Early spring, 1971. Greece. An island. A ferry. An interminable trip that seemed to go on… and on…
Travel
Great gifts just a click away…
“Finally the bus comes. I get on first. I thread my way down the aisle and sit down beside another woman, feeling safer in company. I carefully focus my gaze out the window, away from the riders. I fear that any eye contact with him could be mistaken for an implicit ‘contract’ that something more is going to happen.”
So reads an excerpt from one of the 25 stories in my latest book, First Kiss and other True Fiction. … Continue reading
Signs of Summer
Wacky signs my daughter saw in Paris etc.!
I’ve fallen way behind in posting. Instead of continuing to stare at all the great ideas I have for epic posts and not actually writing any of them, I’ll try to break the bloggers’ block by posting some amusing signs I’ve come across in my last couple of months of travels. They might be amusing only to me, so no guarantees… Photos taken in Montréal, Toronto, and Paris, France.
Do not post. File under: “Irony”
File under: “Who thought this was a good idea?”
How are the fruit and vegetable bags? File under: “Low-tech, in situ survey technology”
File under: “If staplers are such a common request, why don’t they just keep one there?”
Little dog bar. File under: “Just plain cute.”
Laughter: The Universal Language – #13
The “not-so-friendly” skies. These are darn clever. (I mean, maybe this is politically incorrect, but… still funny! You’ve been warned!)
A Piece of the Rock
Nobody told me it was illegal. Maybe it wasn’t, back in 1971. I still feel a bit like a criminal.
Delicious Delis of Montreal
Schwartz’s, The Main, Smoke Meat Pete’s, Snowdon Deli, Lester’s, Dunn’s, Nickel’s, plus Ben’s, Dusty’s, Delly Boys and Caplan’s of bygone times… our Montreal Delis have always been unique and each has had its own legions of fans.
Greece: Episode Three – How to steal a stroller
I’ve written about our Greek sojourn before, in Meanwhile, Back in Greece and Greece: Episode Two – I knocked harder. Now I must tell you about the Great Stroller Steal of the Century.
Dining With a Visitor in Montreal
If your guest has only a few days to spend in our fair city, as mine recently did, might I suggest a foodie jaunt that won’t break your budget…well, not too badly, anyway!
Why I will never fly AA again
American Airlines co-pilot suspected of being drunk, airport spokesman says
That’s one of the headlines on CNN.com today. (Visions of the Denzel Washington movie flash through my mind.)
Greece: Episode Two – I knocked harder.
Turns out that knocking harder on a (thin) glass patio door isn’t such a good idea.
Crossed Eyes and Dotted Tees 