i am fucking ready for vacation
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 19 June 2013 17:58 (ten years ago) link
I was planning on getting a haircut (& dye) in Mtl tbh, maybe better wait til TO.
"Bleu. Eh, et snippe... içi?"
― pink, fleshy, and gleeful (sic), Wednesday, 19 June 2013 17:59 (ten years ago) link
It is our 10th wedding anniversary in late August and Montreal seemed suitable, mais je parle Francais comme une vache Espagnole. Which is to say, I get by ok.
― J'ackHughes (admrl), Wednesday, 19 June 2013 18:03 (ten years ago) link
you'll be fine.
― we're up all night to get (s1ocki), Wednesday, 19 June 2013 18:38 (ten years ago) link
Maybe we go early August? I dunno. How is driving over the border from the United States (just to the South of Canada)?
― J'ackHughes (admrl), Wednesday, 19 June 2013 18:40 (ten years ago) link
driving to South Canada is pretty easy, there's a busy border crossing but a much less busy one close by, i'll try and find out where it is
― we're up all night to get (s1ocki), Wednesday, 19 June 2013 18:43 (ten years ago) link
(just to the South of Canada)
lol
it's fine. getting back into the States is tough but into Canada's pretty breezy ime
― daft on the causes of punk (schlump), Wednesday, 19 June 2013 18:49 (ten years ago) link
I'm sure I've told in these parts how I tried to cross the Niagara border with fellow ILXer Chuck Tatum and forgot my passport. Now I am dinged every time I pass through Canada and detained. And they are always horrible to me - I thought Canadians were meant to be like super nice! Not border guards
― J'ackHughes (admrl), Wednesday, 19 June 2013 18:50 (ten years ago) link
border guards have infinite power over you basically so they are more likely to feel like gods and thus be bad
― we're up all night to get (s1ocki), Wednesday, 19 June 2013 19:15 (ten years ago) link
I'm pretty sure I hear them call themselves "border gods" when they talk about their jobs
― I've Seen rRootage (Will M.), Wednesday, 19 June 2013 19:30 (ten years ago) link
everyone just assumes it was a slight mispronunciation
but i know what they said
considering a visit around July 23ish
― mh, Thursday, 20 June 2013 00:45 (ten years ago) link
would people be up for a FAP on the 3rd or 4th of July?
(is there anything exciting I should stay into the weekend for? otherwise planning on moving on to TO for w/e bcz a friend has just moved there and is working already)
[mh come up early!]
― pink, fleshy, and gleeful (sic), Friday, 21 June 2013 13:24 (ten years ago) link
thunderstorms bring no relief here, huh
― daft on the causes of punk (schlump), Sunday, 23 June 2013 20:57 (ten years ago) link
Loooved swimming at Parc Jarry on that one sunny day though
― align="justify" font="ancient" (flamboyant goon tie included), Sunday, 23 June 2013 21:03 (ten years ago) link
So far I'm impressed with the pools in this city
― align="justify" font="ancient" (flamboyant goon tie included), Sunday, 23 June 2013 21:04 (ten years ago) link
― pink, fleshy, and gleeful (sic), Friday, June 21, 2013 8:24 AM (3 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i would like to meet montreal ilxors and other ilxors. we don't have specific plans for any of the days we're there, but meeting during the day or for dinner would make things a lot easier for us than some night-time bar activity.
― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 24 June 2013 16:42 (ten years ago) link
i might be super busy but i also might be able to hang on the 3rd/4th, my ilxmail mail works last time i checked
― flopson, Tuesday, 25 June 2013 05:14 (ten years ago) link
day or dinner suits me fine
― pink, fleshy, and gleeful (sic), Tuesday, 25 June 2013 08:03 (ten years ago) link
n/a, sorry, i've been super busy and not looking at ilx! i'll fb a link to my things to do column for the upcoming week when it's posted on thursdayjazz fest does start on friday though... lots of free outdoor stuff. only caveat is that it's downtown and it can get crowded later in the day. depends on how you're feeling about people and "jazz" i suppose. here's hoping it doesn't thunderstorm and rain while you're here as much as it's been doing lately.
also, i am into going for dinner! :)
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Tuesday, 25 June 2013 21:41 (ten years ago) link
that's cool - we don't have much of an agenda at all other than having fun and being on vacation. thanks!
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 25 June 2013 21:44 (ten years ago) link
― J'ackHughes (admrl), Wednesday, June 19, 2013 2:03 PM (6 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Montreal must be a popular anniversary destination--the bf and I have been making it the destination for our anniversary trip (late June/early July) for a few years now but he's got a summer job this year that makes it impossible. I'm secretly more bummed about this than I'm letting on.
― The Butthurt Locker (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 25 June 2013 21:51 (ten years ago) link
i love how many gardens planted lilies, here
― daft on the causes of punk (schlump), Wednesday, 26 June 2013 17:12 (ten years ago) link
96% sure I won't be in Montreal until a bit or a bunch later now - realised it'd be 4th July and that might be amusing to stay in USA for...
― pink, fleshy, and gleeful (sic), Wednesday, 26 June 2013 20:54 (ten years ago) link
but you'll miss canada day (july 1)
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 26 June 2013 21:22 (ten years ago) link
(there isn't much canada day stuff in montreal)
― sean gramophone, Wednesday, 26 June 2013 21:25 (ten years ago) link
due to the anti-Anglo moving day conspiracy, I hear
(joeks)
― mh, Thursday, 27 June 2013 03:35 (ten years ago) link
we're here. just wandered around rue st-denis and ate pizza and had our credit card rejected at the grocery store five minutes after it worked fine at the pizza place. serious tourism begins tomorrow.
― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 1 July 2013 00:38 (ten years ago) link
I got hella lost driving thru Montreal a couple weeks ago
― well if it isn't old 11 cameras simon (gbx), Monday, 1 July 2013 01:32 (ten years ago) link
p sure you live in america, you were real lost
― szarkasm (schlump), Monday, 1 July 2013 01:36 (ten years ago) link
It's an island, just take any road for long enough and you'll get out or end up in the water
― mh, Monday, 1 July 2013 02:31 (ten years ago) link
i might be in montreal on the 4th
― tpp, Monday, 1 July 2013 08:06 (ten years ago) link
we fappin or what
― flopson, Monday, 1 July 2013 14:44 (ten years ago) link
yes! will ilxmail you flops when i know for sure
― tpp, Monday, 1 July 2013 15:31 (ten years ago) link
we ate at petit alep tonight, it was really good
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 3 July 2013 00:10 (ten years ago) link
yes!!
are you having a good time?
sorry the weather has been shitty... this is usually the good time of year, weather-wise, but this has been a bummer summer.
what are you doing next? need any suggestions or anything?
― we're up all night to get (s1ocki), Wednesday, 3 July 2013 12:59 (ten years ago) link
we are having a great time! weather has been pretty good imo, yeah it's been cloudy but it hasn't been rainy or sweltering so that's ok with me. the main touristy things we haven't done yet are go up mount royal (because of the cloudiness) and parc jean drapeau (also because of the cloudiness), also we have tickets to the insectarium but haven't done that yet.
i guess we mainly need suggestions of less touristy things to do, like neighborhoods that you can walk around and see cool things and then find a good restaurant to eat at.
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 3 July 2013 18:02 (ten years ago) link
obv there's tons of that right around where we're staying but it was also fun going over to wherever the marche jean talon and petit alep are and just walking around
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 3 July 2013 18:05 (ten years ago) link
have you done the jean-talon market then a picnic in jarry park thing yet?
― we're up all night to get (s1ocki), Wednesday, 3 July 2013 18:05 (ten years ago) link
oh. there ya go.
― we're up all night to get (s1ocki), Wednesday, 3 July 2013 18:06 (ten years ago) link
i would also suggest a stroll around the parc lafontaine environs.
have you done old port? you can walk around there and get a lobster roll out of a shipping container at muvbox!
It's another year of JFL, which means another year of them making a big flashy website where you have to click through images to see everything that's playing. I inevitably miss something each year because the site is so miserable. Is there some website out there with a decent search function (or even better -- one where I can ctrl+f through it) and less of this newfangled flash/xml/java/actionscript/etc eyeball clusterfuck bullshit?
― I've Seen rRootage (Will M.), Wednesday, 3 July 2013 18:31 (ten years ago) link
we were in the vicinity of old port this morning but i don't know if we did old port. we walked along the water for a while but down near the weird spa boat and then wandered around old montreal.
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 3 July 2013 18:42 (ten years ago) link
you basically did it.
― we're up all night to get (s1ocki), Wednesday, 3 July 2013 19:21 (ten years ago) link
JFL website is worst
so the worst, ugh, it makes no sense!! i just want to see a list of shows! but no, it's a fucking maze. hahaha indeed.
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Wednesday, 3 July 2013 19:55 (ten years ago) link
i have been so busy these days. ironically, mostly writing about things to do in montreal...perhaps go out to the insectarium on friday if still here then? there's this thing at olympic stadium, which is close by to the botanical gardens/insectarium, called First Fridays, in the afternoon, where there are food trucks and activities for kids.
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Wednesday, 3 July 2013 19:57 (ten years ago) link
olympic stadium is a giant concrete behemoth far from downtown (though has two metro stations!) that the city/province has been trying to revitalize with events like this. but the stadium just dwarfs everything and makes people, well, me at least, feel insignificant and alone. i still have a weird hope for it though.
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Wednesday, 3 July 2013 19:59 (ten years ago) link
it's sad that there is no baseball :(
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Wednesday, 3 July 2013 20:01 (ten years ago) link