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]
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Flowers and Ashes
The spring is coming on hard with temperatures waggling all over the place, even on the same day; cold and icy one minute, summery and 70s the next. The daffodils are dead but the little violets and vincas are beaming purple and prolific dandelion blossoms punctuate the greenbelts with brilliant yellow polka dots (in MTL there’s a movement to leave dandelions untouched when they’re flowering to feed pollinators.… [Read More]
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Spring Green
Growing up in Southern California, I was often annoyed by the people who griped that “there are no seasons here.” Of course there are seasons, they’re just more subtle than elsewhere.… [Read More]
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]
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Red Light, Green Light
This traffic light near a school zone in Broussard will stay red if you exceed the speed limit on approach. It only turns green if you are driving under the limit.… [Read More]
In Deuteronomy, the somewhat questionable assertion is made that one cannot live by bread alone.
With the assistance of our neighborhood boulangerie, we have been rigorously testing this hypothesis. Contrary to our expectations, our early findings have found that it is in fact true.… [Read More]
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Maple Report, Rebooted
Québec produces close to 80% of the world’s maple syrup; the early spring thaw is cabane à sucre (“sugar shack”) season here, when the maple trees are tapped and the sap cooked down into the treacly stuff we all love on our pancakes and waffles.… [Read More]
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Tulip time
A lot of houses in this neighborhood have narrow little gardens between the sidewalk and the stairs, and many are filled with tulips!
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Urbanist Trifecta
It was our first weekend after moving in, and there was no internet. So on that Saturday, I went on a morning adventure that was an urbanist trifecta: I bicycled, walked, and took the metro.… [Read More]