The Ambience and the Venues Live opera thrills. The crowd buzzes in anticipation of the performance, the appearance of a great star, or the discovery of a new one. Devotees debate reviews of the staging and set decoration. Is it too modern or too traditional? The audience is eclectic. Young people in jeans mingle with […]
Le Gourmand in a circa 1850 stone house registered in the Québec National Archives as “La Maison Pierre-Demers”
The space is comfortable and warmly lit.
I first noticed Clusier in 2008. It has immediate appeal, but I waited two years before shopping there. Struggling with my weight, buying new clothes was not high on my agenda. Two years later and 30 pounds lighter, my wardrobe needed updating if not replacement. The Space The time had come to go inside the […]
Restaurant Graziella is my favourite place for lunch in Old Montreal. I really enjoy the atmosphere. I relax immediately whether I am alone or with a larger number of people. Pranzo The lunch menu is kept to four or five appetizers, a similar number of mains, and a couple of choices for desert. The basic […]
I hope we have a Happy New Year, 2021! It will have to be a better year that 2020. I really want my life back. There are so many simple things that I miss: New Years Greetings: I will start my New Year’s greetings with the hope that you get to do everything on your […]
Another Christmas is here and another year is coming to an end. At times it has felt that it took an eternity to get here since March 13th, the day we rushed home from Europe. At other times, it seems as if it was just was yesterday. But here we are – its Holiday Season […]
Two recurring themes: In 1983, I bought a royal blue Patagonia jacket with a red lining. After several years, three of my children fought over its ownership. Twenty-five years later it still looked new. The only reason we don’t have it anymore is because it was lost or, even more likely, stolen. I have a […]
From late 1973 to mid-1975, I worked at the corner of St-Laurent and St-Viateur. In the late seventies, I worked on Chabanel Street. In that era, much of the clothing that we wore in Canada was still designed and made in those areas of Montreal. And, it was there that I learnt to admire the […]
Québec distillers make 116 different gins, many of them international award winners. There are over 50 craft distilleries, located from Havre St-Pierre to Gatineau producing not only gins but also vodkas, whiskeys, rums and even absinthe. And, over 100 micro-brewers – if you are still buying imported or production beer, you don’t know what you […]