When we last parted company, your plucky heroes were in an empty condo somewhere in Montreal, stuck with a sketchy character with no apparent means of income, thirteen conflicting stories about his past and very little idea of what the hell was going on…
Archive for the ‘Field Trip’ Category
Riding With the King: A Weekend in the LNAH
July 8, 2009Well, this is a story I’ve been dying to tell for some time now. In fact, it’s been almost two years since the events in this story took place. Given that the drunks, misanthropes and perverts of Last Call are going to be hanging out here tonight, I think that it’s finally time to tell the tale. [...]
Dr. Bad Map (Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Stretch Run)
March 30, 2009I spent part of my Saturday afternoon hitchhiking in the middle of nowhere, stuck in the back of a farmer’s pickup truck with a chicken in a cage. And somehow, it put this whole season into perspective for me. As some of you who know me might be aware, I am an avid hiker. During [...]
Stranger in a Strange Land — My Night in the Press Box, Part I
March 22, 2009Note: for ease of reading, I’ve broken this story up into multiple parts. It all started with an offhand comment: “So, seeing as how I’m a fringe member of the Crunch media, does that mean I get press box privileges?” I’d run into our man Lindsay K. while out and about with Mrs. Magics last [...]