next 2025/09 – In Sanremo, Italy, a chef repeatedly threw pizza dough in the air and caught it. That gray dough was made of carbon vegetable flour. It was topped with porcini mushrooms and prosciutto. Baked, served, then devoured.
Mike Hall
next 2005/07 ― In Vermilion, Alberta, Raymond had the pleasure to meet Mike Hall from the TV show Rust Valley Restorers. We were looking at old cars. This red 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air was my favorite.
The Harp
next 2025/05 ― I wish I had taken music in high school. I would have learned about the instruments in an orchestra. Well, I got a rare opportunity to sit behind a harp. It has 47 strings. The red strings produce the note C and the blue strings produce the note F. The strings play […]
Bubble Tea
next 2025/02 ― I could not decide whether I should have a hot or a cold Pearl Milk Bubble Tea at the Chun Shui Tang restaurant in Taichung, Taiwan. So, I ordered one of each. Why not? After all, this is the very restaurant that invented these innovative tapioca-based drinks. Both drinks were delicious!
Solar Eclipse
next 2024/04 ― On March 8, 2024, Raymond went to the Civic Center in Cornwall to experience the total eclipse of the sun. Fortunately, it was the moon and not the clouds that blocked the sun.
Star Gazing
next 2023/06 ― Venus and Mars came very close to each other in the moonless night sky. Being an inner planet, when visible at night, Venus is always at the horizon, never wandering too far from the hidden Sun. Through the telescope, Venus’ crescent shape glowed brightly, betraying the Sun by revealing its location. On […]