Toronto is ~80 miles from Niagara falls. Much of the drive was uneventful, but closer to Toronto, the Gardiner Expressway was PACKED and was down to a crawl, even on a Sunday. I found the last 15 miles the most painful – took almost 40 minutes for this stretch! Our hotel was right in downtown [...]
Archive for May, 2008
Memorial day road trip – part 2
Posted in biking, fun, summer, travel, tagged 2008, canada, memorial day, toronto on May 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Memorial day road trip – part 1
Posted in fun, summer, travel, tagged 2008, canada, memorial day, niagara on May 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Last weekend we went on a 4 day road trip to Niagara falls and Toronto. Basically AK had been asking for a while to go see the falls, but I wasn’t so keen since we have been there too many times and it is such a long drive (~8 hrs), but he was persistent.
We started [...]
Instilling “good” competition
Posted in kids, tagged competition, piano, reading on May 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Two recent events have left me wondering if I’m the aggressive, Type A mom. I hope not, at least that is not my intention.
Few weeks ago, AK had his second recital. For the opening piece, there was a high-schooler who played the Fur Elise. She was sooo good, if I hadn’t seen her, I probably [...]
A trip to the circus
Posted in fun, kids, tagged circus on May 2, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Yesterday, we all went to see “the greatest show on earth“. It was awesome! We had seen it two years ago too, but I don’t remember being this impressed (May be the sleepless nights with a 6 month old or whatever). This time was different. The kids had fun too, but I guess I enjoyed [...]
