You have to watch out for him, he likes to film things. (Wait, who am I warning against who?)
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 22 July 2010 17:11 (thirteen years ago) link
Stayed at one of those boutique hotels by the water (one with awesome fucking room service), went to a ton of restaurants, bought a ton of records, hit that Miles Davis exhibit at the art museum, saw some sights and witnessed some of the glory that was Canada Day and the boiling heat wave that followed (if it had been any other type of vacation I would have dropped you a line, Slock). Don't recognize most of the places in that article but oddly enough I ordered all three things (foie gras poutine, duck-in-a-can, and seafood platters) mentioned being at Restaurant au Pied de Cochon. Even splitting the poutine and the seafood, this was in hindsight a bit too ambitious.
My only complaint was that I couldn't seem to get the right kind of iced latte and wound up hitting starbucks more than I wanted to.
― da croupier, Thursday, 22 July 2010 17:12 (thirteen years ago) link
oh i coulda helped you with that
glad u had a good time and of course i understand you wouldnt exactly want to be like hey new bride, can we take some time on our honeymoon to meet some random bon vivant from the internet
but if u ever come back, lemme know!!
― al-goreda (s1ocki), Thursday, 22 July 2010 17:13 (thirteen years ago) link
hey new bride, can we take some time on our honeymoon to meet some random bon vivant from the internet
Le Proposal Indecent
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 22 July 2010 17:14 (thirteen years ago) link
How big is Montreal? DO many people live in quaint Olde Worlde apartments with high ceilings above patisseries and such? And ride bicycles in elegantly faded clothes?
― European Bob (admrl), Thursday, 22 July 2010 17:15 (thirteen years ago) link
They definitely ride bicycles.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 22 July 2010 17:16 (thirteen years ago) link
definitely!
― da croupier, Thursday, 22 July 2010 17:16 (thirteen years ago) link
actually yes
― sean gramophone, Thursday, 22 July 2010 17:17 (thirteen years ago) link
Is Montreal on a river? What is the countryside like outside of Montreal?
― European Bob (admrl), Thursday, 22 July 2010 17:18 (thirteen years ago) link
it's IN a river
― al-goreda (s1ocki), Thursday, 22 July 2010 17:18 (thirteen years ago) link
(it's an island)
Wow!
― European Bob (admrl), Thursday, 22 July 2010 17:19 (thirteen years ago) link
I just don't know much about Montreal. All I know is through s1ocki and rrrobyn and I think there were once some olympics there or something. It sounds nice.
there's some really nice countryside not too far away. the laurentian mountains. the eastern townships (really old settlements). vermont is like 45 minute drive.
― al-goreda (s1ocki), Thursday, 22 July 2010 17:20 (thirteen years ago) link
The mix of stations in French and English was pretty awesome. Loved little details like Two And A Half Men being called "Mon Oncle Charlie." Also appreciated the French pronunciation of "Jack Donaghy"
― da croupier, Thursday, 22 July 2010 17:20 (thirteen years ago) link
hahaha
― al-goreda (s1ocki), Thursday, 22 July 2010 17:21 (thirteen years ago) link
i love the movie titles too
for some reason the one that always stood out was BOOTY CALL which was called ALLO BABA! (exclamation mark included)
― al-goreda (s1ocki), Thursday, 22 July 2010 17:22 (thirteen years ago) link
Montreal film title translations vs. Helsinki film title translations.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 22 July 2010 17:22 (thirteen years ago) link
I love the alt. Twilight titles. So much more appropriate.
― Simon H., Thursday, 22 July 2010 17:23 (thirteen years ago) link
i used to enter the movie listings for my paper (worst job ever btw) and so i read all of them
― al-goreda (s1ocki), Thursday, 22 July 2010 17:23 (thirteen years ago) link
o ya simon i was just chuckling about that today.... eclipse is called TWILIGHT: HESITATION
hahahaha
― al-goreda (s1ocki), Thursday, 22 July 2010 17:24 (thirteen years ago) link
also came across some kind of candid camera show called something like "droll and sexy" that seemed to mostly be people being squirted with water and topless women walking out of closets in department stores.
xpost was just about to mention the posters for Twilight: Hesitation
― da croupier, Thursday, 22 July 2010 17:24 (thirteen years ago) link
that's actually what life is like most of the time
― al-goreda (s1ocki), Thursday, 22 July 2010 17:25 (thirteen years ago) link
btw mazel tov on the whole getting hitched thing
thanks!
― da croupier, Thursday, 22 July 2010 17:26 (thirteen years ago) link
Haha Hesitation
― European Bob (admrl), Thursday, 22 July 2010 17:27 (thirteen years ago) link
I saw one of those posters and thought, "Instant improvement."
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 22 July 2010 17:27 (thirteen years ago) link
i mean it sort of cuts to the core doesn't it
― al-goreda (s1ocki), Thursday, 22 July 2010 17:28 (thirteen years ago) link
I need to see Twilight
― European Bob (admrl), Thursday, 22 July 2010 17:29 (thirteen years ago) link
The population of the island is ~1.5 million, the metropolitan pop. is ~3.5 million.
