Jazz Fest and festivals galore!

Apologies all! I thought this was posted mid-July, but it wasn’t. Here it is now, without further ado!
Summer is festival season in Montreal, as many of you many know, and so we’ve been trying to hit as many as we can. I mentioned a couple entries ago that Jon’s sister, Ashley, fresh from high school [...]

Oh Canada

So we apologize, yet again, for falling off the wagon with the blog. Jon’s sister, Ashley, who just graduated high school, has been staying with us for the past few weeks and will be with us a few more weeks. She’s checking out schools in the area and is interning at a few photography studios, [...]

I’m ALIVE!

Wow, it’s been YEARS it seems since I’ve posted anything, so in order to avoid my account being deactivated or something I figured I would send out a brief update. Jen and I have been frantically working on the finishing touches of our apartment. We made much progress over this past three-day weekend [...]

Beauregard the Boston Terrier

Meet Beauregard, our new Boston Terrier. He is 7 months old and filled with energy and kisses. It seems that now we see Bostons everywhere, but it’s probably just one of those things.
Jon and I started looking at different dog breeds not too long after we lost Zorro, just to ease the emptiness. We decided [...]

Zorro

Jon and I are so sorry for yet again another break in entries, but we are back and ready to post!
It has been crazy and eventful, to say the least, since our last entry. Our beloved dog, Zorro, died on March 24 from heart disease. Zorro was a part of our family and we miss [...]

Haitian Delights in Villeray

We’re back! We are officially completely moved in, though we are still rearranging and settling in. Finally, we found a new tenant for our old apartment, and our lease is officially transferred (yay!). Also, Jon and I are both now on Twitter! My username is jen_in_montreal and Jon’s is jknodell. Feel free to follow us!
Yesterday, [...]

Catching Up

Okay, sorry everyone for the lapse in action here at the blog.  Our schedules have been pretty crazy since Christmas.  We promise some updates soon as news develops.  The biggest news to date is the acquisition of a new apartment!

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 [...]

Avant-Apres

I am addicted to this feature on Spacing Montreal that loosely translates to “Before and After”.
Somehow they found a vast wealth of historic photographs from all over Montreal and they reshoot the photos in present day comparing and contrasting the differences.  Sometimes the differences are subtle, sometimes they are glaring.  Often, they are not for [...]

Mark this date…

So…Jen and I aren’t the most punctual when it comes to blogging.  But we WANT to be.  We really, really do!  So we’re setting up a backup plan in case of our inevitable negligence.  Starting this weekend, there will be regular automated posts made AT LEAST twice a week on Sundays and Thursdays.  And if [...]