet I had the chance last fall to head to Grenada to spend a month or so with one of my good friends who works there. I scored a really great couple of sailboats to stay on there though my friend, including a 43 foot catamaran that I fell in love with and found plenty [...]
Father’s Day: What I Learned from Baseball
Tweet My love of baseball was one of the things that I definitely picked up from my Dad as I was growing up. He played from his youth, all the way through high school and to college on a baseball scholarship, his possible career ending in a bad motorcycle to automobile accident (the cars almost [...]
Oaxaca, Mexico: Night of the Radishes
Tweet Mexico is one of the countries that I really want to get back to and spend some more time in at some point in the not-so-distant future. On my trip around the world, I went straight to Mexico City to meet up with friends there, so I missed more than half the country right [...]
5 Things to do in Austin, Texas
Yes, I will be the first to admit that I am one of those annoying Texans that are proud of their culture and where they live. If you lived in Austin, Texas too, you would feel the same way. There are a few must-dos when you come into town and I make sure to show off the following whenever I have friends come and visit.
People Watching from the Breakfast Table: Crown Point, Tobago
Over breakfast a few weeks ago in Tobago, I was listening to the conversation of a table of four locals next to me. The only man was an older man that looked, and sounded, like he had immigrated from India at some point. He had a big, sweeping, bushy mustache and his English was a mix of proper British style English, that I imagined he learned in India, and more of the local creole dialect, which is damn difficult to understand at the speed they throw it out.
Castara, Tobago: an undiscovered gem wrapped in awesomeness wrapped in paper cliché
Tweet There are some places that you just have to see to experience them in person. Tobago is one of those places. It is the far smaller of the two islands that make up the country of Trinidad and Tobago, but it is so much more than just an island – it is a state [...]
My Boat in Grenada – Great Living Quarters
Tweet So, as I told ya’ll last week, I have been incredibly lucky and landed in a pretty great spot here in Grenada for a few weeks, on account of my travel buddy, Wiley. Thought a little update, with some photos might be in order. I have been on Grenada for over a week now. [...]
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