Posts in Tag: restaurants
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Vancouver’s North Shore – Where the Mountains Meet the Sea
Vancouver is world famous for its amazing location where the Coast Mountains and the Pacific Ocean combine to make for one the nicest places to live on the planet. But here’s the funny thing – the city of Vancouver and its major suburbs of Richmond, Surrey and New Westminster, are all pretty flat. The actual […]
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Reykjavik – First Impressions of a Booming City
Alison and I have just arrived in Iceland on what I would hesitate to call an overnight flight from North America, but rather an inconveniently short half-hop across the North Atlantic that gets us in to Keflavik airport (which services international flights to Reykjavik), at the ungodly hour of 4:30 AM. Mind you, given the […]
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Philadelphia – A Day in the City of Brotherly Love
On our most recent mid-Spring journey to Florida from Nova Scotia Alison and I decided to stop in Philadelphia for a few days as we’d never spent any time in what is one of America’s truly great cities. Our visit began at beautiful Longwood Gardens which I wrote about in this post and ended with a way too […]
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Albany Oregon – Willamette Valley Highlight
I have nothing against Albany, New York other than it’s the at the centre of that cesspool known as New York state politics, but frankly it doesn’t hold a candle to its western namesake Albany Oregon. I knew absolutely nothing about Albany Oregon until a few months ago when I visited it as part of […]
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5 Fusion & Sushi Bar -More to Bend than Beer
If you read my last post you might be excused for thinking Bend, Oregon was all about beer and gastropubs. While that’s mostly true, there are some exceptions, notably 5 Fusion where chef Joe Kim is creating tasting menus that are as far away from traditional beer go with food as you could possibly find. […]
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Best Places to Eat in Barbados – 10 Recommendations
In February, 2015 I spent two weeks in Barbados and dined at some of the best restaurants in the Caribbean. However, best does not necessarily mean expensive – some of the most memorable meals were at beachside takeouts or out of the trunks of cars of local women catering to Bajan workmen. Here is my […]
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Touring Barbados – A Visit to the South & East Coasts
In a previous post I described a visit to Harrison’s Cave and other sites in north central Barbados by way of rental car. Despite getting lost a few times it was a lot of fun and not hard to do, but with the $25 USD a day rental insurance added to the vehicle rental cost […]
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Harrison’s Cave and Other Attractions in Central Barbados
Since arriving in Barbados a few days ago I have developed a hankering to get away from the coast and visit parts of Barbados that most beach bound tourists don’t see, starting with Harrison’s Cave and other attractions in central Barbados. To do this I have arranged to rent a car which has just been […]
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Bougainvillea Beach Resort – Seven Reasons to Stay Here in Barbados
In the previous post I described why and how Alison and I ended up choosing Barbados for a February getaway a few years ago. In this one I’ll explain how and why we chose Bougainvillea Beach Resort for our accommodations and seven reasons why I highly recommend it. Please note that I paid full freight […]