I was pretty excited when I found out a couple of years ago that a permanent express line was going to be put in to the airport. It was about time that a city like Toronto got transit to the airport. Now we could finally be a world-class city. Narita …
One of the reasons we chose Cancun over Bermuda was we felt there was more to see and do. If you do any research on Cancun the number one tourist thing to do is a trip to Chichen Itza. So with Bermuda hats in hand Zuimei and I went to find …
Last week Zuimei and I went to Cancun, Mexico. It had been several years since the two of us had a vacation together, just us. I booked the trip through Expedia and it was a toss up between Bermuda and Cancun but in the end we decided there was probably …
My taxes have gone up again this year. Which isn’t too surprising there are only two guarantees in life: death and taxes. What really grinds my gears though is when that money isn’t spent appropriately. Take a look at the salaries various mayors I got from this Toronto Star article. …
I came across some old photos while looking for something on my computer. Zuimei and I in Xian, Zuimei in Shanghai, Me (25 years old) in Dort Kalesei in Turkey, My friend Neil and I standing in the Mediterranean, Me with hemp growing in Pakistan, and me playing a very serious …
With my work at the CBC, I struggled with explaining the value or ROI of certain tools or mediums, others are much easier.. Take TV for example. We can measure the lift of traffic to the website for any given advert. We were able to successfully measure the lift in …
Every December I like to take stock of the year that just passed. Normally I would read through my blog posts and remind myself of what I had done but this year there were not a lot of posts. I am not entirely sure why though. Perhaps I was busy, I …
Have you ever had a London fog? It’s a drink at Starbucks which is English Breakfast tea, steamed milk and vanilla syrup. At Balzac’s they offer a Parisian mist, which is essentially the same thing but with French Breakfast tea. Well I came up with my own I call “the …
I recently picked up two paintings at an online auction. Peter Clapham Sheppard was born in Toronto on October 21, 1881. He apprenticed at engraving houses such as at Rolph, Clark, Stone Ltd. in Toronto, where he became a highly skilled lithographer. He received his art training at the Central …