Category: montreal + canada + the world

Excellent photo by Ed Fladung — blog: qualitypeoples.com & photos: edfladung.com Tickets bought for Mexico — 2 weeks between May 3rd and 17th. Once again we’re going to Sayulita (using…

I love our office — somehow Nancy captures the way it feels.

Linda and I, since deciding not to move, had come up with a few items we want to upgrade in our small apartment (as sort of a consolation prize after…

the shark strikes We had a great time playing pool with the Plank team last night and drinking a few beers. Great shot of Allen by Nancy.

Came across this time lapse video by Ross Ching… “…links directly to a QuickTime movie (17.6MB). A series of time lapse sequences edited together into one short film. Rather unique…

Gavo trying a boardslide @ shakedown from stevey on Vimeo. From the Shakedown Vans rail comp yesterday. My bud Gavin trying a boardslide down the entire rail. He almost made…

Snowy scene by the church Snow started fluttering down around lunch today and kept at it ’til 8pm or so. Some in our office have said their goodbyes to winter;…

Found some crazy photos this morning (via Andy on Twitter) of the fire that happened on Des Pins Wednesday afternoon. I walked past it that night and there were still…

The melt Spring is coming – which means Montréal is about to get very dirty.

sxsw 08 – united steel workers-145 by nikolai36 Gern (seen on the right in the above photo), got a great write up about the new “Chick Pickin’ Mondays” at Grumpy’s…

Linda’s organized a great show tonight at Le Cabaret; If you dig The Pogues, bluegrass, and bit of rock-a-billy all mixed up; then you should come. Sat. March 22, 2008…

Some action items Canadians can follow to help support Tibet; “An important message from the Canada Tibet Committee: As the world has witnessed the atrocities and repression being systematically carried…

1872 A photo of Mt. Royal and Montréal in 1872. “North West view of Montreal from the Notre-Dame church in 1872.” More great of the great photo collection here

Elbert McLaughlin has started blogging. He’s one of the smartest guys I know, and after spending a couple days with him in Texas, I’m convinced he’s destined for great stuff….

Outside MTL diner Just back from the final SXSW 08 events… Hung out with some great Canadians for diner, met some really amazing and funny peers, had a couple too…