I’m writing to you from the fifth floor of the Inn at The Forks, a boutique hotel in the heart of Winnipeg, a dynamic public space at the confluence of the Assiniboine and Red Rivers. It’s fitting that I’m beginning my month-long …
#ExploreMB with BCRobyn
I’m going on a month-long blogging road trip through Manitoba this summer! … and it starts in two days! I’ll begin my journey in Winnipeg this Wednesday where I’ll be meeting up with the fine folks at Travel Manitoba who are generously hosting …
Khatsahlano! Music + Arts Festival 2013: A Culinary Preview
Update: This was a review of an event from 2013, but keeping it up here as a time capsule reminder. Vancouver’s biggest FREE outdoor music festival, the Khatsahlano Music + Arts Festival, is taking over Kitsilano’s W 4th Avenue on Saturday, …
Tasting Plates Vancouver: Commercial Drive
I was walking down Commercial Drive on the first week of June, still in a daze after coming back from the TBEX conference in Toronto the night before, and who do I run into, but Richard Wolak aka: Vancouver Foodster. …
The Newly Renovated Rijksmuseum
There are certain things you need to check off on your to do list when you’re spending five days in Amsterdam. On my third day in Amsterdam, I had the Rijksmuseum in mind, especially since it had only reopened a …
Learning to ride a bicycle in Amsterdam
Thursday was a national holiday in the Netherlands. Everyone had the day off. Amsterdam, as a result, was packed full of people EVERYWHERE, and it was the day I decided to learn how to ride a bicycle in this city. …
Hello Amsterdam!
I’m in Amsterdam! That picture was taken earlier this afternoon, moments after my arrival. Note the Heineken and the traditional Dutch croquettes. I’m writing this semi-deliriously from my AirBnB flat in De Pijp where it’s after 9pm. The room is …