Making the Most of Being at Home

Physical distancing.  Staying at home.  Working remotely.  These are interesting times. 

We’ve done some research and have pooled together some ideas for activities that you can do and places you can visit (virtually) from the safety of your own home. 

If you have any other ideas, we’d love to hear from you! 

Zoos, Museums & Other Experiences:

National Parks

https://artsandculture.withgoogle.com/en-us/national-parks-service : The digital exhibit features five national parks, including Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park, Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico, Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah, Kenai Fjords National Park in Alaska, and Dry Tortugas National Park in Florida.

Museum, Art Galleries and World Landmarks

https://artsandculture.google.com/partner : Google has a list of Virtual Museum, Art Gallery Tours, and Google 360 views of world landmarks like the Eiffel Tower, Taj Mahal, Sydney Opera House

Cincinnati Zoo

Cincinnati Zoo: Facebook Live videos highlighting a new animal each weekday at 3pm, and shared via Youtube after the live stream.

Exploring the world with scientists

Exploring by the Seat of Your Pants: Live free events with scientists and explorers around the world, hosted Live on Youtube.

San Diego Zoo

San Diego Zoo: Live cameras in various zoo exhibits, paired with educational resources..

Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History: Self-guided tours of select current and past exhibits.

Broadway shows

https://www.broadwayhd.com/ 7 day free trial to stream top Broadway shows.

Blarney Castle

https://www.virtualvisittours.com/blarney-castle/ : Blarney Castle – Virtual Tour

Met Opera House

https://www.metopera.org/ : If opera is your thing, the Met Opera House is streaming their shows – the link has the schedule.

Disneyland and Disneyworld

https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2018/03/disney-parks-launches-first-ever-360-degree-panoramas-on-google-street-view/ : Google 360 Tours of Disneyland and Disneyworld

Activities, Curriculum, Lessons & More

Free classes at Stanford, Yale, Princeton …

https://www.coursera.org/collections/popular-free-courses  Most popular list of free online courses offered by top educational institutions like Stanford, Yale, Princeton…

CBC

CBC Curio.ca: Online streaming platform, currently with complimentary access, with collections of educational videos.

Drawing and Doodling

The Kennedy Centre presents Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems: Draw, doodle and explore new ways of writing by visiting Mo’s studio virtually once a day for the next few weeks. 

We will, of course, continue to keep you updated on the markets and your personal portfolio.  Never hesitate to reach out if you have any questions or concerns.  We are here for you!

With that, we wish you good health and good spirits.

Bill, Louise, Ryan, Candice and Joanna

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