A walk in the (amusement) park
Kids, we missed the Calgary Stampede this year. That was partly intentional, to be honest. Yes, it was the 100th anniversary, and Choo Choo was old enough to actually do some of the things there, but … well, it …
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Monkey's First Stampede
Perhaps the title’s a bit misleading, Monkey, but I suspect this will be the first Stampede you actually remember. And you have reason to remember it, too. You’ve listened to marching bands, eaten pancakes, ridden …
Diversions at Parque Diversiones
Well, Kiddo, today was a really fun day! Plans don’t always go according to plan, but there are those times when one plan ends up giving who new plans that are possibly even more fun than the original ones. I’d like to …
Playing Softball with the Rad Sox, Visiting Granville Island, Seeing Alanis Morrisette
A few weeks ago, I made the decision to join the company softball team, the Rad Sox (Rad, as is “Radical”). This was for several reasons: I’d get out more, meet more people in the company that I wouldn’t …
Pacific National Exhibition (PNE), Mom Visits
Summer has begun its slow end — the Pacific National Exhibition opened this weekend. I can only assume that its Toronto counterpart, the Canadian National Exhibition, also started this weekend. As back home in Ontario, …
Music Trip to Orlando, the Heritage Music Festival and Wet 'n Wild
I do need to mention that I was 18 when I wrote this, and ... oy, the mind of an 18 year-old man-child... A Dream… Carrots, the final frontier. These are the voyages of the U.S.S. Rabbit. It’s continuing mission: …
Music Trip to Orlando, Visiting Walt Disney World and the Magic Kingdom
A Dream… The choir was set, standing on a stage in a rather large auditorium. Four bright lights shone on us, one on Paul and Dave Kaye on one side, a sixth light on Shawn and Andy on the other. The audience was …