by Allan Stratton | Mar 8, 2010 | Writing
Okay, so this post is way late. But anyway, every year the Toronto Public Library has a swanky do to raise money. People and companies spend a fair chunk of change to go to a ballroom in the Royal York Hotel, see a fashion show based on popular novels, and eat...
by Allan Stratton | Mar 5, 2010 | News, Writing
Okay, I’ve been very good about writing about fun travel adventures. But my new book BORDERLINE comes out March 9, so please forgive the forthcoming writer’s ego. (Hey, it’s my birthday today, too, so gimme a break, eh? I am too damn old for...
by Allan Stratton | Mar 2, 2010 | News, Writing
Well… Last post I asked what people would like to read about — and I got emails and comments at livejournal and elsewhere that a number of you want to hear about my new book — BORDERLINE. So okay. For the next week that’s what you’ll get,...
by Allan Stratton | Feb 26, 2010 | X-tra Stuff
That’s my foot hanging out the open door of an old Russian helicopter sputtering its way above my resort in north-east Cuba en route to a trip over the Sierra Maestre mountains to Santiago. I was strapped by a simple waist-only-seatbelt into what seemed to be a...
by Allan Stratton | Feb 22, 2010 | Travels
Next post we’re back home and on to something new. But let’s close Argentina/Buenos Aires with shots from three gardens and the zoo. The Botanical Gardens is set between major multi-lane downtown streets. But one step inside and your shoulders drop:Another...
