Road Trip Ready: An Ode to Boredom
If I’m honest: one of my favourite things about long road trips is the boredom. Staring out at a prairie horizon that’s coloured by the setting sun, or climbing up series of mountain switchbacks,…
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A Different Kind of Budget Travel – Thrifty Travel
Some general thoughts about the art of travelling on “shoestring” budgets, destinations & expectations, and budget travel. A few years ago, Tazim and I were living on the prairies in Cow-town— daydreaming about a…
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A Volume and Weight Scale — Deserted Island Kitchen # 8
At home we have nice thick metal measuring cups and spoons galore—they rattle around in our cupboards and drawers like a pocket-ful of change. But, just like all those pennies that you can…
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Lexar Memory Card Review
When I was a kid, it wasn’t unusual for me to spend my allowance money on cassette tapes or floppy disks—physical media was everywhere. Now, I plug my digital camera right into my computer—and…
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Car Stereo Review—Kenwood DDX319
Tazim and I never consider ourselves road-trip-ready without a playlist—but when we bought our new-to-us ride, the stereo was a sore point. Whoever had bought the car originally had sprung for the limited package—we…
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Rubbermaid Glass Containers Review
Tazim and I made the switch to glass containers in the late nineties, and haven’t looked back, even aside from health concerns. we’ll accept the occasional broken container in exchange for the impermeability of…