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The Chateau Lake Louise is one of the top hotels in the world because of one thing. Location. Situated on the banks of Lake Louise it has a panoramic view of the Rocky Mountains. The service is impeccable, the food delicious and there are a ton of activities to keep you busy.

I suggest hiking the [...]

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And pick up the Japanese style chef’s knife, the Santoku knife. If you don’t recognize the name you would probably recognize the knife in person. You’ve most likely seen these in stores or in open-kitchen restaurants, they look like a cross between a cleaver and a traditional chef’s knife. Although they are made for slicing, dicing, [...]

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Anyone who goes over to Asia has to try riding a scooter at least once. It’s scary, fun and exhilarating. You usually dish out a couple bucks to a small shop and hand over a copy of your passport. From there you’re on your own. Here are a couple tips I learned.

Realize what your goal [...]

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Yes, I said it. Wedding. Most of my friends and some of my colleagues treat the word wedding as was a four letter word, but I bit the bullet and now a wedding is in my very immediate future. With this in the forefront of my mind I thought it would be a good idea [...]

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Forbes.com has put up their list of the fastest 0-60 cars on the planet. The slowest cars on their list are the Dodge Viper and Lamborghini Gallardo Coupe tied at 3.9 seconds. In my estimation the best bang for your buck is the Chevrolet Corvette Z06, clocking in at 3.7 seconds and can be had for [...]

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I was “lucky” enough to take a bamboo raft down a mountain river while in Thailand. We were hours away from civilization by the Burmese border and it all starts by a quick introduction in bamboo raft steering. There’s only one way to steer and basically you use a 15-20 foot bamboo pole, jab it [...]

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When choosing a wallet, people will often go with the old standby: get the same one you’re replacing. Why is it that people can’t get out of their comfort zone and do something crazy like buying brown, not black? Take the following into account the next time you need to replace that thing that looks [...]

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Now you may think we’ve gone nuts here at livvit, writing about grilled cheese sandwhiches. They’re not really associated with a great experience or an ambitious lifestyle, but wait until you create one of these wonder puppies.
Now to make a world class grilled cheese you need to do the following:

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Last week I posted about North America’s Fastest Zip Line, the Skyline in Calgary, Alberta. Well my time slot has come and gone, and so has the whiplash. I got up to a decent speed even with a parachute strapped to my back. Good thing, otherwise there would be nothing left of me.
Overall this is [...]

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Our oppressive management is at it again, shattering dreams and crushing hopes. Those in the software industry might call this feature creep… (groan). Yes, another weekly feature, this time appearing on Fridays. It’s the Gadget of the Week: we choose a piece of technology that kicks ass, or at least has plenty of potential to [...]

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