244/365 : Wednesday in the park
I think it was the first of September.
(With apologies to Chicago)
candid
99/365 : I married a cavewoman
I turn my head for a minute after having asked Danielle to carve the remaining meat off this wonderful leg of lamb we had for dinner, and what do I see? A return to basic instincts. “The knife couldn’t get to all the meat on the bone. What was I …
The bus stop
Snowstorms. Pandemics. These are supposed make you stay home and not go out. But not everone has that luxury; they have jobs to get to and they may not have a car with which to do so. A short story in 4 frames.
A little stroll down Duluth St.
View fullsize Duluth Street runs from the foot of Mount Royal park all the way to Parc Lafontaine. A narrow street, it’s dotted with boutiques, restaurants, bars and cafés intermingled with the apartments and old walk-ups. It’s a quintessential part of the “Plateau” that just shimmers in the low autumn …
Accept no substitutes
Montréal’s Fairmount Bagel Bakery (on Fairmount Avenue, of course) is a nonstop, 24x7x365 operation. I’ve visited this place on weekdays, weekends, late at night, the middle of the afternoon, you name it… there is ALWAYS someone rolling bagels accompanied by someone putting them in or taking them out of the wood-fired oven. …
pho·tog·ra·phy
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