After the first two U2 New York shows Chris and I saw, Colleen, her Mom Gerry, and her best friend Rachel took us to Gerry’s beautiful home in Lavallette, New…

New York in the summer – hot and smelly (namely in mid-town) – but still a lot of fun to visit (my 7th trip, I believe).   This time around, it…

Brenda came up from Calgary to join Nathania, Jeanie, and myself to watch the Japan v. England Women’s World Cup semi-final match at Commonwealth Stadium. Japan played well in the…

Nathania and I drove down to Calgary to visit friends and celebrate a birthday in Stanley Park. While the weather was hot and dry, our stay at the Westin was…

Alex, Nathan, Stephen and I watched a round of 16 match featuring top ranked US versus Colombia. The first half was combative and appeared that the game could go either…

Nathania and I went to our hometown to celebrate our post-wedding Winnipeg reception with family, relatives, and friends.  It was a very busy, yet exciting past month.  Away in Vancouver…

Prior to our post-wedding Winnipeg reception, Nathania and I took some photos at the University of Manitoba, where we had gone to school.  Her uncle Al was kind to offer…

My friend Alex was great in getting us tickets for the opening match (Canada v. China) of the Women’s Football World Cup in Edmonton.  It’s my second World Cup in…

Our friends Reiko and Yoko picked us up near Yokohama and we drove to a nice park off of Lake Kawaguchi in order to have a great view of Mount…

After Kanazawa, we took one of the newest Shinkansens to Tokyo. It was raining by the time we arrived, but were able to find our hotel just fine. We had…