Europe – Week 2 – Amsterdam, Brussels, London

In Part 2 of my Europe trip review, I will talk about the days spent in Amsterdam, Brussels and London.  The first week of my trip was spent in Paris.   Read part 1 of my trip review to see what happen.  Unfortunately, we didn’t have as much time to...

Europe 2019 – Week 1 – Paris

So, I kind of left this post sitting in my drafts for a while with nothing in it, fully intending to write about this trip, then I completely forgot about it.  I think, now that I am stuck at home without any way to travel (thanks to COVID-19), it...

Places to Eat – Our New York Trip in Food

There are so many places to eat in New York City that it can be hard to know where to eat. My recommendation is to do your research before you head out so you know where the good places to eat are located. During our planning stages, we researched...

New York Food Tour – Chelsea Market

One of the first things on our recent trip to New York was a food tour. The food tour is run by Foods of NY Tours, which offers several different tours in different areas of the city. We decided to choose the one offered for Chelsea Market. There are...

My First Trip to New York City

About a month ago, I took my first trip to New York City. To say the least, I was very excited prior to leaving, and the Big Apple did not disappoint. I owe a lot of the success of the trip to my good friend, Jennifer Tammy of Sugar,...

Sherlock Holmes: Books, Movies and Video Games

Sherlock Holmes is one of the most well-known literary characters. The character and the stories about him are in the public domain and have been since the 1980s (some stories were not in the public domain in the U.S. until 2013). The author, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, published most...

Autumn Book Reading

Autumn is one of my favourite times of year. The weather becomes cooler and I can start wearing sweaters again. Autumn is also the best time to curl up with a good book.  I find that I usually end up doing most of my reading in the fall and...

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child was released on July 31, 2016 and is the final story in the Harry Potter series.  While J.K. Rowling had said that she wouldn’t write anything else after the seventh book, this story eventually came about.  It is in the format of a...

20 Times A Lady (What’s Your Number?)

I picked up this book after watching the movie adaptation, “What’s Your Number?”, starring Anna Faris and Chris Evans.  I am going to start off with a look at the movie, then discuss the book and the changes made from the original source material....