I forget how I stumbled across this book, but I love the cover:
The Amazon page for The Vinyl Cafe Notebooks doesn’t have much info, but it turns out Stuart McLean is a Canadian author who has a radio show called The Vinyl Cafe. Find out more here.
I love Stuart McLean. I’ve seen him live and he’s a riot. Everyone (well maybe not everyone) in Canada knows of him and may listen to his stories on the CBC radio on Saturday mornings. His books are made up of the stories he tells on the radio, with the exception of the one you’ve noted above. It’s a compliation of some of the excerpts from his notebooks. He writes while he travels. If you haven’t yet, you need to look up “Dave cooks a Christmas Turkey”. It’s a classic and is played every year on the CBC at Christmastime. I’m so glad you posted this!