This Saturday I head out with Hubster and our two little girls (one is almost 8, the other 5) on a trip that's been nearly a decade in the making. We're going to visit my Mother-in-Law's hometown of Tallinn, Estonia. Well, truth be told I'm sure she considers Toronto her hometown (you surely didn't know this, but Toronto is home to the largest population of Estonians outside of Estonia). But that's not really relevant to this story. No, the fact is, she was born in Tallinn; fleeing with her recently-widowed mother (and 70,000 other terrified civilians) in 1944 when Nazi... More »

At first, all I could think about was Homer Simpson's trip to New York? Do you remember it? Well, if not, you can always click here to link to the full episode. Yes, I did try to get you a clip, but believe it or not I couldn't find one (and trust me, I looked. I spent the better part of 90 minutes looking!) Anyway, the point is that I went to New York myself on Sunday. Yeah, yeah...it wasn't THAT big of a deal...I'd been before after all. I wasn't afraid to ride the subway or walk the streets... More »