Montreal Murmurs

It’s finally time for some objectivity around here. I have been told that I speak too kindly of this town, and it is enough of gratuitous...

In case you haven’t noticed, most world capitals and other significant cities are built on the shores of a body of water, whether this be...

It is time to say a word or two about the aesthetic of this town, which is an acquired taste, to say the least. It is said that Montreal...

Some years ago, my mother came to visit Montreal in order to inspect my living conditions and what I eat for breakfast. I also showed her...

Those of you who do not drive – and why the hell would you in a city ravaged by public works on the scale of FDR’s New Deal (his program...

In ten days, winter will officially be upon us: that dreaded season of sidewalk salt and slush that no elegant shoe has been invented...

This one’s about a species of woman that one frequently encounters in the Quebec landscape and that one must be weary of lest one wishes...

They say that no man is an island, but even an island isn’t an island because there are islands within islands, and especially if the...

Canadians are nice people. Everyone in the world knows this. They are not just superficially friendly like their American cousins, but...

It is that time of year when the days are getting perceptibly shorter and the nights pleasantly longer. The proverbial rooster now crows...