I signed up for a LivingSocial some time ago to do the Shedd Trainer for a Day program. It’s part of the Extraordinary Experiences programs at the Shedd Aquarium. It’s a 4 hour program for $350/person ($325 for members) and is the…
Mancakes Bakery in Vancouver
Well, my friends and I were walking down the street and stumbled upon this – walking left appeared to be foolish so right we went into the bakery for some yumyums. Mancakes has a lot of tasty treats, with full…
Getting Ready To Go Play In The Dirt With A BRZ At Dirtfish Rally
It’s been a pricey BRZ day – bought some headers and will be getting them ceramic coated, bought an oil sandwich plate for some sensors too. Finishing it off with the purchase of a 2-day rally course near Seattle. Finding…
The Value of Hilton Honors Points and Golden Moments
How much is a Hilton point worth? As of today, The Points Guy‘s last valuation was at 0.5 cents. An older, but decent methodology, at valuing them is in this article. Although I’ve considered using them several places, I always…
Room Escape Chicago – Trapped In a Room With a Zombie
Some friends and I recently tried a real life room escape game for the first time. From traveling and poking around TripAdvisor these seem to be pretty popular and growing in popularity. Basically you and some friends/strangers are all trapped…
I Met the Vancouver Duck Lady
A couple friends and I visited Vancouver for a weekend in November, and we happened upon Laura-Kay Prophet, aka the Vancouver Duck Lady. This is her website here. She provides food and money to homeless people and can be seen…
Visiting the Capilano Suspension Bridge
The Capilano Suspension Bridge is a big attraction in Vancouver, fairly near Grouse Mountain and it’s easy to see both on a single trip. The large bridge is the entryway to the park system which is a pretty nice area to…
Using Points to get to Japan
Japan seems a must visit at least some time, for all of the crazy interesting things going on there. How can we get there? It’s December ’14 and I’m poking around September ’15 – rates are only even loaded to…
Hiking the Grouse Grind
Grouse Mountain is one of the mountains located in North Vancouver, rather close to the Capilano Suspension Bridge. There are various activities that visitors can participate in at the mountain, although one of the most well known is the Grouse Grind.…
Hustle up the Hancock in Chicago
Hustle up the Hancock is an annual charity race to climb to the top of the John Hancock Center in Chicago. It is typically held one of the last Sundays in February. The race is put on by the Respiratory…
