Technically the equinox isn’t until Thursday the 22nd, but last week Montréal definitely shifted gears into greyer, cooler, start-to-hunker-down mode. Probably just the shorter days, but it seems as if the arms of the sky are closing after the wide-open embrace of summer.… [Read More]
The weather took rapid turn into cooler temperatures. And in the parc, we’re seeing the first hints of changing colors. Even the streets are showing hints of autumn color…
Voici l’automne…Quebecers are fiercely proud of local folks who have achieved fame and fortune. There are statues in the parks of notable artists, poets, and writers, and you’ll even see streets or parks or cafes named after some of them.… [Read More]
YIL that the world’s biggest magic competition is held in Québec! It’s run by the FISM (Fédération Internationale de Sociétés Magiques) and over 100 professional rabbit-pullers-out-of-hatters compete in eight different categories each year.… [Read More]
A couple Mondays ago I walked up to the local épicerie to do the weekly grocery shopping (I like to go early in the morning, when our nightowl party street in The Village is quiet).… [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]
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]
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]
Last weekend, I wanted to explore Longueuil, so I took the Yellow Line under the river to the terminus.
The station is in the Université-de-Sherbrooke, so one emerges into a cluster of towers.… [Read More]
