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You may not appreciate the great phones out there until you see what others can do with theirs. It could be that their phones are good at taking wide-angle photos. Or maybe they rock phones that offer cool augmented reality and 3D photo capabilities. In any case, if you feel stuck with your phone, it may be time to consider a new one.
But how do you choose? If you’re not a tech blogger or don’t obsessively follow news about the latest devices like I do, the number of features and specs out there can be overwhelming.
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This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Ebates.ca. All opinions are 100% mine.
Many of you are likely going about online shopping all wrong. To that, many might say, “But Casey—virtual shopping in 2017’s so easy… how could I possibly get it wrong?” And yes—we have made it easy. As we speak, the very way we shop online is changing, with biometrics and complex algorithms replacing numerous credit cards and passwords. All this to say, it’s easier to spend our money, yes… but imagine how much farther that spending money would go if we learned to make it work for us?
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Just to show you how good it is, let me show you how it works with some of my summer shopping list!
Now that summer’s finally upon us, it’s time to get your summer look on, too! It could be a fresh ‘do, new clothes, or even some new accessories! While we shed the layers away on every other part of our bodies, it’s a perfect time to think about what goes on our faces! SmartBuyGlasses wants you to remember that prescription or no, a great pair of glasses of help bring it all together!
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As we make our way through summer with family travels aplenty to look forward to, I’m glad to have a pair of frames like the Ermenegildo Zegna ZC0001s to do it with. Harkening back to Dwayne Wayne’s flip-top sunglasses from A Different World, it’s just what my wardrobe needed to offer something different for my boys and me alike!
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I doubted myself for a while there, but I’m finally at the point where I think I’ll actually close The 2013 100 in time ???? I’ve already promised myself that I’ll be a lot more organized in 2014, not forcing posts out in the last few days of the year like I am now. I look forward to what’s coming in the year ahead. Trips, more things to learn about fatherhood, telling better tales… but let me save all that for the last post. For now, let’s get into 81-90!
It was massive, it was delicious and the combination of the two made for an AMAZING nap afterward.
Last updated on April 23rd, 2021 at 08:18 pm
You know how in Canada, to get beer you go to a Beer Store and most of it is in a back room and brought out to you by paid beer handlers? Oh no, not in America! It’s IN YOUR FACE. GLORIOUSLY.
In the time I’ve been gone, I’ve changed jobs, Toronto was hit by a blizzard and Burger King’s Twitter account got hacked in a gloriously hilarious fashion.
That’s the best you could do in four days, Toronto? Shoot.
I’ll tell you all about my trip soon enough; until then, there are other stories to tell and photos to share 😊 I hope you enjoy the madness I was up to leading to the trip, and the many stories I’ll have to share from the trip itself!
But let’s start with another trip—one that found me and some close friends in Buffalo, NY…
TeamTrolling Does America
When you have a good thing going, you’ve gotta let it grow and not see it burn out. We can form strong friendships with others, but developing those relationships involves a dedicated effort as you get to know each other, share experiences and better understand one another through spending more time together.
6:30 am of Saturday, February 9th (i.e. the day right after Snowmageddon and the Ford Blue Party) marked the beginning of TeamTrolling Does America, the trip Marcel, Justin, Lily, Sarah and I would take across the border in pursuit of “shopping and cheesecake” (word for word, that’s what we told border security)! After Snowmageddon 2013, the road conditions weren’t the best (especially in Mississauga, you cheapskates), but—despite some horrid route choices—we were able to get all of our passengers together and into Buffalo, NY to get our shop on!
Fashion Outlets of Niagara Falls
The Fashion Outlets of Niagara Falls are by far the better shopping centre. While there’s nothing particularly glamorous about Buffalo, NY, don’t let the run-down exterior throw you off—there be deals in this little shopping complex!
Compared to the later trip to the Walden Galleria, we all found more stuff we were happy with at this stop!
Our first stop would see the start of a theme for the day — Casey running around looking for juice. The Samsung Galaxy S3 is wicked fast, but the use of an LTE network to make it that quick drains a battery like a vampire at a blood bank. By the time we’d made our way to Hamilton to grab Justin, the battery was already half gone. So it was pretty lucky that there were posts in the Fashion Outlets’ food court with outlets!
That were only there for show.
Thus, with no steady stream of power to work from, I was all over the place, trying to find my next fix so I could take advantage of the Rogers Day Pass for data over the border. I’ve since bought a Mophie Juice Pack for my phone, but having to constantly look for extra power at the time was painful.
Hot Tips:
Power in Numbers
Team up with friends to get the best deal possible through volume purchasing.
e.g. Sarah and I both hit Cole Haan up separately and spent $230 combined. Already getting awesome deals on our purchases, it would’ve been even BETTER if we’d shopped together, because they were giving $50 off on purchases of $250 or more. So coordinate where you can!
Learn how to park, damnit!
The parking lot of the Fashion Outlets was atrocious. Fools trying to park diagonally, man. DIAGONALLY.
TOPS
Everything’s bigger in the States. Everything.
We got to TOPS expecting to find cool flavours and snacks that never see the light of day in Canada, but the labyrinthine building that held it all totally caught us off-guard!
We definitely saw the power of population density at play with lower prices, massive variety and no pesky 5¢ charge for plastic bags!
BURGERS AS BIG AS YOUR HEAD
I may be exaggerating — slightly—but the side trip to Grover’s for food was worth it—Justin heard of it from Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. I wasn’t a huge fan of the cheeseburger soup (yes, you read that right), but the Cattleman burgers that the boys each ordered hit the spot.
Hot Tips:
Never ask what the difference between a “cheese burger” and a “cheddar burger” is in America lest you immediately be branded as an outsider and treated like a second-class citizen
Always, always, always be as hungry as possible when entering an American dining establishment. We take it for granted that portion sizes are ridiculously massive south of the border. If you don’t have the tummy room for it, don’t do it.
If you have a child screaming/crying like it’s a banshee freshly escaped from hell, there is something wrong. Please go to the car with said child and see if you can sort it out. (Note: regular crying? Totally cool. We totally should’ve recorded these banshee screams so you’d know how bad it was!)
The Walden Galleria
If you haven’t been to Walden in a while, I wish you luck if you step foot in there.
Dimly lit, map-free (far as I could see) and utterly massive, the Walden Galleria was a shopping nightmare compared to the awesome that was the Fashion Outlets of Niagara. It looms like a shopping dungeon on the horizon, with twisting and turning roads and a confusing parking layout to top it all off.
I’d eventually buy a thing or two from the Designer Shoe Warehouse (DSW) and Banana Republic, but it was little return for the hours spent wandering, re-tracing steps and being generally envious of how cheap American prices are compared to those north of the border.
The Cheesecake Factory
Though tired and beaten, we did eventually make it to The Cheesecake Factory to try some of the cheesecake we’d been hearing so much about. Remember what I said earlier about things being bigger in the States? You should’ve seen Lily’s Cobb Salad:
Lily and her “Cobb salad”. That’s no salad.
That’s no salad. You can’t call it a salad when it’s as big as your head!!!
But we still had jokes to tell, a waiter to inadvertently insult about both his age and his height, and the need to rest our feet after the long day we’d had!
THE END OF DAY WRAP-UP
We closed the day off with the long trek home and a hassle- and duty-free border crossing (Hot Tip: be honest and cross your fingers for a nice and lenient border guard); but more importantly, we proved—for the first time—that Trolls can get along for long stretches of time and not lunge at each other’s throats!
If a close group of friends can do a day in the States without a problem—what will tomorrow hold?
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