28 May 2006

rowdy men

posted in: montreal | 0

my roommate called me over to her room because a bunch of men were in front of our building arguing. her room has a balcony which faces out front, and since it’s a warm night her door is open, and it’s pretty loud… but what adds to it is that she can understand what they are saying. I’m not sure … Read More
28 May 2006

a day surrounding food

posted in: food, montreal | 0

currently have 4 people living in our 5-1/2 for the week (due to an overlapping roommate situation), and we all spent the day going to jean-talon market, cooking, and eating for hours on end. and somehow we ended up with twice as much dessert as any other dish. we live a very difficult, difficult life. our sausage lady (w. musician). … Read More
27 May 2006

penguin graphic classics

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penguin has started a new line of classic books with cool covers by modern artists–they look awesome! see also us.penguinclassics.com
26 May 2006

2880.ca

posted in: montreal | 0

D managed to get a team chosen for a 48-hour film competition! a theme and an object are revealed, and you have 2880 minutes to make a 5-minute film incorporating both. exciting? definitely!
21 May 2006

dam!

posted in: china | 0

the three gorges dam reached its final height today. it’s interesting to see pictures of the dam (bbc) because when I saw it up close it was not in the full light of day. no, it was about 3 am in the morning (more on that later) and a bit of delirium through lack of sleep…
20 May 2006

the book of mormon

posted in: cross-culture | 0

S & J came over for dinner and we watched the hockey game. found a sheet of looseleaf on the table with caricature-like drawings; apparently the other day 2 mormons came over and explained the word to K for… two hours. (K explaining resurrection per Elder Roberts’ diagram)
18 May 2006

sugar sugar

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homemade sugar pie is just fabulous. so are roommates that make homemade sugar pie. met this really… uh… interesting person at work today. was eating in the lunch room and he was just having some tea as he was feeling ill: “no offence, but because I ate chinese food yesterday”. huh?? ok, whatever. but then he just couldn’t believe I … Read More
18 May 2006

4.5-hour dinners

posted in: food, montreal | 0

…are the way to go. To see K and S off before they go to Tanzania this weekend, a dozen of us went to a fabulous byow french restaurant called les héritiers, on de Lanaudière and Laurier. they have this wonderful 5-course menu dégustation, with an interesting trou normand of grapefruit sorbet in vodka. I’m always a sucker for duck … Read More
14 May 2006

back in mo-town

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spent the whole day … eating. arrived by bus around 5.45 am, slept a few hours, then met up with a largely law student crew for some dim sum at kam fung (and although most of us were asian they still charged us tax, hmmm). followed by grocery shopping in chinatown, bubble tea, and sitting near place-des-arts under the sakura, … Read More

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