now before it starts to snow
it's time for us to pack and go
Category: Experiences
We Enjoyed It But Have Some Questions
Hockey is to Canada what baseball and football are to the U.S. It’s a cultural touchstone and a massive revenue source for the sports industry.… [Read More]
It’s been a busy end-of-Summer. We’ve had some visits from out of town, and work has been taking up a lot of time.
A few weeks ago, Manon and I managed to get away to the Pointe-à-Callière 18th Century Public Market event.… [Read More]
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The Deedle-Eedle Truck
(or, “Wakey Wakey, Mfers!”)
Sylvain and I have long heard legends of the snow removal siren–an eardrum-crushing klaxon that sends Montrealers staggering into the street to move their cars before the tow-trucks and snowplows come through.… [Read More]
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Fireflies
In Mont Royal park, there are fireflies! I haven’t seen them there in past years.
On social media, folks are saying they’ve never seen it like this before.
Doesn’t do them justice…(Try clicking on the “full screen” button on the video for a more immersive experience).
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Le Rêve
What’s this? Emerging from the Mont Royal metro station, we countered a line for this installation.
Naturally, we had to discover our dreams!
It’s not the library that’s offering us a dreamAfter waiting in line for a short while, we got to a machine where we could place our hand upon the cutout.… [Read More]
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Springing
We made our first visit to the Jardin Botanique this year, and to paraphrase William Gibson: spring has arrived, it’s just not even distributed. (As always, click on pictures to see ’em biggish).… [Read More]
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Resuming (and trees)
We’re getting settled in, which involves getting oriented in a newish-to-us neighborhood . We’re in Rosemont again, but about 2.5km/1.5miles from where we were last time. We’ve found a good old-school pizza and poutine joint, the closest bike share point, some nice parks, and the bus stop.… [Read More]
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Saturation
Manon headed back to California last weekend, and I’ve been gradually wrapping things up here too. Part of that process is saying à bientôt to the parcs and forests and the Jardin Botanique.… [Read More]
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Falling
It’s definitely autumn and cold here now, about 50F-60F during the day and the 40F range at night. Hard to believe that after all those sticky, enervating, humid heat waves, I’m looking at the furnace panel trying to remember how to turn it on.… [Read More]