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Patati Patata
Since at least from the early 80’s, I have seen this place being in business at this location. At the corner of St-Laurent and Rachel in the Plateau Mont-Royal district in Montreal. We call it The Main. The portion of St-Laurent boulevard that is filled with restaurants, bars, stores and groceries. A great place to meet up, talk, www.onedoor.ccchit chat, study for hours, go on for a date, or just to be alone with a good meal at this small fast-food place. To me, it was kind the center of the universe when I was growing up.When I was a kid, I was not fond of tomatoes, pickles, onions or even lettuce in my ...
Top Secret and Sometimes Illegal
It was Maggie’s turn to make dessert for book club, and she was stumped on what to make. She wasn’t really a baker and Cynthia could always sniff out store-bought treats, so she knew she was going to have to step up her game a little. The last thing she needed was the ladies whispering about her non-existent baking skills at church this Sunday. She scanned through all her cookbooks and settled on a simple dessert that was loaded with chocolate.“There,” she thought, “No one can resist chocolate.” The ladies of book club were known to enjoy the sweeter things in life, and chocolate was no exce...
Premonitions
The casual passing comment that he had a bad feeling about this one was only half-heard. It was such a common thing to hear in these situations that it had taken on the quality of small-talk by this point, something that went in one ear and then very quickly out the other. Not one thought was to be wasted upon things that were as important to them as the weather was right now, every available thought was instead to be channelled neatly toward the topic of surviving the day. “I’m telling you, there’s something funny about this one mate, just watch your back”“Thank God for you, I was just going ...
Corvids and Covid.
There is a common superstition that to see a single magpie will bring sorrow. It is especially bad if the magpie appears at a window. In this case, it as said to be an omen of death for one of the occupants of the house. So perhaps some people would be less excited to be laying in bed with a potentially deadly virus, and be awakened my a magpie tapping at the window, but I don't believe superstitions, and to me, it was like a visit from an old friend.I wasn't always a bird person. I didn't dislike them, they were animals and I liked animals in general , but I didn't go out of my way to spe...