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Ikigai is a Japanese concept for "a reason for being," it's a lifestyle that strives to balance the spiritual with the practical. In a nutshell, what gets you up in the morning besides your alarm clock, what are you passionate about? With the current state of the world, it's hard to get excited about anything. Quite [...]
It was down to the wire, we needed to make the call, cancel our two month trip to Europe or risk getting stuck in London, France, or worse quarantined somewhere. A gruelling few hours later, our decision to cancel our trip came early Friday morning, our flight was the next day. Shortly after we made our decision to [...]
WTF!! How does planning a simple trip to Italy become a nightmare? Seriously...not in our wildest dreams would we have thought a virus from China could detour us from travelling to one of our favourite destinations. We're keeping current with news updates on the coronavirus, and fact-checking from various government websites. It's hard not to get [...]
Tulum sounds like it should be the answer to a Jeopardy question, "What is Mexico's trendiest resort?" Tulum is a region in Mexico, 120 km south of Cancun, known as the Riviera Maya, a stretch of coast that includes beaches, jungles, and Mayan ruins. Tulum is the ultimate spot for those seeking an easy, cost-effective trip to [...]
It's been a week since the Oscars, and I'm still processing Joaquin Phoenix's acceptance speech for "best actor", or rather his shout out to inequality and injustice. I love these Oscar moments, just when you least expect it, here's Phoenix with a profound and thought-provoking speech. For those of you who missed it, here you go... [...]
For the past six years, Valentine's day for me was a bust, well ok, I may have poured myself a glass or two of wine, and commiserated how it sucks to be single. There was a time when Valentine's day got me excited, but that was a much younger naive me. To be honest, it's [...]
For the past year, you've followed along on my journey with the new man in my life. I guess I can't use the word "new" anymore, we've just hit the one year mark. It's hard to believe, the time has gone so fast, but when I stop to think of all we have seen and done together, [...]
