Those of you who spent time in L.A. during the 80’s-90’s musical heyday of KCRW probably remember Chuck Taggart‘s show “Gumbo,” which was canceled when KCRW went from being a local public-radio station to being the golden goose of NPR.… [Read More]
Author: Manon of MTL
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Cat Made a Funny
A sign with another lovely French food pun, à la this post from earlier this year. Seen down at the Old Port, not far from the Queues de Castor (Beaver Tails) place.… [Read More]
A truck just came by and quickly spray-painted this “sharrows” symbol on the street, right in front of our condo.
Sharrows–an amalgam of “share” and “arrows”–are used on streets without a designated bike lane.… [Read More]
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I’m Sohrry
Sohry I’ve not been posting recently, been having some health challenges. Ready to get back up to speed now! Here are some flowers. Hope you’ll forgive me.
peonies, Chinese garden @ the Jardin Botanique
Some of these health problems were not so much caused by our bug-out to Montréal (though that was exhausting) but by the place we moved into.… [Read More]
This blog post is backwards; I’m starting with the ending and detailing how I got home from my visit to the Promenade Masson (“the Heart of Rosemont”).
Why? Because it was my first time on an e-bike!… [Read More]
Canada’s not only putting explicit health-harm warnings on cigarette packages, but printing them on each cigarette’s rolling paper too–in English and in French. I suppose if you’re going to suck in nicotine and tobacco particulates, ya might as well huff that fine, fine, toxic burnt ink residue too.… [Read More]
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Why Montréal is So Green
This. All happening right now. And a tornado warning.
The lights have flickered a couple times, but we’re still empowered. Charging all the devices while we can, though.
It appears the building across the street was tagged last night.… [Read More]
At approximately 3 pm today Canada’s population reached 40 million people (according to Canada’s population clock, which really looks more like test tubes….disturbingly).
By comparison, California has a population of about 39 million packed into a lot less geographical space–lookee here**:
This is one of the many reasons we’re in Canada.… [Read More]
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Maple Report #11
Bibitte à Sucre
Montréal’s Jardin botanique is a beautiful place to stroll. It has lush greenhouses, winding outdoor paths, and a gourmet cafe, but the admission is pricey if you have to pay the rack rate.… [Read More]
You’ve certainly heard about the massive wildfires in Canada–there have been over 160 in Québec alone. The drifting smoke is choking East Coast cities and causing airlines, baseball games, and Broadway shows to cancel.… [Read More]