Syndicated Article
Date: October 7, 2009
Just had my post ‘Turkish Delight‘ included in an e-book ‘Travel Alone & Love it!‘ compiled by Solo Traveler. A nice ego-boost 🙂 Download your copy – hope you enjoy the reads!
San Francisco Pics
Date: October 1, 2009
San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge Have put some of my SF pics up on Flickr Update: have added some more pics Oct 14, 2009
Brunch Review: La Bréhandaise crêperie
Date: September 24, 2009
Looking for a bit of ‘joie de vivre‘ for brunch? take a trip out to Queen West just past Shaw St, for a visit to La BrĂ©handaise crĂŞperie to indulge in traditional french galettes (buckwheat crepes), french wines, or if you prefer to stay local, quebec apple cider and cheeses. From the first step in, you’ll … Read More
Comfort Food
Date: September 10, 2009
I haven’t written about a restaurant for a while, but last night I ventured out to Leslieville (my favourite neighbourhood for the past 4 years), and visited Hanoi 3 Seasons again, and had to spread the good word. If you’ve been following my choice restaurants, then by now, you’ll know that I opt for the … Read More
Turkish Delight
Date: June 13, 2009
Istanbul is by far the jewel of Turkey, if not the Near East – not sure if I’d go so far as to say that it is a cross between Asia and Europe though – not quite sure what Euro-philes mean when they say that anyway, but it felt more ‘Modern’ than many European cities I’ve … Read More
Cappadocia
Date: June 10, 2009
Categories: Turkey
   Somehow I had lost my bus ticket I bought yesterday. I went back to the ticket office and even though the agent didn’t speak the same language, he seemed to understand that I had lost my ticket and replaced it at no cost or fuss… Turkish hospitality at its best.    Riding … Read More
Welcome
Date: June 7, 2009
Categories: Exploring the World, Turkey
 ‘Come, come whoever you are, whether you be fire-worshipers, idolaters, or pagans. Ours is not the dwelling place of despair. All who enter will receive a welcome here.’  the inscription on the entrance sign to the Blue Mosque in Istanbul is a perfect quote for Turkey. The people are inviting, the country magical, … Read More
Help Me with my Resolutions!
Date: March 23, 2009
This weekend was Navroz (Persian New Year) , which is when I normally start my resolutions for the year. This year I tried starting them like normal people on Jan 1st, and now that Navroz and a bit more than 2.5 months of 2009 have passed, I’m assessing how my theme for the year is going. … Read More
Saheb, Saheb, please, please, just one coin
Date: February 26, 2009
I don’t get this…. Is this a form of modern day colonialism or just plain greed and child labour exploitation? I guess the argument is that, the child actors from Slumdog Millionaire should be happy they have a job at all – after all, there are over 65 million people (twice the population of Canada) … Read More
Series of un-funk-tunate events
Date: February 15, 2009
Categories: Maintenance
WAY back in Dec 2007, my site crashed and I had to take it down. I’m only getting around to actually putting up now (as part of my health theme for the year) a number of events contributed to demise of the funkstop for the past nearly 2 years. 1. Somehow, the mysql tables for … Read More