I went to The Village recently to hunt up some nougat for a friend and dropped into a place I discovered last year, Pouding Cafe. Nice proprietors and staff, yummy sandwiches and coffee, and this sign.… [Read More]
Category: Only in Montréal
but not a picture of one. Bixi Kitty For The Win!
That is all.
This is on Rosemont Blvd. about a mile away from our house, near the Rosemont Métro station. I saw it from the bus window so couldn’t go in, but looks like it’s a combination massage studio and florist.… [Read More]
We’ve been packing up and cleaning for several days now, but today is the massive push to pull out and fly home. I’ve been sad and wistful; said goodbye to one of my Montréal Facebook friends who became an IRL friend and got teary, and today feeling keenly all the “this is the last time” thoughts crossing my brain like shooting stars of sentimentality.… [Read More]
It’s election campaign season (about which I’ll write more later) and the whole town is covered in pictures of politicians’ faces. It’s against the law to deface political posters here–one person has been arrested already–but even so.… [Read More]
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Sexy Elevator’s All Wet
There was a fast, heavy rainfall yesterday that took a toll on the city: one of the big Metro stations was partly under water, a chunk of the main highway through town was closed, several basements got flooded.… [Read More]
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Urban Tree Care
Tree bien!
A couple weeks back I was riding my Bixi bike near the Vieux-Port and noticed dozens of police cars and personnel standing on every corner. I thought something bad had happened and was going to divert, but no one seemed tense or alert.… [Read More]
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The Tam-Tam
Every Sunday in the spring through fall, you can hear the heartbeat of Montréal thrumming near the famous Angel of Mt. Royal.**
That heartbeat comes from the city’s famous tam-tam, a drum circle that has grown and evolved for the past 50 years.… [Read More]
Some of the famous ups and downs of Montréal