Labor Day in the USA and I was again off to Flushing Meadows, this time with tickets for the night session in the Arthur Ashe Stadium. Because the schedule for the courts isn’t decided until the evening before, you’re unaware as to who you will be seeing when you buy the tickets. As it turned out, it wasn’t the greatest of lineups that evening (no Federer or Nadal) but I suppose it could have been worse. (read more…)

Another blisteringly sunny day in New York and what better way to spend it than at Flushing Meadows watching some top class tennis. (read more…)

Another early morning rise in Manhattan and a subway trip to Queens. It was Tuesday in the first week of the 2008 US Open and with my camera battery fully charged for a change, I was determined to see as many full matches as I could. I ended up leaving at about 9:30pm. (read more…)

The US Open is probably my favourite tennis grand slam event so I was pretty excited this morning to be heading to the opening day of the tournament. I had a grounds ticket for the day session which meant I could come and go as I pleased around any of the courts except for the Arthur Ashe Stadium. (read more…)

I headed to North Vancouver today with a toy baby doll in my bag and went to see the Capilano Suspension Bridge. It’s pretty nice and interesting etc. but it gets quite boring after a few minutes and really isn’t worth the admission price. (read more…)

A tradition every summer in Vancouver is the ‘Celebration of Light‘, a fireworks display competition held over four different nights in English Bay. Last night was the Canadian entry and many, many thousands of people crowded the beaches and streets of the West End and Kitsilano to catch the show. (read more…)

We had a nice sunny day here today so I did a lot of walking around and took a few snaps. (read more…)

(1) This is the planet Earth, a mostly harmless rocky body of gloop and stuff which formed about 4.54 billion years ago in the Milky Way galaxy. On its face you can see the continent of North America. (read more…)

We all know the old saying – what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas! So obviously I can’t reveal too much about the last few days which I spent there. We stayed in the Planet Hollywood which was quite nice. A discreet $20 tip to the check-in clerk got us a room upgrade. Sleeping was kept to a minimum each day and only occurred a couple of hours each side of noon. (read more…)

We’ve had lots of varying weather here in the last couple of months. Some days are just below freezing and we get dumpings of snow. Other days are what I’d call “Irish” – miserably dull, cloudy, windy and rainy. Then others still are gorgeously clear and sunny. (read more…)