Entries from October 2008

Saturday, October 25, 2008

You know you’re a Montrealer when…

from Facebook group by the same name, linked here. I removed the ones Jon and I weren’t yet familiar with.

you pronounce it “Muntreal”, not “Mahntreal”

you have ever said anything like “I have to stop at the guichet before we go to the dep.”

your only concern about jaywalking is getting a ticket

you understand and frequently use [...]

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Thanksgiving in New Hampshire

This past weekend was Thanksgiving here in Canada.  We decided to make a mini-vacation of it and headed down into New Hampshire for a weekend in a cabin.  Surprising to us, this weekend was one of the busiest camping weekends of the season for the region due to the incredible foliage on display.  The trees [...]

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal: Part Deux

I meant to post this last week, but I unfortunately got sick and never got it posted. Here is part 2 of our visit to the Montreal Museum of Fine Art.
In addition to the fun and avant garde Warhol Live exhibit, we also wandered through the wide range of permanent exhibits on display at the [...]

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Inspiration Abounds at Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal

This past Sunday, Jon and I had an incredible time exploring the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal (Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, but it doesn’t sound as good in English), after seeing advertisements for the Warhol Live exhibit featuring the works of the legendary Mr. Andy Warhol.
I found the exhibit to be so inspiring that [...]

Sunday, October 5, 2008

What we’re eating…

Last night Jen and I tried out a recipe I found for coffee and banana scones.  They turned out pretty good but the recipe could use some tweaking.  I’ll post the recipe once it’s perfected.  Sorry this is a short post.
More to come soon…

Thursday, October 2, 2008

Mythical food of Byblos

Jon and I had the most amazing breakfast at Byblos this past weekend, which I’ve been dying to try since I read some amazing reviews of it from MontrealFood.com (review here) and MadeinMtl (review and photos here).
It is a Middle Eastern (Moyen Orient in French) restaurant with amazing brunch. Above is a picture of our [...]