Today, Jen and I headed out into the frozen tundra of Montreal to do some sight-seeing and stop by a local indie craft fair, which I’m sure Jen will post about later. Click here for some great pictures that we captured along the way.
Entries from December 2008
Thursday, December 18, 2008
From Trash to Treasure!
During Canada’s Thanksgiving, Jen and I took a trip down into the White Mountains of New Hampshire and Vermont. During a stop in this amazing town of White River Junction, we stumbled upon this fun furniture and antique/thrift shop. We emerged a while later with a handful of stuff for about 10 dollars including this [...]
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
The Big Idea!
This is a concept I came up with last week and hope to execute sometime soon *crosses fingers*.
I call it the “Big Idea Light”, and it is a simple mix of steampunk-vintage and modern styling. A sleek white box holds a reproduction vintage “squirrel-cage” lightbulb circa 1912 sourced from the most amazing of period- inspired [...]
Monday, December 15, 2008
Montreal Handmade Holiday Gift Guide 2008
1. Framed embroidered wall art, neawear.etsy.com
2. Sterling silver hand-cut tree necklace, brazendesign.etsy.com
3. 14k rose gold band with inlaid opals, artisanlook.etsy.com
4. Sterling silver origami crane necklace, junedesigns.etsy.com
5. Felt necklace, green leaves with flowers, rosetutu.etsy.com
6. A Song for Spring art photo pendant, irenesuchocki.etsy.com
7. Spice kit (large French spice kit shown), purposedesign.etsy.com
8. Noodle ring (sterling silver), mynta.etsy.com
9. Normanville [...]
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Montreal Christmas Parade 2008
The other day, Jen and I were awoken to the droning repetition of Rockin’ Robin outside our window on Sainte-Catherine. It was the Christmas parade setting up, literally 10 feet away. So we got up and headed down to the festivities.
The evil source of Rockin’ Robin is pictured above.
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Exploring the Urban Landscape
Many of you may already know my (and Jon’s) love of abandoned buildings and interest in urban exploration (also known as poking around abandoned buildings and sites). Our actual experience in urban exploration is extremely limited, as in we’ve never actually explored an abandoned building, but I have come close. In that case, I was [...]
Monday, December 8, 2008
Bring on the cold.
Today, we got our first taste of what winter has in store for us here in Montreal. When we woke up this morning it was -20 degrees celcius (-4 fahrenheit) with a -30 degree celcius windchill (-22 fahrenheit).
It was, simply put, quite cold! Jen and I are continually being warned about the winters and we [...]
Sunday, December 7, 2008
These Boots Were Made for Walking!
I like boots. Ask Jen. She’ll tell you. I currently have 4 pairs (one needs repaired). This particular pair of boots has developed a bit of a story, and most of it involves Montreal, so I figured I would share. Bear with me.
Friday, December 5, 2008
A long, long time ago…
For those who have visited our apartment, we probably had you park back by a large stone seminary school. Two of the towers pictured above are positioned on Rue Sherbooke. I had seen them and admired them before, but didn’t think much about it. I learned today from my new favorite website Spacing Montreal that [...]
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Hey look at us!
A while back, I posted a small blurb about Montreal’s new bike rental program that is beginning to be implemented across the island. And wouldn’t you know it, people are noticing. The Bixi Bicycle has been named to Time Magazines “Best Inventions of 2008″!
Read more about it here.
