For years, Canadians across the country waited with eager anticipation for Stuart McLean''s Monday morning appearances on CBC-Radio''s Morningside. Funny and charming, poignant and nostalgic, McLean''s essays illuminate a world most of us take for granted.

Among Stuart''s favourites in this collection are:
- the shocking truth about household dust
- the importance of hardware stores
- the sad, true tale of Anne, the street lady
- an ode to the Popsicle, "one of the world''s most perfect foods"
- the story of the greatest game of Monopoly ever played.