Tag: North America
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A day in New York Chinatown and across the Brooklyn Bridge
For our second day in New York City, we explored more of Lower Manhattan and beyond. We started the morning with a subway ride to Chinatown. We stopped at the popular Nom Wah Tea Parlor for their delicious dim sum. Opened in 1920, the Doyers Street location of Nom Wah was NYC’s first dim sum…
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Sushi, Central Park, and more pizza in New York City
After arriving in NYC the previous afternoon and starting off our pizza tour, we awoke the next morning to begin our first full day in the city. We spent a leisurely morning in the hotel. Teddy usually wakes up at around 6:30 am so we fed him and played a bit while eating a takeout…
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Baby and the City: Travelling to NYC with an infant
We did it! We successfully navigated our first trip as a family of three, with baby Teddy in tow. Over the Easter long weekend, we visited New York City for Teddy’s first international travel. Preparing for a flight with baby For our flight, I debated between bringing Teddy as a lap infant for free versus…
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Planning baby’s first travel
Happy New Year! We had a nice holiday season and celebrated baby’s first Christmas with family at home. Now that we have moved into 2024, it’s time to start making travel plans for the year, which will be full of new experiences as we take our little boy Teddy on his first trip(s). I am…
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2022: A year of food highlights
Seasons greetings! As we approach the end of 2022, it’s time to look back on all that has happened in the past 365 days. This year welcomed a return to normalcy, with pandemic restrictions lifted allowing us to resume travel. Although we don’t dine out as often as we used to, we nonetheless experienced several…
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Everything we ate in Vancouver, Canada
The Michelin Guide has finally come to Canada. Shortly after 13 restaurants in Toronto were awarded with stars (yes, I have some opinions about the selections but that’s a topic for another post), the inspectors moved onto Vancouver and announced 8 restaurants as recipients this year. Although we didn’t eat at any of the now…
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Fall in full bloom at Don Valley Brick Works, Toronto
I’ve shared some fall colours from High Park and Trinity Bellwoods Park so far this season. Over the weekend, we ventured further afield to Don Valley Brick Works to enjoy some more autumn foliage. Don Valley Brick Works, also referred to as the Evergreen Brick Works, is a former quarry and industrial site located in…
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Everything I ate in San Francisco, USA (mostly sushi)
Next to New York City and Chicago, San Francisco is one of the best American food cities. In fact, it boasts the highest concentration of three Michelin starred restaurants in the country. Being coastal, I figured that San Francisco would be a top spot for seafood, so I sought to eat as much sushi as…
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On this day: Fisherman’s Wharf & Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco
See more from my On This Day series here, where I celebrate travel memories on their trip anniversaries. On October 20, 2019, I was at Fisherman’s Wharf, San Francisco, USA. We disembarked from our Alcatraz Island cruise, and headed toward Fisherman’s Wharf for the next stop on our tour of San Francisco. This neighbourhood encompasses the…
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On this day: Alcatraz Island, San Francisco
See more from my On This Day series here, where I celebrate travel memories on their trip anniversaries. On October 20, 2019, I was at Alcatraz Island, San Francisco, USA. Following a day exploring Chinatown and Mission District, we started our second tour day in San Francisco on a visit to Alcatraz Island. Alcatraz is a…
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