Entries from August 2008

August 28, 2008

Philadelphia Redux

It has been really nice coming back to Philadelphia – not only because it is a great city, but because it is so familiar. It has been a really easy couple of weeks, living in the center of the city and near everything, and already knowing where everything is! It has also been nice because [...]

August 18, 2008

Back to Philly, and back to New York City!!

I was so overjoyed to get back to Philadelphia, one of my favorite stops from last year. It was a long-ass travel day but we finally arrived in the City of Brotherly Love and checked into our super huge, super plush Rittenhouse apartment. I had found this apartment building a while back, and to rent [...]

August 14, 2008

Banff National Park

The highlight of the week in Calgary was most definitely our trip to Banff National Park. Calgary as a city was much more bustling than Edmonton, but still fairly run-of-the-mill. There was a shopping mall downtown, and a pedestrian mall with lots of restaurants, and a nice bike trail along the river – all things [...]

August 3, 2008

Laying Low in Edmonton

I’m afraid I don’t have much to report about this week. Maybe it was the “coming down” after such an eventful month in Vancouver, but I just had no energy to do ANYTHING this week. Luckily, Edmonton is just the town to do nothing in. Because there’s not a whole lot going on.
We flew in [...]