Posted in Culture on Dec 31st, 2011 No Comments »
Meditation in a cold place is an experience that is impossible to replicate anywhere else. Of course, in the bigger sense, everything that is, is right now and right here. But anyone who’s lived in warm places and cold places has had the experience that only the cold can provide. Calgary does have [...]
Posted in Culture on May 12th, 2011 No Comments »
The idea of chance is one that comes to mind over and over in a city like Las Vegas. Its reputation having been built on games of chance, the metaphors for luck and opportunity run thick at every turn. They make up a collective experience that does tend to feel a little heady. Perhaps it’s [...]
Posted in Culture on Mar 23rd, 2011 No Comments »
Although it might seem as though everything happened in New York first, reason and logic dictate otherwise. But it is probably safe to say that everything that could happen does happen in New York, at least twice a day. And although the first museum in the history of the world was not in New York [...]
Posted in Culture on Jul 12th, 2010 1 Comment »
Visiting Cape Town is like walking into the past and the present all at once. This is the city where so many cultures of the world have been negotiating histories for a long time, and the complexity of events has resulted in a very interesting cultural landscape. Besides its status as a major city, with [...]
Posted in Culture, Travel on Feb 17th, 2010 No Comments »
There are many aspects of the city of Los Angeles, California that continually entice millions of visitors every year from around the world. One of the standard features that the city is famous for across the globe is the fact that it is also the home of the American movie industry and Hollywood is part [...]
Posted in Culture on Jan 27th, 2010 No Comments »
Turning on the television is all it takes to be flooded with commercials for payday loans and cash advances. Driving down the street you see them on just about every corner. Type payday loan into Google and you are sure to receive page after page of payday lenders like www.moneymutual.com. Payday loans are a relatively [...]
Posted in Culture, Travel on Jan 23rd, 2010 No Comments »
The Mission San Antonio came about in 1718, giving rise to what is now the city of San Antonio, one of the must-see cities for anyone traveling through Texas, famous for The Alamo and its River Walk. Everyone knows to take a look at these two sites, but I wonder how many people know to [...]