Author: Manon of MTL

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Food

Maple Report #5

Arhoma Bread with Pecans, Cranberries, and Maple Syrup

For those who don’t speak French, here’s a breakdown of the label:

Pain = bread (an irony for anglophone breadophiles like me)

Pacanes = pecans

Cann < cannebergs, which = cranberries, which you find a lot around here.… [Read More]

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History, Culture, and Politics

Jews for Laughs

Quebec Poutine. Photo by Jpatokal at wts wikivoyage Creative Commons license via Wikimedia Commons
Just for Laughs comedy festival is back, and it’s bigger than ever
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Food Très Intéressant

Jiminy!

copyright Loren Javier / Creative Commons license
Am I buggin ya? don’t mean to bug ya
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Pictures

Flowders

i canz alzo tek prity pikchers ov flowders

peenk chree flowders

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Food

The Maple Report #4

La Diperie’s “Montrealer”
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Food Musings and Observations

I Have No Idea What This Means

…and why did I never hear about California serogroup viruses until I moved to Canada????

Jamestown??? Snowshoe hares?? wut

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Food

The Maple Report #3

Maple Nougat by Golden BonBon
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Experiences

I Got 99 Problems But A Bixi Ain’t One

Until COVID hit, one of my chief joys in the summer was riding my flowered “bridal bike” to the beach. The ocean was beautiful, the air was (mostly) sweet, and the crowds endlessly interesting. Unlike other forms of exercise, I found cycling fun, something I could indulge in for hours and still want more.
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History, Culture, and Politics

The -Phone Wars

This weekend, Montreal anglophones held a protest against Bill 96, which strengthens Québec’s French language laws in a way many fear could endanger health, education, and the economy.
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Très Intéressant

Sexy Elevator

We have a sexy elevator. Listen to the sexy voice announce my arrival at the fourth floor (“étage quatre”).