a quaint french café in mile end, montréal
Mile End is a part of Montréal much like Brooklyn, New York: varied immigrant communities, Hasidic Jews and artsy hipsters coexist, making it a sister neighborhood to Brooklyn’s Williamsburg. It…
the sun cuts communications to canada’s arctic provinces. yes, you read it right
Flights have been cancelled, bank machines are inoperable, and mobile phones do not work – all due to the sun. Almost forty communities in the three provinces of the Yukon,…
it’s always sunny in montréal
I woke up this morning in Montréal. Don’t ask me how I got here, must have been some kind of vortex that was activated by too many lattes [or in…
smells like poutine spirit: montréal’s place in french north america
Forget waterboarding. For someone who is trying to avoid carbohydrates, being in a city full of Poutine is quite torturous. I know the name sounds strikingly X-rated, but for those…
finalement à montréal: nail sculpture, some expert stanchioning and halal wifi
As the flight attendant began to make the “get ready to land” announcement in some accent I could not place, I watched the lights of Montréal grow closer and my…
flying north flies north to montréal, and meets a music legend along the way
I’m not a huge fan of LaGuardia – the airport that is. The airport named after the WWII mayor of New York City is generally used for domestic flights, so…
ma’am, that banana could cost you $300
I woke up at the crack of dawn to head to Pierre Trudeau airport to catch at 6:30am flight back to New York City. Since apparently there was some kind…
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