Oh no! Different Alex in MTL. There was a weird glitch in the ILX system that resulted in me unaware-ingly taking the name b/c you can be "alex in montreal" AND "Alex in Montreal". Been meaning to switch to a new handle to avoid the confusion but \(o_O)/
― Y /\/\ /\/\ \/ (Alex in Montreal), Saturday, 24 July 2010 19:47 (fourteen years ago) link
that was the real reason behind the Toronto move right
― al gore vidal gore (s1ocki), Saturday, 24 July 2010 21:22 (fourteen years ago) link
Lawlex
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Saturday, 24 July 2010 21:43 (fourteen years ago) link
It's not so much that something's happening in Mtl as that nothing's happening anywhere else. If I have nothing to do, it's best to do it in Montreal.
― Sundar, Saturday, 24 July 2010 21:54 (fourteen years ago) link
See you at the needle exchange.
― fields of salmon, Sunday, 25 July 2010 03:56 (fourteen years ago) link
i wanna go to montreal
― pies. (gbx), Sunday, 25 July 2010 04:03 (fourteen years ago) link
u should check out the needle exchange
― al gore vidal gore (s1ocki), Sunday, 25 July 2010 04:29 (fourteen years ago) link
We could get a steamé after.
― fields of salmon, Sunday, 25 July 2010 04:36 (fourteen years ago) link
what kind of food is it, at the needle exchange?
― pies. (gbx), Sunday, 25 July 2010 04:38 (fourteen years ago) link
guessing satays
― al gore vidal gore (s1ocki), Sunday, 25 July 2010 04:39 (fourteen years ago) link
brochettes.
― fields of salmon, Sunday, 25 July 2010 04:40 (fourteen years ago) link
($14.50 with rice and salad, bring your own wine.)
― fields of salmon, Sunday, 25 July 2010 04:41 (fourteen years ago) link
how much is the satay
― pies. (gbx), Sunday, 25 July 2010 04:44 (fourteen years ago) link
20 bag.
― fields of salmon, Sunday, 25 July 2010 04:45 (fourteen years ago) link
SOLD
― pies. (gbx), Sunday, 25 July 2010 04:48 (fourteen years ago) link
that's bring your own baking soda and aluminum foil though.
― fields of salmon, Sunday, 25 July 2010 04:58 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2010/07/27/montreal-is-a-happy-place-cp.html
Montreal takes second spot in some sort of "happiest places on earth" list.
― fields of salmon, Wednesday, 28 July 2010 01:16 (fourteen years ago) link
must be the food.
― sofatruck, Wednesday, 28 July 2010 02:16 (fourteen years ago) link
it's the girls.
― oreo speed cookie (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 02:29 (fourteen years ago) link
salmon's "montreal food sucks" campaign is so bullshit.
― sean gramophone, Saturday, July 24, 2010 12:08 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
ie, he has successfully wound me up
yeah, what a weird post eh? like i am not totally sure whether or not salmon is just a non-montrealer sufficiently aware of quebec culture signifiers and slang who's just pulling our leg. some really tasty food around hurr imo. you guys been to cuisine szechuan on guy?
― gold bullion logic (samosa gibreel), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 02:40 (fourteen years ago) link
cuisine szechuan is probably the reason montreal is the 2nd happiest place in the world
I love how all the people on this forum evidently live in Mile End and around Jean-Talon. Those are the sort of anglophones who would say the food is good.
― fields of salmon, Wednesday, 28 July 2010 04:09 (fourteen years ago) link
instead of the smart anglophones who know to live where the food is bad
― kim cardassian (s1ocki), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 04:10 (fourteen years ago) link
i mean dude... obv u r not happy where u r... but many ppl clearly are. so maybe u should either move to a neighbourhood that suits u better, move to a city that suits u better, or realize that it is perhaps not the city that is the problem here!
― kim cardassian (s1ocki), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 04:13 (fourteen years ago) link
alternate suggestion: stop eating at cheapass pan-asian fast food restaurants
that applies to pretty much every city
hrm, i live in st henri and used to live in ndg. ndg had some fantastic restaurants and even st henri has some good food. i don't eat out very often, though, and i've never lived anywhere else so don't take my word for it. took a gander at slocki's blog after a link to a blog post about mangoes and iirc dude is a local restaurant critic so maybe he can shut you up.
― gold bullion logic (samosa gibreel), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 04:14 (fourteen years ago) link
oh, haha xps
I don't think anyone has said that bad food doesn't exist here. Looking at you, St-Hubert. But the good food is pretty great, and a lot less expensive than other cities in Canada.
― sofatruck, Wednesday, 28 July 2010 04:17 (fourteen years ago) link
bad food exists everywhere, with the possible exceptions of france and italy
― kim cardassian (s1ocki), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 04:18 (fourteen years ago) link
fields of salmon i reserve judgment on whether you are a cool guy or not bcuz i don't exactly get what the fuck you're talking about but your posts itt are condescending in a really weird and hard-to-parse way. by all means enlighten us to your next level food criticism, but idg why you are accusing us of living in neighborhoods n stuff
― gold bullion logic (samosa gibreel), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 04:18 (fourteen years ago) link
there is also a lot of decent food in verdun! and parc ex! and way out east! sure it's not new york or LA but we also don't have anywhere near that population. anyway, i don't eat out a lot and prefer to make my own lunch *if only b/c like sandwiches and salads are crazy overpriced for what they are, even if 'gourmet' and i can make exactly what i want to eat), but when i do go out i feel like i have an abundance of good things to choose from.
i have yet to go to kazu! o_O
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 04:32 (fourteen years ago) link
s1ocki i still need ot get yr professional opinion re: where to see what pasta's supposed to taste like within our fair city. although i kind of feel bad asknig you for advice because its liek i should be paying you.
― the depressed-saggy-japanese-salaryman of ilx posters (Will M.), Tuesday, 3 August 2010 14:58 (fourteen years ago) link
don't feel bad
― the itsytitchyschneider (s1ocki), Tuesday, 3 August 2010 16:09 (fourteen years ago) link
just pay me
― the itsytitchyschneider (s1ocki), Tuesday, 3 August 2010 16:10 (fourteen years ago) link
(jk)
(or am I)
A close friend of mine is leaving for TO at the end of the week, most likely for good, and I'm looking to arrange a day/evening of MTL-exclusive activity. Suggestions?
― Simon H., Wednesday, 4 August 2010 03:16 (fourteen years ago) link
what sort of activity? what do u like to do?
― the itsytitchyschneider (s1ocki), Wednesday, 4 August 2010 03:53 (fourteen years ago) link
Well I already figured a walk around the mountain is sort of a no-brainer. The evening is mostly taken up w/ the roller derby final. In between, I guess a choice meal (not too pricey) and...something else...would suffice. Something else outdoorsy would be good, preferably something accessible by public transit. (I've lived here a fairly long time but basically never leave the house, is the issue.)
― Simon H., Wednesday, 4 August 2010 06:50 (fourteen years ago) link
you could go to ile-ste-helene and pretend it was still osheaga :D
botanical gardens?
if u waited till after roller derby to eat u could take advantage of the sublime lemeac after-10 special
― the itsytitchyschneider (s1ocki), Wednesday, 4 August 2010 13:37 (fourteen years ago) link
i do NOT miss apartment hunting, fuck a craigslist.
― Postmodern Bourbon Development (Will M.), Monday, 28 March 2011 10:20 (thirteen years ago) link
Spielberg to destroy Montreal, perhaps sparing Schwartz's and St.-Viateur.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 8 November 2011 20:36 (twelve years ago) link
i feel like i need to sneak onto the set of this and hijack the production somehow
― the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Wednesday, 9 November 2011 06:12 (twelve years ago) link
as if apocalypse wasn't already hard enough to spell
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Wednesday, 9 November 2011 06:22 (twelve years ago) link
i think i will spend next summer farming
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Wednesday, 9 November 2011 06:23 (twelve years ago) link
taking a trip to the Hockey Mecca that is MTL in a week. i've been browsing relevant montreal threads, and wondering if anyone has any more ideas. i've got a hockey game one night, the pretty reckless @ Metropolis, will do the normal tourist things like sightseeing and whatnot....dieu du ciel and bagels are on my radar; i don't do meat to Schwartz'/poutine is out. all recommendations considered. and merci
― epigram addict (outdoor_miner), Monday, 26 March 2012 21:24 (twelve years ago) link
what else do u like to do / eat
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Monday, 26 March 2012 21:31 (twelve years ago) link
uh, i'm open to regions - SE Asian, Japanese, vegetarian fare, Italian....pretty much open to anything that's veg. based. been looking at the menu of a place called Kitchenette that looks kinda innerestin' -
― epigram addict (outdoor_miner), Monday, 26 March 2012 22:48 (twelve years ago) link
what is it like finding an apartment in Montreal. try to incorporate the word 'soothing' into your response.
― john-claude van donne (schlump), Saturday, 7 April 2012 17:06 (twelve years ago) link
a soothing experience
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Saturday, 7 April 2012 19:27 (twelve years ago) link