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]
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]
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]
We had dinner with some Québécois friends last week, and they gave us the most extraordinary gift: a bag full of stuff from Quebec and a box of “discoveries” to introduce us to French music, events, and culture.… [Read More]
If you’ve gone to the store recently and found no Dijon mustard on the shelf, blame Canada (partly). This happened to me at our local IGA market last week; I didn’t find out why until this article crossed my virtual desk.… [Read More]
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]
