Entries Tagged as ‘Living Abroad’

April 27, 2009

Telus Festival Comes to an end

The Telus World Ski and Snowboard Festival is gone but not forgotten. And my year’s supply of Schick razors and assortment of other freebies will ensure that the legend lives on.

March 22, 2009

Doers Dreamers and Doners

When I was younger and growing up on a sailboat in various parts of the world, my Mom was a ham radio operator.

She belonged to a network called the “DDD Net” (it was like the social networking site of the 70s and 80s). Today’s version would be a Facebook group or online forum for the “Doers Dreamers and Doners” of the sailing world.

February 26, 2009

The Northern Line is Busted … Again: The Memoir of One Canadian in London

Londoners are the only people in the world who could politely trample you during the mad morning commute.

During rush hour, The Tube is a sea of anonymous faces buried in newspapers and half-read novels. The passengers are in their own zombie, “must get to work” zones.

But, every once in awhile citizens will crack a smile, or even laugh, over an unexpected incident.