― sofatruck, Thursday, 22 July 2010 19:37 (thirteen years ago) link
Can I move there? Do they like foreign people?
Do you speak French? Then, yes!Seriously though, if you want to immigrate to Canada and plan to live in Quebec, the province (in addition to the federal government) has to approve your residency there.
― kate78, Thursday, 22 July 2010 20:02 (thirteen years ago) link
I used to speak ok French, I went to school in Paris for a brief while. But it was long ago and my French is embarrassing these days. I'm sure it is all in there somewhere.
Hey I was born in 78 too! Or maybe your name is ref. to 78rpm vinyl records
― European Bob (admrl), Thursday, 22 July 2010 20:41 (thirteen years ago) link
xpost- I lived there for 7 years and barely spoke any French. I think it matters in the rest of Quebec but almost not at all in Montreal (unless it's a really francophone neighborhood).
― the subject of many men’s thoughts (daavid), Thursday, 22 July 2010 20:52 (thirteen years ago) link
it matters if you want to live there as an immigrant.
yay, 1978, xpost.
― kate78, Thursday, 22 July 2010 21:02 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah my French is embarrassingly bad... grew up in the west and haven't had the chance to take classes here but I get by quite easily. But yeah, immigrating is another issue. Have a friend here who did it though (from the USA). She had to do an interview in French, for which she studied like mad for about a month, and passed quite easily.
― sofatruck, Thursday, 22 July 2010 21:03 (thirteen years ago) link
for some reason montreal attracts the coolest anglos from the rest of canada, and has a pretty thriving english cool kids community. a lot of the less corny bc dudes move here, loads of haligonians and nova scotians. they're a good crowd. many of my friends live fulfilling and happy lives without significant contact with francophones.
that's not to say you're not missing out, though. french girls are way cuter and often more fun and outgoing than english ones, and although quebecois culture in general is not as appealing to me they are a people who have deep reverence for the sanctity of the leisurely life. lots of drinking beer and just hanging out and cracking jokes goes on.
there are some radical-minded francophones who can be unpleasantly forceful and militant about it, but generally speaking people do appreciate any polite attempt at speaking french. you probably have a better chance of kissing french girls if you've got a bit an accent, anyways.
― young monet (samosa gibreel), Thursday, 22 July 2010 21:58 (thirteen years ago) link
LOL I'm married and this is an entirely hypothetical situation so...
― European Bob (admrl), Thursday, 22 July 2010 22:01 (thirteen years ago) link
sounds fun though!
lol, well your future children will kiss many a cute french girl should you choose to born & raise them in mtl
― young monet (samosa gibreel), Thursday, 22 July 2010 22:05 (thirteen years ago) link
also u guys might find your attitudes get more liberal in this swinging city of bons vivants
― al-goreda (s1ocki), Thursday, 22 July 2010 22:10 (thirteen years ago) link
Is it full of vice and delicious sin?
― European Bob (admrl), Thursday, 22 July 2010 22:13 (thirteen years ago) link
thinkin bout movin to montreal with bad french
― conrad, Thursday, 22 July 2010 22:17 (thirteen years ago) link
full of copies of vice magazine tbh xp
― young monet (samosa gibreel), Thursday, 22 July 2010 22:23 (thirteen years ago) link
I love Montreal so much...just been there passing through to and from Victoriaville (2x), but I'd live there in a heartbeat based on a couple of days.
― Grisly Addams (WmC), Thursday, 22 July 2010 22:29 (thirteen years ago) link
Reading this article while in the process of deciding whether to take up McGill on their last-minute law school offer (and thus the possibility of staying in the city for the foreseeable future, instead of moving to Toronto) is probably a bad idea.
I mean, theoretically I should be picking the best program, not which city is more wonderful. Because, seriously, Montreal in a walk.
― Alex in Montreal, Thursday, 22 July 2010 22:43 (thirteen years ago) link
― young monet (samosa gibreel), Thursday, July 22, 2010 6:23 PM (19 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
Really? I am missing out on this distinct aspect of our culture! My life has had less Vice and more Vices&Versa these days. (which, btw, A++ place for drinks when you are up around St Zotique)
― Alex in Montreal, Thursday, 22 July 2010 22:45 (thirteen years ago) link
quebecois culture in general is not as appealing to me
Except...man. There is something so unself-consciously wonderful about monster truck rallies and souvereigntiste rap music and Celine and Caribou.
― Alex in Montreal, Thursday, 22 July 2010 22:47 (thirteen years ago) link
that was just a joke really, vice is actually totally less ubiquitous nowadays and i am grateful for it
attitudinally speaking quebec culture is pretty awesome, but i can't say i'm interested in it in any genuine or active way
― young monet (samosa gibreel), Thursday, 22 July 2010 22:56 (thirteen years ago) link
u youngsters prob don't remember when VICE was based here
― al-goreda (s1ocki), Thursday, 22 July 2010 22:59 (thirteen years ago) link
Homeless community now exempted of the curfew. Thank fuckin god.
― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 27 January 2021 01:37 (three years ago) link
Based Cour supérieure du Québec. You certainly can't count on the CAQ to do the right thing in this regard.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 27 January 2021 14:46 (three years ago) link