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I live in constant fear of “delayed” bags. Sure, it’s annoying to be without clothing, toiletries and other road items, but our “delayed” bags have have a high probability of catching up to us. The airlines will send it out to our hotel at their expense, and hotel front desk staff are usually quite good [...]

…Molika Bakery. I had intended to write an in-depth review, but I found a good one and decided not to duplicate it. I’ll add this: go there around 11:00 to buy bread, because by 12:00 Hector prepares for lunch service. We enjoyed Molika Bakery immensely during our three months in Mazatlán, and we think you [...]

Sarah’s family has a few cottages littered throughout the township of Tiny, Ontario. During this trip back to Ontario, while the Blue Jays have traveled out of town, we’ve spent most of our “down time” in and among those cottages. I have really enjoyed the disconnected time, as it has given me the chance to [...]

I have started reading The Four-Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss. When I’d read descriptions and reviews of the book, I formed the opinion that I already intuitively understood many of the principles at work, particularly as regards his steps of elimination and automation. Reading it confirmed what I’d suspected: I had already used these [...]

No, we’re not in Summerside yet, but we consider it a mini-victory to have left Dauphin at all after the massive snow storm that canceled our flight out of town. Mere hours after I wrote the “we’re outta here” post, the snow and wind were just too much for the little prop plane we take [...]

Not to say that we didn’t research the move to Summerside fully before taking the plunge, but now that we’ve decided to go for it, here’s just some of what else we’ve learned about our new town that makes us super excited to move: Island Fair Trade Coffee Co. – On the off chance we [...]

We went back to Toronto in December for the first time since our move. Strangely, our first visit wasn’t for family, but for business: we spent two days in Toronto almost as tourists, staying at the Sheraton Centre where I was attending a meeting of the board of the Agile Alliance. Now we’ve stayed in [...]