Calgary/Alberta

Food & Drink

• Village Ice Cream
• My Favourite Ice Cream Shoppe
• Clive Burger
• Analog Coffee on 17th
• Cakeface Craft Beer @ Cold Garden Beverage Co.
• Peter's Drive-in
• Pampa Brazilian Steakhouse
• Native Tongues Tacqueria
• V Burger on 17th
• The Beltliner
• Wow Chicken

Activities in the city

• Rafting down the Bow river
• Devonian Gardens @ The Core
• Prince's Island Park
• Biking around Glenmore Resevoir trail
• Calgary Stampede
• Skating at Olympic Plaza during winter

Activities outside the city

• Hiking in Banff/Kananaskis
• Skiing @ Sunshine Village or Lake Louise

Places that have a special place in my heart

• 14th St and 17th Ave McDonald's
• Westbrook McDonald's and Wendy's
• Demascus Mediterranean Food
• Lorenzo's Pizza
• Buffalo Wild Wings on Macleod
• Pho Huong Viet
• Simple Simon's Pies

Greater Boston Area

Food & Drink

• Yardhouse Kitchen & Bar
• Citrus & Salt
• The Oyster Club
• Itadaki
• Summer Shack
• Pinnochio's Pizza and Subs
• The original Regina Pizza
• Dirty Water Dough Company
• Boston Sail Loft
• Correanos
• Finnagle a Bagel

Activities

• Any sporting venue in Boston is real nice
• Being on the T when it inevitably breaks down on you
• Complaining about the T :^)
• Top of Prudential Tower has a nice 360 view of everything
• Boston Public Library is a nice place to sit down and read/work
• Newbury Street

Kitchener-Waterloo

Food & Drink

• Scoop Du Jour
• FourAll Ice Cream
• Kinkaku Izakaya
• Gol's Lan Zhou Noodles
• Beertown Public House
• Stark & Perri on wing night
• Settlement Coffee Roasters (Kitchener location)
• Death Valley's Little Brother
• Mark's Caribbean Kitchen
• Bao Sandwich Bar
• Graffiti Market
• The Crazy Canuck

Activities

• Apollo Cinema
• Ribs & Craft Beer Festival

San Francisco Bay Area

Food & Drink

• Mensho Tokyo SF (Opens at 5, line up starts at 4:30)
• Michael's Grill and Tacqueria in Monterey
• Take out dim sum in Chinatown ($5 will get you quite a bit!)
• In n' Out
• Uji Time Dessert
• Hot Fudge Sundae @ Ghiardelli Square
• Boba Guys (Korean Banana Milk is my favourite)
• Bonchon Korean Fried Chicken
• Franciscan Crab
• Cha Cha Cha
• Super Duper Burgers
• The Counter Custom Burgers
• Chicken Meets Rice in Santa Clara

Activities

• Skydiving at Monterey Bay
• Outside Lands Music Festival
• Checking out live music and art displays at Union Square
• Golden Gate Park
• Palo Alto Annual 4th of July Chili Cook-off
• Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular with the San Francisco Symphony
• Crissy Field
• Wine tasting @ MJA Vineyards in Santa Cruz
• Touring the Googleplex in Mountain View
• Plenty of hiking trails to choose from

Cool places to chill

• The space behind the Union Square Apple store
• Alamo Square Park
• Anywhere on Stanford campus

Toronto

Food & Drink

• Khao San Road
• RUDY Burger

Activities

• Raptor's game at Scotiabank Arena
• Looking at records and knick knacks @ Sonic Boom
• Graffiti Alley