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Only in Montréal Pictures

Street Metal

So pretty! Though it looks old-timey, this manhole cover is actually quite new–just a couple years old. You can read about the program to replace Montreal manhole covers and the symbols chosen for this brand-new design here.… [Read More]

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Food

Who Wants to Eat Cake?

It has never been easier.

Just stop by the cake vending machine in the Metro and grab yourself a slice. Vanilla sprinkle cake for birthdays, triple chocolate cake, red velvet, and lots of rainbow cake for Pride!… [Read More]

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Musings and Observations

Being There

We just got the news that a very dear friend of ours in L.A. passed away this morning.

This is where being far from town is so difficult. In reality, things would have been no different had we been there.… [Read More]

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History, Culture, and Politics Only in Quebec Très Intéressant

Here Comes The Bride

and she's coming for your wallet
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Uncategorized

Use the Fourth/Look

As noted in prior blog posts, Canada Day was Friday July 1st, most businesses were closed, and the City sponsored lots of holiday events (flyovers, music, cake!)

It was still a workday in the U.S.… [Read More]

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Pictures Places Uncategorized

The Lachine Rapids

Down at the south-east point of the Isle of Montréal, the St. Lawrence river goes over a series of rock shelves creating the Lachine Rapids. Early European vistors like Jacques Cartier thought the St.… [Read More]

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Pictures

The Water Moose

Icon of Canada Day Celebrations
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History, Culture, and Politics Only in Quebec Places

Canada Day!

It's Canada Day in the ROC, but in Québec it's officially Packing, Porting, and Pizza Day
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Experiences Musings and Observations Places

A Visit to the Neurophilosophy Department

or, letting post-docs pick your brain

It’s not easy to engage in a foreign city when you don’t speak the language and you’re avoiding deadly viruses and you work remotely from home.… [Read More]

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Pictures Places

Les Belle-Dames

The butterflies we call painted ladies at home are called “belle-dames” here–beautiful ladies. They’re migratory and occur all over the world. This sign in the Les Jardins Gamelin is in the middle of several garden beds planted with butterfly host plants and flowers.… [Read More]