Where’s The Kibbles: Why We Rate Cat Food Over Air Travel

Posted on May 24, 2007 - Filed Under Airlines, News, Video | Leave a Comment

Cats, as you are well aware, know more than we do. I asked both of our cats, Max and Moritz, about that and they responded with their inscrutable “I don’t suffer fools” look. Every time I travel, Max plants himself inside of my open suitcase marking my black sweaters with tufts of fuzz while Moritz […]

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Those Unflappable Herons

Posted on May 9, 2007 - Filed Under Canada | Leave a Comment

The cleanup is underway in Stanley Park, a 1000-acre nature refuge near downtown Vancouver, BC, after it was ravaged by a wind storm last December. The hurricane-force winds mowed down trees as if they were stalks of wheat. I was there last week and by the looks of it, it will take a long time […]

Industrial Light and Magic

Posted on May 3, 2007 - Filed Under Canada, Photography | Leave a Comment

The Docks in Vancouver, BC - (c) Russell Johnson
The Vancouver, BC waterfront is quite spectacular, looking out over the bay at snowcapped mountains. But human activity is photographable as well. Are these crates coming or going? Where to, where from? Are they filled with Canadian salmon headed east or lawn chairs from China?

The Hyatt Earworm

Posted on May 3, 2007 - Filed Under Hotels & Resorts, Canada | Leave a Comment

How many sleepless nights have you had that can be attributed to an ohrwurm. Ohrwurm is earworm in German, a tune that plays over and over in your head like a faucet drip or Barry Manilow at “The Copa?” One, for me, is the theme music from BBC World, always a welcome relief on […]