It's been over a month since I have been back.. .and my trip seems like a distant memory. So I have made a list of my best of Montreal ...not in any particiular order.
1. friends and family (obvious choice)
2. bixing
3. the fact that cirque de soleil was born here
4. hab fever ( no one is ever complaining to stay home for this one)
5. standing on the corner of berri \mount-royal and seeing our famous and infamous domes at the same time (the moutain to the west and the big O to the east)
6. garage sales
7. unexpected snow in april (thanks uppercasechase1)
8. an unexpected peaceful stop at the Chirst Church Cathedral and contemplate that church was on stilts during its construction, of the underground that is)
9. maple syrup ice cream at Marché Jean-Talon
10. the rare classics that don't change (i.e. patitapatata,laika,reservoir... just to name a few)
the things I enjoyed less
1. not seeing nearly as many friends as I wanted to and spending more time with family (it's never enough!)
2. taking my daughter and her stroller on public transport... SUCKS. Honestly, their new campagin is about being green...but I just wanted to run out and use a car!!
3. little mom and pop shops closing up and making way for NEWER, CHICKIER, DESIGNY places...there is something about grit that i like. I feel that there is this massif cleanuup going on...the 'quartier des speactacles' for example ...seems like it wants to get rid of the red light district. Evicting a classic like 'Café Cleopatra' (not that I ever attended but now regret immensely) but it has been in business for more than 25 years now , you just don't kick them out because you have a master clean plan. I also noticed that they moved the 'Montreal Pool Room' to the other side of the street...well it ain't THE montreal pool room if you change location! So I ask you all, to help support the dying red light district, go see the shows or at least go to this site and check out the video by Eric Paradis, I think he says it better than I can.
I found this 'bijou' tucked away at the berri bus station...I hope they don't get to this one too!
