"Living is not enough, you need sun, freedom and a little flower." - Hans Christian Andersen Quebec is a region of agriculture, cycling and lakes - but it's also a region with a European colonial past that's visible...
On the Old Port, in one of the gray stone heritage buildings overlooking the water, Galerie Angelina has the clean-shaven look of one of those modern art glass cubes where gallerinas in high heels jostle in the movies....
In Montreal, we have a romantic vision of summer, informed by soft creams, fireflies and open-air cinemas... In addition to cinemas under the stars in the parks this summer, ciné-ruelles organized between neighbors a...
Between long weeks at the office, jogging on cracked concrete sidewalks, weekend hikes in the summer, shoveling snow off the car in the winter and the pain in the wrist that comes after a particularly dry metro stop at...
This weekend marked the 15th edition of the Montreal Comiccon. It was our first time there and, frankly, we're not really geeks and knew next to nothing about...
On our Montreal summer Bucket List , we've got "go to the movies...outside" because in Montreal, you can see independent films in small, dark cinemas all year round (as well as blockbusters, we're not that snobbish)...
Last week, I went to the Soif de Cidre festival , and between two thunderstorms and the 12 glasses of cider I drank - to taste - I was able to chat with several of the region's cidery owners. We know the winemakers p...
In Montreal, we tan where we can... A block party in a parking lot with nowhere to sit for those with kids, a bench with a salad in a recycled plastic box for corporate girlies, the office roof, the alley behind the sto...
It's summertime! We've planted fresh herbs on our balcony,we've decorated our apartment with a big bunch of wild flowers picked during our last road trip to the countryside, we've opened our windows wide. In recent y...
Whereas in winter, Montrealers don't hang around outside, for fear of losing a toe in the icy streets, in summer it's quite the opposite. Liminal spaces - vacant lots, department store parking lots, parks, the awkwar...