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In case you were wondering, the title of this blog post refers to my being back in Vancouver, paradise of the west coast. In contrast, Maui’s an absolute hellhole.

I kid, I kid. Vancouver truly is all that, but Hawaii’s certainly a pleasant place to spend a week. Here are some shots from my recent trip there.

I’ve actually been back from my vacation in New York City for a few weeks now. Between catching up on work, writing for The Propagandist, and playing a zombie apocalypse RPG, I’ve been busy. Too busy to write about my trip.

Here are some images from Flickr I took while I was in America-land so you can get an idea of what I was up to. They’re in no particular order:

Some highlights of my vacation in New York City so far:

1. Not getting deported immediately upon arrival at JFK. I thought I lost my passport and scrambled to find it for 5 minutes (It was in my backpack).
2. A slice of pizza from the restaurant where Peter Parker worked as a delivery guy before pursuing a different career as a superhero.
3. Eating octopus in the Greek neighborhood of Astoria in Queens.
4. Walking over the Brooklyn Bridge.
5. Pints of various Brooklyn beverages during happy hour. $3 a beer? Seriously.

I’ll be meeting some fellow propagandists tomorrow, taking part in a writing meetup and checking out “Occupy Wall Street” (For those who know me well and are asking themselves, “what took you so long?”, all I can say is politics and headline news have been on the back burner for this trip). I’m looking forward to actually hanging out with some cool locals.

If you’re a New York-based blogger, political pundit, social media nerd or related sort of creative type, please do feel free to get in touch while I’m here. Cheers.

Some images from my recent travels in Israel. More accounts from myself and other Canadian writers and bloggers will soon be available at Rediscovering Israel.

I’m long overdue for a visit to my old hometown of Winnipeg. I was thinking about the place while compiling some video I took from a trip about a year ago. I think it’s a nice tribute.