With the work of the conference now done, and a busy week, ahead of me working with humanware in Montréal and the Canadian Institute for the Blind in Toronto, I...
It’s another early start on Friday morning, 5.00am and I’m up packing and getting ready to transfer to Boston for a few days. The whole day is essentially taken up...
As the conference rolls on my I make more and more contacts, see ideas for new products, and then more about strategies that we could employ in Australia. First session...
The conference proper got underway today. But first the weather. They said, come to California, it’ll be beautiful. Hmm, well in terms of the weather, they couldn’t have been more...
Today, I had the opportunity to attend the first day of the CSUN (California State University, Northridge) conference, and it was an incredibly valuable experience. The conference, which focused on...
Saturday, 11 March rolled around pretty quickly and before I knew it, I was in another taxi, on another flight, but this time it wasn’t Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane. It...
In keeping with our recent plans, we again travelled to an Australian destination. This time, Daylesford in Victoria's high country, with good friends Michael and Kathryn. Previously we've visited Tasmania,...
Little weekends away have become the norm in a COPVID recovering world. Check out my other short blogs, Sydney, Uluru. This time it was Hobart, with my brother and his...
I'm a big Hamilton fan. Have been for years. As part of our annual pilgrimage to New York City, I've tried numerous times to secure tickets to the show. I've...
23 April to 25 April 2021 The world continues to grapple with COVID outbreaks as internationally governments have placed hope in a vaccine that seems to be doing little to...
I was originally going to post this as we started our journey to New York in November 2020, but decided to change the post given the Pandemic. We got back...
It just won’t go away. Mardi wakes again feeling less than ideal. It’s our last full day in the Big Apple and she is determined to get out. Although we’ve...
Moving day again. We get up pack and play the moving game again. Our second new room isn’t ready, so we head out. Mardi is still heavily congested so we...
Originally our last day. But the events of the last 24 hours have changed that. Mardi is showing some signs of improvement as we finish our packing. Even though our...
While the snow has given way to sun, Mardi’s illness has moved in. She’s slept for the best part of 16 hours, with intervals of coughing fits. It’s our next...
Mardi had a horrible night. This cold has really taken hold and knocked her around. We cancel our evening tour and decide to stay in. The storm/snow front from yesterday...
Unfortunately Mardi has become quite unwell. Add to this is today’s weather, some heavy rain, wild winds and very cold. So a day indoors is in order. We watch some...
Another glorious sunny day greeted us. We headed out to the East Village for some brunch. Mardi had found a pretty cool place, Beauty and Essex. We arrive at 11.30...
The day after Thanksgiving has taken on the title of Black Friday. Supposedly when businesses are in the black, although it was first used in Philadelphia in the 1960s as...
Thanksgiving in the USA and NYC certainly joins the celebration. The Macy’s thanksgiving day parade is broadcast live, much like a footy final. I watch some of the parade on...
As storms passed through Manhattan we had a lazy morning. We’ve been averaging 20,000 steps a day, so our feet were thankful for the break. The afternoon and evening were...
We started our day with a walk down town and towards Third Ave. Mardi found a shop to check out some clothes off the beaten track. While she was looking...
The rain fell slow and long all night. We were planning asleep in, but the hotel fire alarm went off just after 7.00am. We both jumped out of bed, hoping...
I started the day with Robert as Mardi took it easy. Robert was keen to discover the Seinfeld Restaurant. So we met up at our hotel and took the subway...
Grey skies greeted us today together with a stiff cold northerly wind. Robert was keen for a slow, quiet day, so we ventured out on our own. We headed downtown...
Thursday presented us with another gloriously sunny but cool day. Robert and I headed out to the Intrepid Sea and Air Museum and Mardi had a quiet morning at home....