At last, I get to chronicle the happy leg of our harrowing journey.  It’s hard to believe the whole driving trip of 1,124 miles lasted only three nights and four days. It seemed like a month. After two nightmarish border crossings and a sleepless night in Montreal, we were entering Vermont and headed toward our […]

“Bonjour,” said the landlady of our miserable Montreal AirBnB standing at our back door. Patricia had emailed her to complain about the torn up streets, dawn construction noise, barking dogs, broken doors, and terrible parking. We didn’t mention the rancid wine and coffee dregs she’d gifted us. She was not apologetic. She said we should […]

Susan, Patricia, Gino and I were driving to Montreal in his Tundra on holiday. We had rented a downtown flat on AirBnB. From the pictures, it was a beautiful place, tidy, clean, nestled on a quiet residential tree-lined street, a few blocks from interesting nightlife destinations. Wrong. The homeowner did not update her web photos […]

Hope you’re ready for this four-part misadventure. We weren’t. But as they say, that which does not destroy us… First, thank you all for tolerating my two-week rant on woodworking blunders. During that time, I was on the road, away from a keyboard. I’m back now in one piece and somewhat ready to relive our […]