You’ll find in many of my post I refer to “Carl”. Carl and I have been together for almost 12 years but we never really started traveling together until 5 years ago and even then, they were trips to visit his parents in San Diego so not much planning was required on our part. People … More Travel and Relationships: Introducing “Carl”
You’ll find in many of my post I refer to “Carl”. Carl and I have been together for almost 12 years but we never really started traveling together until 5 years ago and even then, they were trips to visit his parents in San Diego so not much planning was required on our part. People … More Travel and Relationships
I spent some time staring at the screen thinking of some date night restaurants to talk about but I couldn’t think of any (not any that I care to re-visit on a regular basis). So I decided to do a post on my most frequented restaurants, or “HK Cafes” that serves meals under $10 (maybe … More Under $10 Meals: My Top HK Cafes for Afternoon Tea
Not all of us have the luxury and time to escape the cold whenever and wherever. This has been an especially harsh winter, a record setting one, the coldest in the past 20 years for Toronto with more windchill warnings and extreme cold weather alerts than I can remember. I don’t normally despise the cold, … More How travelers beat the winter blues
I don’t normally do individual reviews but I always enjoy reading other fellow Toronto blogger’s food recommendations so I thought I could start with l’Arte del caffè. I’m sure most of you know, I love, love, love lattes. Wherever I go, I go with a latte in hand and if you know your coffee, Starbucks just … More Toronto’s l’Arte del caffè review
With the SARS epidemic in 2003, the City of Toronto wanted to find a way to revitalize the restaurant trade during slow times of the year. They came up with Winterlicious and Summerlicious events where participating restaurants offer prix fixe menues at $15, $20 or $25 for lunch and $25, $35, and $45 for dinner. … More Toronto’s Winterlicious/Summerlicious Restaurant Reviews
Last year I wrote a blog post on “Work-Life Balance: Traveling the World One Step at a Time” explaining why you don’t need to quit your 9-5 just to fulfill your desire to travel. Perhaps I wrote the blog to convince myself that I’m doing the right thing. For me, I don’t live pay check-to-pay … More Travel: I think I’m having a quarter life crisis.
The older I get, the more aware I am of my surroundings. I reside in the Greater Toronto Area which means I never feel like the minority – I live inside the welcoming Canadian bubble where (majority of the time) we embrace different cultures. Growing up, I’ve never been bullied because of my Chinese decent … More Facing Racism while Traveling
I just finished watching “Somewhere Between” on Netflix, and boy, did I bawl my eyes out towards the end. Somewhere Between is a documentary outlining the obstacles and decisions that adoptees face growing up abroad. In university I took a course on cultural identity, and one of the core concepts that I took to heart … More Volunteer Travel
Sometimes I’m envious of those Twitter profiles that say, “Quit my job, sold my life and currently traveling the world”. I must admit, even before university ended, I got suckered into the corporate world, but in all honesty, it’s not that bad. For those of you who are confused about what you’d like to do … More Work-life balance: Traveling the world a step at a time
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