Since I can’t be in LA to see the latest City Garage show (which sounds great, so you should go!), I have to mollify Frédérique some other way. She’s suggested several times that I visit Île-des-Sœuers.… [Read More]
Author: Sylvain Descartes
It seems like it’s yellow flower season in Montréal, and the bees are out making the most of it.
Sunflowers and Black-eyed Susans
Sunday’s walk was intended to be mostly in the old city near the Vieux Port. I was thinking of focusing a bit on the oldest architecture in the city.
On the way, I passed a lot of new construction on Boulevard René-Lévesque.… [Read More]
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The Other Side of the Mountain
I’ve been spending most of my time to the East or South or Southwest of Mont Royal. This afternoon I took a wander up into some neighborhoods on the Northeast side.… [Read More]
While Pride Month is June in the US (to commemorate the Stonewall Uprising in June of 1969), the big LGBTQ+ celebration in Montréal is Fierté, celebrated in the first week of August.… [Read More]
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Ahem
As Manon wrote a while back, words that are offensive in some places aren’t in others.
While you might see a poster for these bands on Melrose, at least one of them would probably not show up in an official advertising space in the LA Metro.… [Read More]
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A Visit to Mystical Lands
It was hot and very humid, The air had that silky quality that promised rain, but no rain came.
I went off to see what I could find in the cool forests of Mont Royal.… [Read More]
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Ha ha ha
One thing that Montréal does really, really well is set up tableaux for promoting the many festivals. They’re all super optimized for the ‘gram, ‘tok, and selfie generation.
To promote the 40th Just For Laughs Festival currently in progress, they have put up charicatures of famous comedians (presumably previous participants) over on Rue Saint-Denis and probably elsewhere.… [Read More]
I like to walk around. In Los Angeles, I like to walk around my neighborhood and walk to the office. Here in Montréal, I like to explore areas by walking. Anywhere in the work, I like to walk around in the wilderness.… [Read More]
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Literally.
So I’ve started my Francisation et Intégration classes, which are three hours of lessons, four times per week. Add in the metro ride to school and back and that’s twenty hours a week, hence my delay in posting anything here.… [Read More]