I have a confession. I’m not a very good Torontonian. Sure, when I travel abroad and people ask where I’m from, I’ll politely tell them I’m from Toronto. But the truth is, I really haven’t experienced Toronto even prior to the pandemic. So amidst a packed summer for my 6-year old, we wanted to do a downtown day that included a visit to one of the more iconic tourist attractions: up the CN Tower. For my 6-year old, this was a huge deal. We’ve been hyping up the CN Tower for the longest time. Whenever we drove to different landmarks in and out of the city, we would use the CN Tower as a visual p ..read more

Before I start this post, I want to put two disclaimers out: Disclaimer #1 — This post will be about wearing masks, and specifically kids masks.  There is no medical advice here. I am not a doctor. Any information that you get out of this post is strictly my opinion based on my experience. Please do your own research. This is basically a post from a dad, who has spent time worrying and researching what the best option is for his kid. I am not trying to advocate whether kids should or should not wear masks, nor am I trying to advocate vaccines. The purpose of this post is to share what I f ..read more

Hey you, it’s me…again. Yep, I’m you just a year from the future to provide you with unsolicited wisdom. Remember? A couple years ago I wrote to you about how fatherhood has been so far. Well here I am writing to you from a year ago your time. Now is March 5th, 2021, and let me tell you, life is going to get really different and weird. You know that Chinese New Year get-together with the family you just had a couple weeks, ago? The one with all the food, fun, karaoke, and multiple generations all under one roof? Well…it’s going to be a while until you’ll get to do that. In fact, even a year la ..read more