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 [...]

Over React Much?

http://spacingmontreal.ca/2009/05/19/il-est-interdit-dinterdire/
Just to show everyone that Montreal isn’t QUITE the land of rainbows and butterflies that we sometimes portray it as…I read this disturbing article on one of my favorite Montreal blogs “Spacing Montreal”.
A 38-year old law student and mother of two was briefly arrested (read, handcuffed) and fined for not using the handrail on an [...]

Montrealers for Obama

Yesterday was a big day not just for residents of the United States or ex-pats from the States, it was a big day for everyone all over the world. This blog is not a political blog, and Jonathan and I aren’t planning to use this as a platform for our political views, but this is [...]

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.

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 [...]

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 [...]

Mr. Fancy Pants…please don’t arrest me!

I’m sure I have mentioned before that Montrealers are known for their political activism.  On our different visits here before the big move we witnessed a wide variety of protests from Pro-Isreal/Pro-Palestine protests, to Anti-Guantanamo Bay Prison marches, to worker’s rights demonstrations.  Everyone seems to get involved.  That now includes the local police department.

Montreal gets a face-lift…for a price.

Is this work $500,000?

BIXI or bust.

This week, Montreal launched there BIXI bike sharing program.  For $78 dollars, you can get a yearly pass that will eventually give you access to a few thousand bikes all over the island.  With the pass, you can pick up any bike, ride it anywhere for 30 minutes free of charge, after that, there is [...]

Hmm…it’s cold!?

Okay…we didn’t sign up for this…it’s currently 39 degrees!  (That’s Farenheit, folks!) It got up to a whoppin’ 57 today.  I suggested we go swimming in the river.  Jen disagreed.