osheaga
both taken with my new sony-ericsson k530i.(and if you don’t know what osheaga is, check out osheaga.com)
summer, please
people are so ready for summer that it even seems nice to sit by the side of a road under construction. (does anyone remember it snowed a week ago?) two more exams. and then, and then? … the excitement of the unknown.
namurian bucky balls
my apologies to buckminster fuller.
ste-catherine
was chatting with an italian who had never been to montreal before, and I guess it is kinda weird that you can go from a church to a strip club to a maternity wear store and then to celine dion’s diner in the space of half a block.
variations on glenn gould
oh yeah, I forgot to mention I went to the variations on glenn gould concert at radio-canada yesterday. it was kinda lame. I was expecting to be able to see the montreal pianist perform–but when we arrived there was nary a piano in sight. we watched a video montage of the 6-pianists-in-their-6-cities with crappy video and cheesy landscape shots fading … Read More
marie-reine-du-monde
one of my favourite buildings in montreal.
montréal, c’est toi ma ville
arrived ten minutes early to my 8.30 class (hooray for jetlag), and I suddenly have the urge to smoke. it’s not enough time to do anything substantive + it would be incredible to do something quick to relax. hence my thoughts turn to smoking. QED. too much social conditioning I guess (damn you smokers around me). so I’m back to … Read More
montreal street food?
the stuffed moose are a nice touch.
happy july 1st
kinda forgot canada day happened, along with st-jean baptiste. I’m more chagrined about missing the 10th anniversary of the HK handover (see economist article)–possibly the only chance to see chinese-style fanfare in hong kong (I have sugary/scary visions of thousands of synchronized chinese school children in victoria park, while the PLA marches down queen’s road or something). coincidentally though, I … Read More
métro.boulot.resto
the metro extension to Laval is opening this weekend, both ahead or behind of schedule and over- (la presse) or under-budget (the gazette), depending on how you look at it. [here’s the STM press release with info on activities related to the opening.] according to la presse, the opening of these three stations (Montmorency, de la Concorde, and Cartier) will … Read More