Favorite Things Friday - April 11

Good Reads
What To Do When The Next Step Feels Impossible from Scott Dinsmore
The 50 Most Visited Tourist Attractions In The World from Travel For Free
How To Motivate People - 4 Steps Backed By Science from Barking Up The Wrong Tree

Wedding Speech Of The Year


Prank The Teacher


First Time Through The Car Wash


Social Media Stalking, In Real Life


Coffee Shop Characters (I'm the refills guy)

Favorite Things Friday - March 7

Good Reading
When To Give Up And When To Keep Going from Chris Guillebeau
How To Stand In Front Of A Crowded Room And Tell A Stellar Story from Fast Company
How To Retire By 40 from Retire By 40

Way To Order Pizza


Place To Go For A Hike


Photo Shoot


Billboard


Math Riddle

Favorite Things Friday - January 24

Good Reads
25 Worst Passwords of 2013 from Mashable
Best Value Travel Destinations for 2014 from As We Travel
The Most Photographed Cities On Earth from Google

Guerilla Marketing Effort

Almost Goalie Fight


Boring Topic Made Interesting


The Future Of The Church


I'm Going Home To Try This

Favorite Things Friday - November 29

Good Reads
The World's 18 Strangest Airports from Popular Mechanics
You're Not Invited from Dave Carrol
Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook from Stephen Brewster

Journey Into Toyland


Hypnotising Dinner


Fixing Travel


Streetball in NYC


Millenial Response To Baby Boomers

Favorite Things Friday - November 1

Good Reads
Why You Should Change the Story You’re Currently Living from Shauna Niequist
10 Reasons Why You Should Travel More and More Often from As We Travel
Major League Baseball Franchise Valuations from Bloomberg

Costume


Baseball Game


Focus Group


Marching Band


News Bloopers

Favorite Things Friday - October 18

Good Reads
Why Entrepreneurs Should Start $1000 Startups from The Next Web
The Inverted Golden Rule from Leadership Freak
Vision And Innovation Come From Seeing Past The Map from Chris Brogan

Potential Vacation Location


Explanation Of A Seemingly Complex Concept


Behind The Scenes Look


Optical Illusion


Magic Trick

Favorite Things Friday - October 11

Good Reads
19 Idiotic (But Real) Travel Complaints from Huffington Post
Why Aren't You Fired Yet? TV Characters That Somehow Held On To Their Jobs from The A.V. Club
Better When from Jamie The Very Worst Missionary

Favourite Marketing Stunt


Favourite Mix Of Skill And Artistry


Favourite Behinds The Scenes Look At Someone I Speak With Regularly


Favourite Retelling Of A Bible Story


Favourite Advertisement

Favorite Things Friday - October 4

Good Reads
8 Common Thinking Mistakes by Belle Beth Cooper
Don't Look Before You Leap by Matt Appling
Why You Should Look Past Your Peers by Donald Miller

Favourite Places To Go On Vacation


Favourite Motivational Video


Favourite Retro Steve Carrell Video


Favourite Explanation Of Why I Make Dumb Decisions


Favourite Group Outing

California - Epic Recap

We've been back from our epic "2-week California Roadtrip" for about a week and I still find myself daydreaming about how much fun the trip was.

Rather than trying to put words on a screen, I've elected to let Crystal (who is a much better writer) give you the recap.

Part 1 - Seattle
Part 2 - Orange County & Los Angeles
Part 3 - Yosemite
Part 4 - San Francisco & The Coast
Part 5 - San Diego

It was such a great trip.

Great weather.
Great memories.
With a great companion.

Favorite Things Friday - May 10

Favourite Reads
Proof That Doing Work You Love Can Save Your Life from Scott Dinsmore
Is It A Blessing Or A Curse? from Dan Miller
23 Lessons Coffee Taught Me About Reaching The Unchurched from Brian Dodd

Favourite Sports Anchors


Favourite Eyewitness Interview

And Auto-Tuned Version


Favourite Tourism Video


Favourite Reminder That The World Doesn't Revolve Around AJ


Favourite Music Video

A Dichotomy

Crystal and I haven't been on a vacation for 4 years, (apparently that happens when work and kids collide) and so we decided that in 2013 we'd take some time off, travel together and get away. We have decided to take a trip out to California and knock another item off our bucket list.

Problem is I kind of don't want to go.

I'm afraid that I'll  I know I'll fall in love with California again and I won't want to leave. I mean how could you not?

Yosemite National Park

Trestles

San Francisco

Big Sur

San Diego

Santa Monica

Catalina Island

Palm Springs

California has everything you could want.
Mountains, the ocean.
Adrenaline, relaxation.
Wilderness, cities.

It's going to be an amazing vacation that I'm never going to forget. (Best ever?)  I'm afraid I'll come home, but my heart and soul will stay on the West Coast.

Am I alone here? Anyone else struggle with this?

Favorite Things Friday - Oct 12

Favourite Reading Material
Infomercial Characters That Need To Get It Together
10 Ways To Experience Bizarre Natural Phenomena
Who Pulled The Trigger

Favorite Commercial For... Batteries?


Favourite Talk About Poetry


Favourite 4 Year-Old


Favourite Slo-Mo Video


Favourite Video About A Product That Likely Won't Be Around In 5 Years

Favorite Things Friday - Canada Day Edition

It's the return of Favorite Things Friday!


In honor of Canada Day this weekend, my 3 favorite places in Canada.


1 - KELOWNA

We took family ski vacations out to Kelowna in my high school years, and I fell in love. Nestled in the rocky mountains, with warm weather down by the lake (even in winter) and an hour drive into the mountains for fresh powder. It's an unreal place, and easily my favorite place in Canada.


2 - QUEBEC CITY

Crystal and I went to Quebec City 2 years ago for our anniversary and both loved it. It felt as though we were walking around the street of Europe. I'd find myself pulling Canadian money out of my wallet and thinking: "it's so weird that they accept Canadian money here." The European vibe, food and awesome price make it #2 on the list.

3 - MUSKOKA

Whenever LIFE has an event in Muskoka I volunteer. I can't pinpoint one specific thing, but I love spending time in Muskoka. Whether it's enjoying a coffee at Seven Main, lunch at Just Crepes, or a scoop of Marty's World Famous Buttertart ice cream, Muskoka is a beaut. The fact I have lots of friends to visit in Muskoka helps it rise up to #3 on my list.


Your turn. What's your favorite place to visit?

Exploring 2.0

One of the reasons I love to travel is because I love to explore. I'd take a trip to Europe over a trip to a 5-star all-inclusive Caribbean resort any day.

But after watching this video I realised you don't need to fly across the Atlantic to explore. You can do it right in your own backyard. It makes me want to go back to New York City and re-trace their steps.

Castles In The Sky

There's a commercial on tv for a frozen pizza that says: "If there's one thing men like more than their two favourite things, it's a third thing made of those things."

That's how I would describe the latest film from Taylor Steele. I love travel, film, surfing and surf culture. Combine all these things into one and I'm hooked.



Maybe a Valentine's gift?

Are guys supposed to get gifts on Valentine's Day?