Mom asked for an itinerary for the Israel trip, and asked if it was a safe time to visit the area. Thought I’d share my response in case anyone else has any concerns about our heading into a war zone. I’ve never been to the Middle East at all, so I’m nervous, but more about [...]
Read more →On my way over to the Design Exchange for the press photo opp today, I noticed that there was a Toronto a la Cart vendor on the corner of King & Bay. They were tucked around the corner on Bay far enough that I never saw them when I’d go in to work. I made [...]
Read more →I was surprised a long layover on this flight search at tripadvisor – 16 hours in Reykjavik? I actually know somebody there, so I could even leave the airport with that… Wait a minute. Leaves Toronto at 9:10 pm on the 12th of October, and arrives in Iceland at 7:25 am on… the FOURTEENTH? Departs [...]
Read more →I didn’t do this much stuff in Halifax or in Vancouver… technically I’m not doing most of it in Toronto, either, but this is a lot of travel cost that’s immensely cheaper from this end of the country. I’m still considering going back to Vancouver for a session of film overdose with the Vancouver International [...]
Read more →I’ve been turning up direct flights from Toronto to Atlanta for about $750 per person, all taxes included. Flights that have a stop in Newark or Chicago drop a bit, settling in around $550 return per person. I had investigated the possibility of buying the ~US$550 Amtrak US pass and taking the train the whole [...]
Read more →I was looking at lastminutetravel.com and priceline.com and all the other cut-rate sites to find the cheapest place possible so that we could have a room for the weekend while we drive around looking for an apartment. Hopefully we’ll find a place with immediate availability so that we can sleep THERE on the night of [...]
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