Travel: Montreal
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A Visit To LaChine On The Saint Laurence, Montreal
One thing you’ll discover if you visit Montreal is that there is water everywhere, which in my book is a wonderful thing. The city of Montreal is actually on an island, which means water all around, and when the weather warms up the city folk make the most of it by enjoying lovely parks on the water just steps from home in many cases. On a lovely Sunday after visiting Habitat 67, we took a drive to the area known as LaChine, on account of the historic canals that were once built with the hopes of traveling over the seas to China! Unfortunately we didn’t actually visit the museum or…
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Graffiti And Birdcages In Trendy Mile End, Montreal
If you are planning a trip to Montreal and love to visit the happening spots around any town, Mile End is the neighborhood you won’t want to miss. We were staying in the Outremont neighborhood, just a short walk from Mile End, so on one sunny afternoon the kids and I took a little walk, and apparently I wasn’t feeling in such a shutterbug mood, as I only took a few photos, but of course of the things that I loved the most, which happened to be simple graffiti and a wonderful installation of bird cages, which as I suspected is something already photographed numerous times, but new to most…
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A Fabulous Succulent Globe In Montreal At The BioSphere
Despite great hopes for continuing my crafting spree this week, that just isn’t possible on account of a bunch of graphic design and brand development work that floated by and got stuck in my radar, so this week I’m going to continue sharing with you more photos from our adventures this past August in Canada and New York State. And since my mother especially appreciates these posts, hi mom, enjoy! Hands down, one of my favorite spots in Montreal is the Biosphere designed by Buckminster Fuller for the 1967 World’s Fair, and while I did share a few photos with you, I saved these photos of this fantastic succulent globe…
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Fabulous Wire Frame Tree Sculptures As Summer Street Art In Montreal
One of the things that Canada does really well, and Montreal in particular is celebrating the outdoors during the summer, as winter is harsh and very long! This summer in Montreal we came across many many examples of street celebrations and I especially loved these vibrant metal trees defined with strips of fabricm delineating an area in downtown Montreal used for lunch time concerts….a lovely program and wonderful sculptures that were made without investing a huge sum……I am assuming they are saved from year to year, at least hoping that is the case! And this dear readers can certainly be a source of inspiration for your own creative fall crafting,…
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Whitewater Surfing In Montreal?
Yes, really, there is surfing in Montreal, and I’ll admit I was just as surprised as you are, especially since I happened upon it accidently while trying to get a better look at the Habitat 1967 apartment complex from the back side! