The start of the school year isn’t always a time of pure novelty. In fact, it might be the most nostalgic time of the (school) year—a return to a routine that, for most people who no longer go to school,...
The nights are getting longer, and the leaves will soon turn red in Quebec; with the cool autumn breeze fast approaching, we’re in the mood for a little mystery. The region is starting to look more and mo...
Just a half-hour drive from Montreal, you can take a stroll through the narrow streets of a charming village that brings to mind Stars Hollow from *Gilmore Girls* and those nostalgic visions we have of th...
During the summer, we delightfully explored our nostalgia for the long summers of childhood—we dug our hands into the dirt, jumped into a warm lake, and spent a lot of time with our eyes closed, watching...
Street photographers—a term that’s half-cool and half-derogatory for some of the world’s best photographers—are holding their festival in Montreal this fall. We use the terms “street” or “documentary”...
The nights are getting cooler in Montreal, and the kids went back to school this week. It’s officially back-to-school season, and we’ve run out of things to read. A beach (or lakeside) novel and a fall no...
Two weeks ago, we marked the anniversary of the Great Peace of Montreal. 325 years ago, in 1701, one of North America’s most important diplomatic documents—the Great Peace of Montreal—was signed under a l...
The nights are cool, alas! Fall is just around the corner in Quebec, and the first red leaves are falling into the cold waters of the St. Lawrence River. But during the day, it’s warm in the sun, and fall...
In 1966, author andsocialite TrumanCapote hosted the most iconic ball of the decade. There were 450 guests—artists, actors and actresses, European aristocrats, American politicians, debutantes, and “it gi...
Last week, in the back room of La Buvette Beaubien, a group of very cool Montrealers dressed in earthy tones gathered to celebrate the launch of the MONTREAL SIGNATURE GUIDE, a practical yet poetic work b...