As I write this, the air outside my apartment is breaking a record for warmth, despite the fact that this was also close to the snowiest February on record, and a mere week-and-a-half ago one couldn’t even walk the unplowed streets without snow shoes. Three snowstorms in short succession had buried the city, and it [...]
The editors at BootsnAll are, no doubt, annoyed at the lateness of this dispatch. My first column of the new millennium and it arrives a third of the way into the month. To make amends, I will promise not to use the word “millennium” again until the year 2999. In my defense, however, I will [...]
Nik hired a car and toured her way through Canada's eastern provinces. She picked up a short-lived job in Quebec City and found Montreal to be a place she could definitely live in.