Admiral Inn Burlington

... could suck when you are hardly able to drag yourself from bed each and every day… How soul destroying the constant pain could be and how emotionally debilitating the whole gloomy picture looked!!

So keeping most of the specialists spinning their wheels I was left month after month to slowly fade (2 years and 10 months to date!!)… In a not too quiet a manner I might add!! … I really understand now why Patrick Swayze was still ...

Hottest day I've experienced in a long time! Probably the worst day to walk around the Royal Botanical Gardens in Burlington. Which was unfortunate because it's all so beautiful. Lots of lovely plants and flowers. Also, the art installations were interesting and quite varied. Take a look!

Communication has always intrigued me. Language, the spoken word, the written word, how those words are perceived by others....non-verbal messages, subconscious messages, tactile messages, intentional and unintentional messages....electronic messages? In Guatemala I begin a foray into a new world ...

I don't have a lot of time to write much, but I promised a bunch of you I'd write a post so we could make sure this worked. So it's my last night in Canada for a few months and that's really strange. I mean I'm so comfortable here and I know where everything is, I know the city inside and out. I know where to go to get just about anything, and I'm totally comfortable hopping on and off the transit, wandering ...

... walked back to Kit's hotel and we went up to the secret 19th floor rooftop terrace where I saw what's probably a once in a lifetime view (I think). We pondered putting our feet in the jacuzzi up there, but it was too wet to sit down. We chatted some more, and Kit was sleepy so we said goodbye. I had called Laura earlier, and she said she left the keys for me under the mat. She also invited me to come out for some more Pride Week fun. Um, no, that's OK, I'll just go back and ...

Ok, folks; I've recieved a few emails as to what is there to do in Bacolod. Thanks to those who sent me those requests - I totally never thought about this. Restaurants Like I said before, Bacolod is a gastronomic paradise, and there are so many restaurants, which I credit to the local "monkey see, monkey do" mentality - meaning if one guy does it, all the others follow. It was said that there are just too many restaurants here that even ...

by Carol Salmon of the Alto Section

The Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square went “international” on the first stop of their 2007 tour. Landing by air in Toronto, Canada Thursday afternoon, the Choir and Orchestra members stepped outside of the United States for the first time in nine years.
Before the opening tour performances in Toronto's Roy Thomson Hall, there was time on Thursday evening to visit ...

... for my health to fly home instead of continuing on the trip. I got on an american airlines flight that evening and made my way home via Miami. It turned out to be a good decision since I was feeling pretty **** for the first few days when I got home and was having a hard time keeping food down which according to internet research can be a common side effect of a concussion. I am feeling better ...

Alright, so not much of a plan right now. We fly into Guyaquil, Ecuador's biggest city to meet up with Edwin's family. We spend the night there and then head to Machala where his aunt and uncle live. We fly out from Quito two weeks later. Gotta fill in the blanks once we get there.

I was really happy to see my cousin Danielle again. She came to fetch me and we went for a Thai lunch. I had a green curry and she had mango chicken...it was yummy in my tummy. We loaded my pack into the car and chatted catching up all the way back to Burlington where she and her husband live. It takes about an hour to drive to this quiet and peaceful suburb where Danielle has spent most of her life ...