Roa — Roasted Almond North America A few days ago, on my way home from work, I swung through a McDonald’s drive thru and grabbed a few burgers for the family. When I got home and started handing out the bags, one burger was just wrong. Not a huge deal on its own, except this…

Living In Canada Part two of my Canadian healthcare series, this time from an actual emergency department chair. Vancouver ER wait times went from something I read about to something I lived through a few days ago, and honestly, it was rougher than my broken toe story from last time. This one involved my blood…

Living In Canada A small injury turned into a real look at how Canada’s healthcare system actually works, piece by piece. Canada healthcare wait times became very real to me a few months ago, and the reason was almost embarrassingly small: I broke my toe. It did not even hurt that much, which is exactly…

Seattle & Pacific Northwest Life I still remember the first summer I was old enough to legally have a drink in Washington. My friends and I had exactly one plan for the Fourth of July: grab a case of something cold, walk up to Capitol Hill, and watch the fireworks explode over Lake Union. It…

Seattle Family Travel By Roa — Roasted Almond North America A few weekends ago, my friend and I packed up her two kids and walked over to Green Lake Park for what was supposed to be a relaxed evening loop around the water. We got ice cream, let the kids chase ducks, and stayed out…

I almost broke my coffee table during this World Cup. I was watching Canada from my couch, half relaxed, half nervous, when a Canadian player buried a goal in the dying seconds of stoppage time to seal a place in the Round of 16. I jumped, my knee caught the table, and I am still…

Roa — Roasted Almond North America June 2026  |  Auto & Life in Canada I’ll be upfront: I used to be the kind of person who thought car maintenance meant filling up the gas tank and maybe topping off the windshield washer fluid before a road trip. That was the full extent of my automotive…

BC Living  |  Consumer Rights By Roa — Roasted Almond North America  ·  June 2026 I still remember the moment I checked my credit card statement and found a gym membership I had completely forgotten about, still charging me every single month. I had signed up during a new year promotion, missed the tiny auto-renewal…