We admit it: we’ve been buying some convenience food here and there to keep on hand when we’re not up to cooking (and that came in handy when we had la grippe last week).… [Read More]
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Pie of Lies
Author: Manon of MTL
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Ste-CatheRAIN
The Village’s main drag (as it were) rue Ste-Catherine Est, in this morning’s rain. We’re seeing more terrasses and more rainbows as the street preps for Montréal Pride in August.
Sylvain noticed the other day that the planter boxes were arranged so their flowers were in rainbow-color order from red to purple, with pink at the end.… [Read More]
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Help Yourself
Yesterday when I finally ventured out of our building for the first time since we got la grippe, this wooden box was on the sidewalk right outside the lobby door:
That little flower symbol on the left is the logo of the City of Montréal, so I was intrigued.… [Read More]
Our apartment balcony faces a ruelle, a little street that’s pedestrian-only. It’s bordered by grass and trees, and mostly pleasant, except on the weekends when it becomes a pissoir for soused and screaming partyers (or, as the French so aptly say, les fêtards).… [Read More]
While in the post office mailing some documents back home (cross-border mail is incredibly slow, btw) we saw these Canada Post special commemorative coins for 2022. They have coins for birthdays, weddings, congrats, polar bears, and other stuff.… [Read More]
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Ice Capades
Should I be in third or fifth arabesque when I fall through the ice? This sign at Parc Angrignon makes it hard to tell.
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I Can Haz Irizzes Tew
an maypole sede heckicopturs
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Street Takeover in MTL
pink and purple pedestrian street
terrasse being built outside a resto
terrasse with flowers
terrasse with flower boxes built in
large planters sponsored by City to add color
planters and signs
In Montréal, summer means celebrating the sunshine dans les rues and dans les bars (which, for the first time since the pandemic started, are allowed to be open until 3 am again).… [Read More]
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Wok on the Wild Side
I have no idea what makes this a “California Wok” as opposed to any other kind of wok. Can you figure it out?
I see the “California” appellation on a lot of foods here, veggies mostly, but I can’t figure out what it means.… [Read More]
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Duck, Duck, Mousse
Food markets tell you a lot about a place. It seems that here in Montréal (and in the rest of Québec) people love their duck. Whole duck, sliced duck, stuffed duck, whipped duck, duck rillettes, duck pies, duck burgers, duck sausages, duck ravioli, frites fried in duck fat, duck dog treats.… [Read More]