With the new Harry Potter book out, it’s time to clear up a few others that have been sitting partially read on the bedside table for a while. First up is Working Class Zero by Toronto author Rob Payne, which I picked up at Book City a few weeks ago. It’s a light book about […]
Happy long Canada Day weekend, everyone! It’s been a stinking hot week here in Toronto, and despite promises of thunderstorms cooling the air last night we’re still suffering from lack of air conditioning. But maybe not for too much longer! My place went on the market last week and we’re expecting offers this coming Wednesday. […]
Huge news to report! Anne Macdonald and I are engaged to be married! Still to be settled: almost everything except time frame — early next summer. Thank you to everyone who’ve been sending congratulations and best wishes… We’re really lucky to have such great friends and family! If you didn’t get the message, you can […]
A couple of weeks with no content! Shameful! Bad blogger, no dessert. The main news, of course, is that Anne’s now running a hotel, or at least, what was a hotel up until last week. Now she’s got until September to turn it into a U of T residence! So far, everything seems to be […]
A fabulous weekend in New York! We flew down Friday night, on the same flight as Molly who was going down to visit her sister. With the new Air Train connection to the NJ Transit commuter rail service, Newark is really quite convenient from New York. From Penn Station we had a hair-raising taxi ride […]
Anne and I are looking forward to a great long weekend in New York this coming weekend. We’re going to be staying in Brooklyn with Paul & Kelly (& Jamie) on Friday and Saturday nights, but will move to a hotel downtown for Sunday night. On Sunday we’re going to my cousin’s place for dinner […]