Four years ago I chaperoned my son on his middle school trip to Toronto. It was two jolly days filled with boisterous, obnoxious tween boys who lived life to the fullest every moment and never listened to me (also every moment). So it should come as a complete, total surprise that I decided to chaperone [Read More]
International Delights
I’ve finished a busy month at work preparing for a symposium that drew international smarty-pants (medical doctors and academic doctors) from all over the world. People came to the two-day event from Brazil, China, Chile, Costa Rica, Thailand, Switzerland and more. I have always liked learning about other cultures and even living in them. I [Read More]
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The Surprising Truth about Canada, Part II
It’s tax time in America. Which means it must be tax time in Canada, too. Right? Maybe not. After all, Canadians don’t even have pennies anymore. (What did they do with the poor pennies?!) And have you ever heard of a Loonie? A Toonie? GST? Fear not! For just as I shared with you the exact [Read More]
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The Surprising Truth about America
I’m happy to report that I’m over at Kelly L. McKenzie’s blog blathering espousing on all things American. You may remember recently that I hosted Kelly here in order to learn the surprising truth about Canada. Well, turns out that even though Canadians profess to know 8 gazillion times more about America than Americans know about Canada, those Canucks still [Read More]
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The Good, The Bad, The Vacation
Last week my family and I went on vacation to Ontario, Canada. First, we went to Niagara Falls. The Good: the falls were lovely, we enjoyed the Maid of the Mist boat tour, and no one fell in. The Bad: the kids’ favorite part of this destination was not the stunning falls but the mega [Read More]
