Needless to say, I am not a crawler. I strut, I catwalk, I promenade and boulevardier, but the non-mechanical horizontal mode of transportation is not for me. As we were walking into Cantic, Ypres tried to cheer me up by saying we were indeed lucky that our crawl from the tracks underneath the train to… Continue reading The Little Matter of Montreal – Part II (deux, to the initiated)
Dear Vasanistas, It has been a while since our favourite duo featured on these pages. Rest assured. As promised back when I finished Park Avenue or Bust!, they will be back. You will soon find out what happens to Vasa, Ypres, Cousin Andrew and Beaconsfield-Outremont as they cross the border into Canada in a short… Continue reading Vasa and Ypres return (briefly)
I was shocked. I was utterly bamboozled. I was firmly perplexed. Yet, above all, I was drenched in water from head to toe. My only consolation was that water had been the liquid of choice. Ypres had thrown a water balloon at me with the casual ease of a lobster on an afternoon stroll. Words… Continue reading Summer Short Shorts: A Vasa and Ypres Adventure – Part III
It turns out that when one declares, in the middle of Hyde Park, “Sir, I insist that you immediately remove your shorts!” many people will start to stare. I felt the élan of my interjection had been reminiscent of Sir Laurence Olivier. Evidently, onlookers were not of the same mind. The air, which had been… Continue reading Summer Short Shorts: A Vasa and Ypres Adventure – Part II
Vasa and Ypres 