It’s August, but we’re already planning our fall long weekends. It’s the most beautiful season of the year in Quebec, and there’s more to see than just the vast red and gold forests. Along the waterfront,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Summer is long, and by August, we reach that hazy moment when the days blend into one another, punctuated by long naps in the sun, sweltering nights, andlazymornings spent listening to thunderstorms. It’s...
Lac Saint-Jean feels like a world away, as if we’d gone for a weekend at the beach—with sandy beaches, the prickly trees of the North, fields full of blueberries, and little houses lined up along the wate...
When you live in Montreal, you live in a semi-historicpatchwork of modernism, cultures, artists, andcool people—a city that never sleeps and is constantly buzzing... And while Montreal is full of museums, heritage...
It’s already August, and we’ve almost forgotten that it rained in June. We’ve forgotten what it’s like to be cold; we’ve adjusted our sleep schedules to dance in the streets all night long; we’ve seriousl...
In Quebec, they make a lot of wine—white, red, “natural,” and orange. And 60% of the province’s wine production is in the Eastern Townships, along one of Quebec’s most beautiful routes—the Brome-Missisquo...