Calgary Stampede Parade 2014
I woke up bright and early on Friday to make the trip into Calgary to attend the 2014 Stampede Parade. Even though I grew up in Alberta and my dad […]
Category Archives: People
Liebster Awarded!
A big THANK YOU to Erick over at Pathless Travels for nominating me for a Liebster Award! Travel blog – Independent Budget Travel – Being with Locals – Wandering to […]
Celebrating the Life of Maya Angelou
Calypso singer. Friend to Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and Oprah. Teen mother. Survivor. Poet. Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient. Author. Human rights activist. San Francisco’s first […]
‘X’ is for Xilitla and Las Posas
Xilitla, a pueblo magico (magical town), is located in the Huasteca region of San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Xilitla (pronounced ‘he leet la’) has a large indigenous population and many of […]
‘S’ is for Solar Power. The only energy source this airplane uses is sunshine
In the middle of exciting plans and preparations for a history-making flight around the world in 2015, Swiss based program Solar Impulse seems to have found it’s place in the […]
‘L’ is for Lila Downs
Well-known and loved within Mexico, and in particular her home area of Oaxaca, Lila Downs might be best known internationally for her role in the movie Frida, (although she holds […]
‘E’ is for Ernesto..aka: Che Guevara
Love him or hate him, Ernesto Guevara de la Serna (Che Guevara) is one of the most popular revolutionary figures of modern times. His image is seen on posters, T-shirts, […]
From Argentina to Alaska in a Teenie Weenie Car
Parked in a little side street just off 5th avenue in Playa del Carmen was the ‘Brasita del Fuego’: a tiny Fiat 600. Bright red and covered in stickers, it […]
Gypsy Shutterbug 