Gary Crallé

A Giant Among Giants

Looking back at Day 3 of my Route 66 tour through Illinois.Roll out the carpet! The American Giants (open air) Museum in Atlanta (Illinois!) is a quirky stop. We arrived as a jumbo viking was being...

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The long, lonely wait to recover a hacked Facebook account

Victims said customer support does next to nothing as users lose time and money.

Before I die...

I was walking through the underground pedestrian PATHway system beneath the banks in the financial district of Toronto when I saw this thought provoking chalkboard to which I've added my own relevant...

A Fairy Tale Hotel

Every age has its creativity. Medieval Germany produced a whimsical style of architecture we often associate with fairy tales. The beguiling town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber in Bavaria is one...

Remembrance Day, November 11, 2022

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

I was inexorably drawn to Hogwarts during an open night at Universal Studios for those attending IPWOrlando (Florida). This is the USA Travel Association's annual convention to promote inbound...

Rural on the Ridge — Part 3

Here we are — the final segment of 3 exploring the 'Upside in Rural Hamilton' along the Niagara Escarpment. DEVIL’S PUNCHBOWL The ice cubes have long since melted from the time this geological...

Rural on the Ridge — Part 2

Explore the Upside in Rural HamiltonPart 2 — TALL POST CIDERWebsite https://tallpostcraftcider.ca 1170 Hendershot Rd, Hannon, Hamilton ON 905-351-7611Email [email protected] for...

Autumn colours in Georgetown

Sugar maple trees are a sensual feast in autumn with an explosion of colour guaranteed to brighten your day.

Rural on the Ridge — Part 1

“Steeltown” Hamilton (Ontario, Canada) is best known for its industry, but beyond nuts and bolts the city has an unexpected rural upside too. As the Niagara escarpment wends toward its masterpiece...

Gone Fishin' for the Sturgeon Moon

August 22, 2022. According to the old Farmers' Alamanac, the August full moon was given its name because this is the month that sturgeon are most readily caught. Inhabiting the Great Lakes and Lake...

Cape Sable Lighthouse as time goes by

From the middle of a 1,500-year-old drowned forest at Hawk Beach there’s a good long-distance view of Cape Sable lighthouse on a clear day…or a misty one when I was there. In spring and fall this is...

Good ol’ Bootlegging and Beer

I’m sitting in Moonshin’hers Café Bistro with framed photos of past nefarious activities decorating the walls. Mario Nadeau from the Festival de le Bagosse bootlegging festival and Janice Arsenault...

Portraits by Karsh at Pier 21

As a poor Armenian immigrant in 1923, Yousuf Karsh received the usual discriminatory treatment meted out to strangers, but through persistence went on to achieve greatness. An exhibit of his photog...