Montréal plays a lot of different cities in film/TV
What the hecque?? We get on the plane to Québec and land in San Diego’s Historic Gaslamp Quarter???
The Gay Gaslamp Village Quarter??
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The Apartment
This year, finding a furnished apartment was much more difficult than past years. Whether it’s the “end of the pandemic” or the housing crisis or some other reason, it was not easy to find a furnished apartment that would be willing to give us a 5-month lease.… [Read More]
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Nous sommes de retour
When we first decided to embark on this adventure, it seemed like half a year was a long time to spend in a place. But how quickly the winter just flew by!… [Read More]
We have arrived in Montreal and are at a hotel, we’ll check into our Airbnb tomorrow and hope for the best. You’ll hear about how it all goes soon!
“Try not to let moose lick your car.”
–Parks Canada
(…or anyone really, regardless of the season, but that’s just my non-delicious-vehicle-owner opinion).
Happy New Year. We’ll be back in Montréal in May, if all goes according to plan.… [Read More]
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A Good Idea
They should pay people to do the same thing in California State parks, except Bigfoot.
https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/canadas-quirky-federal-jobs-meet-the-anne-imator-on-the-governments-payroll
Part 1. What Happened.
We had some associates from the US visit us here, whom I will call Régis and Léontine (many of you reading will know who they are, but as this blog is publicly accessible this post will have some intentional vagueness).… [Read More]
Sylvain’s sister and parents have been visiting this weekend, so there has been excursions to many places: Île St. Hélène, Parc La Fontaine, Parc Mont Royal, and, of course, the Jardin Botanique!… [Read More]
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Not My Circus….
The word “clown” is the same in English and in French. I had need to look it up because, well….look at the world we live in.
That is all.
P.S. You can also say “farceur” or “pitre” instead of “clown,” but the preferred word in French is “clown” nonetheless.
Those of you who spent time in L.A. during the 80’s-90’s musical heyday of KCRW probably remember Chuck Taggart‘s show “Gumbo,” which was canceled when KCRW went from being a local public-radio station to being the golden goose of NPR.… [Read More]