Montreals biggest winter festival has begun and the feeling in the city is electric. Montreal High Lights Festival or Montréal en Lumière for the French speaking population, is an 11 day festival in the heart of winter dedicated to helping you shake off the winter blues. Toted as three festivals in one, the MHLF showcases the best that this city has to offer in minus degree weather.
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I lived right across the street from Argent Tonic for four entire months before noticing it! The tiny boutique is squeezed in between a dry cleaner and a restaurant. As its name suggests Argent Tonic is a veritable treasure chest of silver jewelery. The counter tops, shelves and walls are ornamented with brooches, rings, necklaces, bracelets... mainly hand-crafted in Mexico. ...
Back in 1492 when Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue, the only way to navigate the globe was by the stars. Fortunately, this is not the case anymore. With the dawn of the internet and the growth of online vacation planning (hotelsbycity.net), came the birth of the "star rating" system. Unless you knew someone in your destination city, or unless you had stayed there before, you ...
A well kept plateau secret, Le Toaster serves succulent breakfasts in a warm and cosy environment. The restaurant attracts all sorts of customers: bohemian types, young mothers with their toddlers and men in pinstripe suits. The plate is set in front of you by a most charming waiter. The paper thin, crispy lean bacon and the thick fluffy brown bread ...
Chez Lê is a small and quaint family-style vietnamese restaurant situated in Mile-End, an artsy, bohemian and socially-conscious district. It is by far my favourite vietnamese eatery in the neighbourhood, not only because of the reasonable prices (the most expensive meal on the menu is 13.95$), but the food is very tasty. Because of its ...
Walking by, you won't necessarily notice Comptoir d'Ailleurs, especially if you're hurrying along in -20º celsius weather. The long black curtains in the windows hang to create some darkness, out of which its glowing merchandise can emerge. Premium quality paraffin candle holders, made in twenty-seven different colors, rest on shelves, tables and water basins. Some are imposing enough to stand on the floor.
Photographer Pierre ...
Fear not, one shall not be dining under the same roof as the great creator; one will merely be eating on a Sunday. That is, of course, if one wishes to eat cheap! For every Sunday at the 'Trois Amigos' Mexican Restaurant in Montreal's downtown region, the 49c Taco comes out to play.
At such pre-hisoric pricers, one would be wise to question the integrity of the product- "is that really chicken ...
February is National Heart and Stroke Month, and, in addition to making a donation, I'm going to list the Top Ten Things we can do to commemorate this month:
10. Join the YMCA. By now, many of us have pooped out on those New Years' Resolutions. (I know you're not one of those folks, but there are other people reading this, you know!)
9. Eat some heart-healthy foods. Try a ...
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