Montreal is a city of culture, just like New York or Paris, and on the streets we run into—sometimes without even realizing it—actors, writers, prominent journalists, activists, athletes, musicians… With the characteris...
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...
The weather is humid, almost tropical, and the potted flowers decorating Montreal’s streets have grown wildly, reaching proportions reminiscent of drawings from the Jurassic era. Plus, it’s indoors—and wh...
Montreal is a city of safety and community for LGBTQ+ people, and that’s a reputation we’re proud of. But capitalism—with its ugly, overbearing tendency to co-opt struggles—is never far away. Montreal...
Le Cinéma Moderne is the theater where we go to see cutting-edge films, where we attend Q&As with visiting directors so they can explain their work to us, and where we go for a gin martini after an in...
At Greenspot, pour-over coffee is served just like in diners in the movies, and if you didn’t grow up in the ’50s, it’s quite an exceptional experience. Plus, the coffee is served with a warmth and effici...
Montreal’s “skyline,” like that of other somewhat financial cities in North America, is recognizable to a certain extent. It consists of towers against a blue sky, and some have a shape that’s a little di...
In Montreal,we sunbathe wherever we can…A neighborhood party in a parking lot with nowhere to sit for those with kids, a bench with a salad in a recycled plastic container for thecorporate girls, the off...
Montreal is an island, and in the summer, it’s dry, muggy, and dusty—and it’s hot, hot, hot. We don’t complain (ever), because winter was so long. But we’re not just going to sit around in our apartments...
Em&May’s studio in Montreal immediately brings to mind thepunk warehousesof New York fashion houses from the ’80s and ’90s. It evokes Kim Gordon’s X-Girl and Sofia Coppola’s Milkfed—those large apartments transforme...