Montreal!

mile end is so great with the streetlights out. so dramatic. it's a thing they should just do on these summer nights, for ambiance. I had such a nice evening walking to olimpico, the sky this deep violet, ambient social activity audible more than visible.

I'm available to start a band called The Sky This Deep Violet if you want. Must have own gear.

Oh hai

Well this is kind of a Lady and a Tramp thing, in more ways than one! I don't know if I will have a chance to hang out this time, but seeing as it is like a 4-hour drive, I doubt this will be the only time I find myself in Mtl.

Looks like I will not get to ride a Bixi, this time :(

my good friend is off on his motorcycle trip heading toward the northeastern US. he has threatened to go to montreal. you've been warned!

Ok!

these lilac clouds

caught on a pole like a kite in a tree near my apartment,

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BTWvmmdIUAANee3.jpg

caught on a pole like a kite in a tree near my apartment,

http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BTWvmmdIUAANee3.jpg

montreal thread: I don't know if this is just a sad & transparent manifestation of the ebbing of summer, the greying skies, &c, but I want to swim in a river while the water is still habitable. can you do that here? have you done it? to take a train & swim near a bridge?

You have the beach at Cap Saint Jacques, it's a beautiful place. Heard about a beach in Île Bizard but never been there.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BUeG86kCcAAPPKu.jpg

this always just reminds me of mulholland drive

Hi Montreal. Your airport can eat two dicks (and Tim Hortons 1.5).

heh

Trudeau still feels like an upgrade to us who've been through Mirabel for all those years.

After 15 years of YYZ it feels cozy and comforting

now that's a long drum solo

I had no beef with the infrastructure btw, but with customs being redirected into two queues, one of which was served by five counters, the other by one (1); and me thus missing my connecting flight.

so: im gonna be in montreal from dec 6th - 10th. anything particularly cool going on then?

picturesque rather than life threatening ~weather~ iirc
& probably, i think montreal winter is pretty well catered for & enjoyable if it is just a momentary window in your otherwise sensibly climated life

varning (2-day hardcore punk fest) is that weekend lol

really appreciating this ambient chemtrails awareness campaign

Yeah, I can think of about a half dozen people who might be responsible.

I'm getting worried by the number of condos being built around downtown and griffintown, for all kinds of reasons (urban, economic).

condo towers, i mean.

i'm stoked for this one though https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc1/901941_468243749956328_13436519_o.jpg

mtl doesn't have enough whatever that type of architecture is called imo

i remember going to vancouver & being wowed at a lot of individually ugly new apartment buildings looking really great clustered together with the backdrop of hills, i feel like having that kinda thing en masse is to some degree a prereq for it looking effective

Agreed, outside looking in Vancouver is somewhat nice. However, once you are inside those streets and the only thing around is ugly condo towers with deserted balconies, bleh.

This is not what Montreal is about, at all.

Plus, they have a hard time selling those type of real estate in Toronto, I wonder how it fares in Montreal where you have plenty of cool appartments and houses in great neighborhood for insanely low prices.

i bet they do great because people are like "FINALLY AN APARTMENT AS GAUDY AS THOSE ONES I BOUGHT IN TORONTO, BUT IN MONTREAL"

vhs i thought you were moving to nyc to be with your beloved rangers

chemtrails!!!

it isn't working out for now :(

idk if theres a specific thread for this but are there any good new restos in mtl that are worth going to? esp ones that wld be open on mondays?

mondays is hard but ya there are lots of new places opening up all the time now! bethlehem xxx, impasto, the izakaya in sardine, uh... what else... you in town or planning on being here soon?

im there the first weekend in december friday to tuesday. i think thats the 6th-9th. meal plan currently looks like

friday -

d: europea

saturday -

b: lemeac
d:

sunday:

b: la croissanteire figaro (maybe?)
d: au pied de cochon

monday:

l:
d:

u can do way better than figaro! do brunch at lawrence or maison publique imo

also... have you been to APDC before? if so, i'd skip it in favour of something newer. their menu hasn't changed in 10 years.

suggestions:
bethlehem (dinner)
nora gray (d)
vin papillon (joe beef's new wine bar)

and prob more i'll remember when im more awake

haha there really is nothing open there on a monday huh :/

i've been to apdc a coupla times but my partner hasnt and is really excited. we're also taking out some friends and its like 5 min from their place. bethlehem looks p good though, might try that for saturday

yeah nothing wrong with that

and yeah mondays is hard. let me think what might be open. dinette triple crown is! pretty caj tho. but good food.

dinette triple crown is the southern place? casual is good though! thanx for the rec's btw, i actually tried to go to lawrence last time i was in mtl on yr recommendation but it was too crowded. might give vieux velo a shot actually, if figaro isnt good.

also where is fun/cool to go dancing iye? we have a couple of things on friday/saturday but could use some good rec's

vieux velo is nice

definitely try and do lawrence for brunch or dinner. it really is tip top. they do everything right.

ummm
in response to that last question im old :(

vieux velo is 100x better than figaro. So is Le Pick-up.

julieta (next to vieux velo on beaubien) has amazing breakfast. but vv rules, too. ndq, across the street from both of them & one block west, would be a good place to check out for dancing. not a huge dancefloor and sometimes not loud enough but can be very fun

You may see me and maybe even other ILX baseball fans for Mets v Jays at Stade Olympique on March 28-29. (No, these games don't count.)

ndq, across the street from both of them & one block west, would be a good place to check out for dancing. not a huge dancefloor and sometimes not loud enough but can be very fun

thanx! also what are you up to that weekend? or do u have exams?

Lamp if you're open to another Monday-night recommendation may I recommend Damas for a plate of good Syrian food. Or you could also do dinner at Lemeac that night, their best option imo is their after-10pm prix fixe and I think they're open Mondays

damas is great, as is their less expensive sister resto kaza maza

good call on lemeac mondays too!