UNFAMILIAR ALLEYS: Finding novelty near your home

I call it Timbuktu Syndrome. You have the desire to travel to some far-off destination you have never been to before and know little about. The assumption behind this desire is that you will taste the exotic.

Well, of course, there is some truth to this. Distance can get you some novelty. But after many years of having to settle for local neighbourhoods near my many residences, I am here to write that you can find the unexpected and uncommon within a few blocks of your abode.