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Travel guides, information, photographs, and stories about Canada, including Toronto and the Canadian Rocky Mountain parks.
There are clues that something amazing awaits within even before you enter Brookfield Place in downtown Toronto. (Hint: Look up.) This would be just another of many towering downtown office/commercial centers were it not for Read More …
Ki is an upscale Japanese restaurant with several locations in Canada, including one in Brookfield Place in downtown Toronto. It’s hard to miss if you happen to be in the area: If you’re outside you’ll Read More …
I fall in love with Toronto’s Distillery District the moment I spot it a few blocks ahead through the bus window. My new love doesn’t disappoint. We are greeted by interesting restored buildings – the Read More …
This year TBEX held an evening event at Shopsy’s on Toronto’s Centre Island. Oddly, I’d not been particularly excited about this party. While most of Centre Island is actually park land, it also has an Read More …
I am in Toronto for this year’s TBEX travel blogging conference and my first conference activity is a guided photo walk led by Toronto photographer David Goorevitch.The group is too large (25 of us were Read More …
It’s been a couple years since we’ve been in Victoria, British Columbia. Next time we visit, we’ll find a striking addition to the university’s campus — the First Peoples House academic and cultural center.It’s a Read More …
Sorry it’s been so quiet here, but I’ve been really busy at work, in the yard, and ON VACATION! Yes, after a about a six year absence, we finally made it out to the Pacific Read More …
The idea behind this trip was to combine a long over-due visit with my college roommate in Seattle and a Vancouver art gallery tour. Since we were visiting in spring, we added Victoria on Vancouver Read More …
Last night we had dinner at the amazing Café Brio. It started off as the perfect evening, excellent food and wine in a lovely, romantic place. Unfortunately, on about the second bite of his lamb Read More …
My plan is to cut over to the coast and then follow the scenic route down to the next garden on my list.I am not particularly successful at this. When I can find it, the Read More …