Spring has slowly begun in Montreal, and now that we’ve traded our down jackets for waterproof trench coats, we’re seriously thinking about summer. Even though we have six months of winter in Montreal, we have a scorc...
The mild spring air is slowly returning to Montreal—between showers. It makes us crave being outdoors, hands in the grass and a wicker basket tucked under our arm—fullof seasonal vegetables, flowers, and loc...
In April, we don’t “bare a single thread” because the air is freezing, the sun is hot, and the asphalt is wet. But all this cold rain makes the crocuses and tulips bloom, and in May, nature will take over the streets an...
The snow has (finally!) melted in Montreal. We’ve traded our heavy coats and fur-lined boots for soft sneakers and denim jackets, and we have only one desire: to spend our days outdoors. In April, it’s a little e...
The Montreal spring ritual is a ritual of observation. As the weeks and months pass, we choose one or a few bare trees at the curb and look intently at the tips of the branches. We look for the beginning, the whisper of...
The floor is gray and smooth, like the imagined floor of a cavern, and wet, as you step out of the coed locker rooms of the JOY Wellness Club/Urban Social Spa. The transition from the rainy sidewalks of Montreal’s stree...
In the spring of 2026, we’re going to treat our hearts and bodies like flower beds (or, for those with a studio apartment, flower pots) that slowly thaw as the air warms up in Montreal. For solo dates —solo outings and...
In April, we don’t shed a single thread of clothing, but we start thinking very seriously about the long, warm afternoons of summer, sitting in the sun on the balcony with a book and a Diet Coke… It’s time to get...
It’s still cold, alas, and we’ve scanned every curb looking for a crocus but saw nothing but old, thawed beer cans and colorful plastic wrappers. Flowers in the streets of Montreal aren’t here just yet. In the meantime,...
With both feet in the slush and eyes fixed on the patch of blue sky that appears in the evening between snow showers, Montrealers are entering spring with lingering seasonal blues and a chill to the bone. This year,&he...
