No, you don’t have to go to Stonehenge to feel the vibrations of the earth and sky with your bare feet in the middle of a stone circle. It’s one of the Eastern Townships’ best-kept secrets, and tucked awa...
Leaves are slowly sprouting on the trees in Montreal, and winter dust covers the cars and blows in our faces. It’s time to plan our summer. We want to get away for a weekend, preferably for a change of sc...
When you think of Montreal and Quebec, many things come to mind: hockey (Go Habs Go!), artists (Riopelle, of course), the city’s modernist architecture andthe brownstonesof the Plateau, poutine, lake pon...
Mother’s Day, tulips, walks through the fields, the first picnics, and festivals… We’re always very busy in the spring in Montreal. Would we love to get away every other day to take a walk in the woods...
The magnolias are almost in bloom on the streets of Montreal, and it rains every morning, while every afternoon is muggy and hot. It makes us crave getting out of the city, taking off our shoes and socks,...
Take the metro from downtown, then hop on a bus, and in about an hour you’ll arrive at the Bois de l’Équerre—and suddenly, it really feels like spring. Under the trees, with your feet in the dirt and the...
Nature is waking up, and there are daffodils sprouting in the dusty flower beds of the Plateau, buds on a few select trees, and a handful of green blades of grass peeking through the cracks in the asphalt...
For Montrealers who walk with their eyes fixed on the bare branches of the trees lining the city streets, at the risk of bumping into someone for the sheer joy of seeing a bud that will soon become a leaf,...
In the spring, we have a mad craving to get away from the sounds of construction, the gravel whipping our faces when the wind blows, the dust, and the smells of the city thawing out. It’s only natural, af...
A few days ago, I saw the first crocus of spring, almost invisible in the middle of a messy flower bed after the snow melted. That means it’s—officially—spring. And this spring, we have a crazy urge to go...