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The Royal Ontairio Museum is a treasure trove of dinosaur bones and quirky exhibits. They have an extensive collection with over 6 million objects. Among the highlights? “Kunti” (the blue lady)… And the shrunken head. I also really enjoyed the e… Continue reading →

The CN Tower is the world’s largest tower and while apparently most of Toronto lined up to see it right before we did. Evelyn was not impressed. It took over two hours to make it to the elevator, but once we did it was totally worth it. The tower … Continue reading →

If you have any sort of interest in science or want to know where people with lots of children hang out in Toronto, head out to the Toronto Science Center. Two birds, one stone. We took the subway and a bus to get there. We had an unexpected treat… Continue reading →

The house has 98 rooms and at the end of the morning it felt like we had visited each one. I know all this because of the complimentary audio tour we each enjoyed. Henry Pellat founded the Toronto Electric Company and had a monopoly on providing e… Continue reading →

Well, not so much the Customs agent who works the border and hassled me about failing to stop at the stop sign prior to approaching his little booth (it’s a damn lie!). Regardless, we had a lovely drive from Niagara to Toronto. Along the way we st… Continue reading →

Niagara Falls has the greatest french fries in the world. Our day began when we left the Clearfield Hampton Inn and hit the open highway. Along the way we stumbled across the Zippo Museum. How could we not stop? That would be like driving past the… Continue reading →

What better way to pregame for our road trip to Alabama next week than with a road trip to Canada this week? Our first stop was on the 495 just across the MD state line. Yes friends, the Beltway traffic was heavy. Once it cleared we continued onto… Continue reading →

Ever feel like your life is a movie plot? Evelyn and I decided to spend the weekend in the mountains maintaining my Hilton Honors Diamond status and using some of our Living Social vouchers. Evelyn picked me up early so we’d have time to hit the o… Continue reading →

It was a very special weekend for me, friends. My BFF decided to visit so Evelyn and I took her with us on one of our bucket list adventures. We started the adventure at Drink the District. They hand out tiny little plastic beer mugs and then allo… Continue reading →

One would think that telling your friends to meet you under the giant silver tree would assist with your meetup. Sadly, not during Jazz in the Garden when you are trying to find a blond girl who is sitting with a few of her friends and people are … Continue reading →