Ah, yes, I had to use the Mobile song title, didn't I? Well, yes, Montreal was calling me. I had to return. And besides, it seems fitting to borrow the title from a band that was founded there, eh? Although I grew up in Goshen, NY, it is the glorious city of Montréal that I feel I can call home. Nevermind I'm not there at the moment. When I'm homesick, I am actually missing Montreal. And hence those of you from Goshen have a hint as to why my spelling looks so funny and why I say "eh?". So last weekend I went up to Montreal on a last minute trip. And it was a blast! And I will return in November, once more before I head down under. I have an ode to all my ... read more

So since I'm not setting off on my trip to the land down under for another couple of months, I figure I will tell you about the lovely Orange County, NY. Yes, the O.C. The original O.C. since it existed long before the one in California. Although I wasn't born here, I did grow up in Goshen, NY. It's a small town. I like to joke that we don't even have a grocery store. We don't actually have one, but it's not actually that small of a town. I believe the village population is approaching 6,000; the town and village combined is probably around 12,000. Of course if you're from a big city, you consider Goshen tiny...but I'm sure residents of smaller towns further upstate would think Goshen is large. Or even the next town over...Florida, ... read more