Travel Medical Insurance International: Coverage Guide

Traveler reviewing an insurance card with a passport at an airport

Picture a quiet evening abroad that turns bad. A fall on wet stone steps, a fever that will not break, a sudden pain that sends you to a clinic where the staff speaks a language you barely know. The medical question is stressful enough. The money question arrives a minute later: who pays, and how […]

Visa Credit Card for Costco: Rewards and Is It Worth It?

Credit card on a warehouse store shopping cart

Costco is one of the few big retailers where your choice of card is decided before you reach the register. In the United States, the warehouses take Visa credit cards and almost nothing else on the credit side. That makes picking a Visa credit card for Costco a real decision, not a formality. The right […]

Levitt Goodman Architects (LGA): Projects and Design Lessons

Modern city house with a planted green roof, inspired by Levitt Goodman design ideas

Many people still use Levitt Goodman for LGA Architectural Partners, a Toronto architecture firm founded in 1989 by Janna Levitt and Dean Goodman. The firm is known for buildings that serve communities: libraries, schools, shelters, Indigenous community centres and affordable housing. It’s also known for one small house. In the mid-2000s, the two founders built […]

RVA: A Guide to Richmond, Virginia’s Neighborhoods and Homes

Richmond, Virginia (RVA) skyline over the James River

RVA is the nickname for Richmond, Virginia, the state capital on the falls of the James River. Locals use it on everything from T-shirts to street murals, and the city’s tourism board leans into it too. Richmond packs more than 400 years of history, rows of preserved Victorian homes, a river you can raft through […]