Montreal is a charming little city known for its bagels, summer festivals, lattes with foam on top, and its residents—some of the best-dressed in the world, ranging from minimalist chic to post-punk, athl...
It’s finally warm and sunny in Montreal, after a disastrous winter and spring—wet, cold, slippery, and endless. Summer, now at the height of its warmth—with heat haze, plants that have grown up the walls...
In the city, we’re bombarded with textures, colors, and smells. Asphalt, screams, sirens, trash cans, a guy who thinks he’s cool for blasting Romanian rap at full volume from his Toyota Tercel with the wi...
In the 1970s and 1980s, North America (and the world) danced to disco music. Disco, which has the distinction of having a rhythm based on the human heartbeat but twice as fast, is known as the best music...
Summer vacation is almost over, and with a cosmic bang , August plunges us into a rather mystical reflection. The last long afternoons of summer are a little more romantic, a little deeper, and a little m...
September is a month of weather contradictions in Quebec—as hot as summer for a few days in the middle of the month, cooler at times, and a bit stormy. The sweet corn is sweet, Montreal thrift stores are...
It’s back-to-school time, and one of the greatest joys of this season is stocking up on paper and pencils for the year. We’re no longer in school, but that doesn’t mean we don’t need to get back into a mo...
The landscapes in northern Quebec are reminiscent of Scandinavia, because the north quickly becomes very Nordic and the boreal forest grows increasingly thorny and sparse. So, of course, Quebec also has i...
It’s back-to-school time, and our brains are pleasantly softened by the sun and by TV—whether we’re watching it at our grandparents’ house or at a hotel, or through almost daily viewings of *Frozen* with...
The hills of the Eastern Townships are half Hallmark movie with “small-town charm,” half untamed wilderness stretching as far as the eye can see. The leaves, the small dirt roads, the mountains, the field...