Sylvain and I have long heard legends of the snow removal siren–an eardrum-crushing klaxon that sends Montrealers staggering into the street to move their cars before the tow-trucks and snowplows come through.… [Read More]
There is a mystery on the streets of our neighborhood. It involves stop signs.
I thought I’d discussed stop signs in a posting in some prior year, but couldn’t find it, so first, let’s talk a little about them (if you don’t want to nerd out on this topic, skip down to the pictures below).… [Read More]
Warning: long, long rant ahead…
The time has come to pack up some boxes and start nudging the orbit back towards southern California. But if you have a few large boxes you want to stash somewhere in the city, you need a means of transporting them.… [Read More]
It seems that when you live in a certain place, you become the default consultants for tourism in that place. People contact you, sometimes on behalf of people you don’t even know, wanting to hear about the best restaurants or most exciting local experiences or whether the weather is weathering, etc.… [Read More]
Sadly, this post is late. The experiences in question happened during the Olympics, and would have been so much more appropriate to post then. But such is life.
I’d gone many times to Île Sainte Hélène, but I’d never been to the other island that includes portions of Parc Jean-Drapeau: Île Notre-Dame.… [Read More]
Sylvain and I went to the MTL Pride parade yesterday; it was a homegrown affair but with abundant color and music and smiles.
Here are a few photos and three short videos of an Irish-dancing rainbow, two-stepping white hats, and a good ol’ cheer squad going to town.… [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!
Montréal has a couple of sites that guide-books inevitably label with the overused adjective “iconic.” St. Joseph’s Oratory tends to be near the top of that list.
It’s one of the largest cathedrals in the world, perched high on the southwest-facing Côte-des-Neiges side of Mont Royal.… [Read More]
I’ve been an enthusiastic user of the métro in Montréal ever since we first visited. Over our various stays, I’ve traveled most of the routes. I’ve been to the ends of the lines, or one stop short, on all of them.… [Read More]
This blog post is backwards; I’m starting with the ending and detailing how I got home from my visit to the Promenade Masson (“the Heart of Rosemont”).
Why? Because it was my first time on an e-bike!… [Read More]
