Tracking Down the Past: Making Ice Cream (Denmark & Vancouver)
In 2018 Al & I headed to Denmark and Sweden with the idea of meeting up with my aunts and uncles and cousins, and also to track down some of […]
Category Archives: Eat Drink Travel
a mish-mash of recipes, restaurant reviews, food photos to drool over and travel experiences from all over the globe
Summer Traditions for Late June and July in Vancouver
Under normal circumstances we stay home during Vancouver’s summer and spend our time at all the great festivals. This year we’re staying home as usual but all the festivals have […]
A Single Flower in Singapore
You can find flowers everywhere in Singapore, even in the airport where orchids were artfully arranged on the stainless steel platforms of the luggage carousels. There were flowers in the […]
Flower-Bedecked Rickshaws in Melaka, Malaysia
Bicycle rickshaws are one of the best ways of getting around small cities in Malaysia. Here is a typical one in Penang, temporarily parked while its owner is away. In […]
Meandering Down the Pacific Coast of Mexico by Bus
For this trip in November & December of 2019 we decided to try something different, going by bus from Puerto Vallarta all along the Mexican coast ending in Huatulco (La […]
Puerto Escondido in Mexico, 30 Plus Years Later
December 12, 2019. We arrived at the bus station in Puerto Escondido to be greeted by several police officers – they were really glad to see us. “Are the tourists […]
Stopping at Places Nobody Has Ever Heard Of: Marquelia in Mexico
Yes, but why would anyone want to stop in Marquelia,” the bartender in Puerto Escondido asked me. “We stopped there so we didn’t have to stop in Acapulco.” “Okay, I […]
The Second Day in Zihuatanejo on the Mexican Pacific Coast
Our first day in Zihuatanejo was about discovering all the changes in the town 20 years later. December 7. The next morning we headed down to the beach and the […]
Off to Zihuatanejo in Mexico 20 Years Later
From Manzanillo we took a 7 1/2 hour bus ride to Lázaro Cárdenas and took off the next morning on the 11:00 bus for Zihuatanejo. December 6. The bus ride […]
Protests on Old Stone Posts Lining the Paseo de la Reforma in Mexico City
New protest graffiti springs up on the old stone posts that line the Paseo de la Reforma (Promenade of Reform) in Mexico City. Mexico, lindo y que herido / Mexico, beautiful and […]
