Monthly Archives: September 2006
Hoping for a light meal? Forget it!
A new restaurant in Montreal, O Noir, offers a pitch-black dining experience. How are you supposed to know if there’s a fly in your soup (well, they don’t serve soup!) or a hair — or hare, for that matter — … Continue reading
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September 11…
…besides the obvious 5th anniversary that is all over the news, today is also a nationalistic day of celebration in Cataluña (like Quebec’s fête de la Saint-Jean on June 24), called La Diada Nacional de Catalunya. It “celebrates” (“commemorates” is … Continue reading
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Just plane weird…
Guess who dropped in on the tam-tams today on Mont-Royal? I was just going for a walk in the beautiful sunshine this afternoon when I came across…no, hang on a second. First let me set the scene. I always tell … Continue reading
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Tree-D for the masses
For fun, here is a stereo pair I took of the forest in Cathedral Grove this summer, on Vancouver Island. I am posting the images in the “cross-eyed” configuration, because it seems more people I know can do that rather … Continue reading
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Let’s go baloncesto!
A big enhorabuena to Spain for winning the basketball world championship today! (English link here) For those who didn’t even know the basketball world championship was on, here’s all you need to know: the NBA-heavy U.S. team came in (cough) … Continue reading
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