A Walk Down St. Laurent Blvd., Montreal

Baharak and I like to pick a neighbourhood, somewhere in and around our hometown of Montreal, and spend the day like a tourist. We explore, wander, try a coffee shop or pub and spend an afternoon getting to know a local spot. Last week we decided on a visit to one of Montreal’s most famous streets, St. Laurent Blvd, otherwise known as … Read More

A Couple Days in a Yurt

  Our family just spent a couple days in a Quebec Yurt. Let’s start with a quick question: why on earth would somebody living a very comfortable life, in a nice house and all the accompanying luxuries of city living purposefully choose to head off into the woods with the now-apparent objective of being bug food? Why trade a couch, a … Read More

A Walk Around Montreal’s Expo 67 Site

There are days when sitting on the couch eating roasted nuts and watching 5 episodes of Sherlock Holmes on Netflix is absolutely the best use of your time. But there are also days when a little hands on exploration is called for. Today was one of those days. Often the most interesting things to discover are found right in your own backyard … Read More