This is the first year S and I have our own house for Halloween! Meaning I can finally give out candy to neighborhood kids!!!
Continue readingViola’s Room in NYC – Full Spoilers Ahead
Trying to find a place for me to jot down my thoughts after we experienced Viola’s Room in New York. My sister and her partner got us tickets initially to Life And Trust (also by Punchdrunk), but that theatrical experience shut down. So they pivoted and got us tickets to Viola’s Room, which was very interesting! We all loved Sleep No More from Punchdrunk when we experienced it 2 years ago, so this was a very thoughtful gift! A note of warning though: Sleep No More and Viola’s Room are very different immersive experiences. Viola’s Room is a linear, guided adventure, whereas Sleep No More was a freeform theatrical experience. Now let’s get to focusing on Viola’s Room! Last warning: full spoilers ahead.
Continue readingWells Gray – Living In A (Nice) Prison
For the Canada Day long weekend, we once again went camping with our friends! We did cabin camping at Spahats Creek Resort & Campground, which we later learned used to be a prison. That would explain some of the bunker-like features of the place. But it was actually really nice accommodations—so nice, in fact, that apparently people used to commit minor crimes before winter just to get thrown in jail here and be released when the weather warmed up again.
Continue readingPuerto Vallarta: 10 Years Later
It’s so weird to go back to a place you thought you’d never visit again! Not that we dislike Puerto Vallarta by any means! It’s just that when S and I came 10 years ago, we thought we’d explore other parts of Mexico if we were to return. But, apparently, it was in the cards for us to revisit, and we ended up spending about a week in Puerto Vallarta again, from June 6th to June 12th, 2025.
Continue readingLast stop: Athens!
Athens is the perfect mix of city life and still having history ooze through every crack of the city. But even in May, the heat gets pretty unbearable between 1-5:30PM while we were there, averaging about 26-27 degrees.
Continue reading