Phil VasquezTwo’s CompanyOver the course of several years, we’ve had our lives touched and, quite frankly, improved by the company of several cats. We pause, many…Feb 20, 2023Feb 20, 2023
Phil VasquezMaison Henry-Stuart and bilingual CanadaDevon-born British architect Joseph Archer, who became one of the most important Quebec architects in the 19th century, built Maison…Dec 4, 2017Dec 4, 2017
Phil VasquezThinking of March 2nd instead of Rosa Parks and December 1st…On March 2, 1955 a young black resident of Montgomery, Alabama got on a bus and refused to move to allow a white woman to sit down when no…Dec 2, 2017Dec 2, 2017
Phil VasquezIncidentally… on ‘Love Locks’ being replaced by ‘Love Tags’.So you take away the fence and dispose of the locks and replace the fence with glass. And people show up with Sharpies. And they write on…Oct 6, 2017Oct 6, 2017
Phil VasquezA Dump Called PigtownIn February of 1960, a wrecking ball painted like a baseball ploughed into a dugout in Ebbets Field, the home of the Brooklyn Dodgers…Sep 25, 2017Sep 25, 2017
Phil VasquezFete Nationale de l’AcadieAn elegant tree lined walk, named the Promenade des Acadiens, sits in the heart of Quebec City. The far end of the walk rises to meet the…Aug 16, 2017Aug 16, 2017
Phil VasquezThe real outcome of the 2017 French election.Regardless of what happens in France today (and the numbers appear to show a victory for Liberal-Centrist En Marche’s Macron), tomorrow is…May 7, 2017May 7, 2017
Phil VasquezOn racism in the bleachers.Major League Baseball outfielder Adam Jones of the Baltimore Orioles received an apology from the Boston Red Sox today after he was…May 5, 2017May 5, 2017