From the monthly archives:
The Burger Scoop – Ignace, Ontario
Updated here August 2009
On the north side of the highway, beside the Shell gas station. Don’t confuse it with a place farther east. You’ll be sorry if you do.
Hours: Summertime and the livin’ is easy. You figure it out.
Eat in or sit outside on the fenced-in patio, or in [...]
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It’s hot. It’s humid. It’s 600 miles to anywhere and Mr. Chinese, one of my favorites in this neighborhood. I do the 600 while standing on my head, and end up talking to Jennifer, my waitress. She’s a very striking Chinese girl who introduces herself to me by spilling the pepper all over my table. [...]
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Outside the Lake Ontario corridor, trying to get anywhere in southern Ontario can be problematic. Township roads rarely point in the direction one wants to travel. Road closures are a constant, and detours appear to run in random directions. For a stranger to the area, a good map would be a constant companion. Unfortunately, my [...]
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My friend’s surgery was yesterday.
He was in pre-op by 10, and under the knife at 11:30. We were offered the opportunity to watch the entire proceeding, but all of us turned it down. I think had it been for something less — brain surgery? open heart? — we might have agreed. Or not. Who the [...]
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These are rather good, but don’t blame me if you require rehab after indulging:
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I spent today reconnecting with my old friend’s family. He has two teenage girls, now 14 and 16, and since they’re temporarily in a larger center, they decided that they’d like to go shopping. Old Navy is a special place for them, since there’s not one back home.
The girls appeared to be quite sensible, actually, [...]
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While I was waiting to check into the hotel late this afternoon, another guest last in line said, “Nice Yamaha. What size is it?”
He looked pleased with himself that he had made the right guess when, without the blink of an eye, I said, “It’s a 1340,” as I smiled.
“That’ll get you there in a [...]
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Usually I’m making time to get to the ferry, but today I had time to kill. Thus:
The pace is slower on the island:
And because of that:
Delicacies come in many flavors on the road. I try to sample what comes my way, whether it be vegetable, animal or mineral.
The ferry ride from Manitoulin Island south to [...]
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Yesterday I stopped yet again for an overnight visit with a former colleague. He and his wife are camped out at a lake for the summer, so I was able to enjoy the mosquito ambiance of a northern Ontario summer. I’ve not experienced that for a long while. He does have all the comforts though. [...]
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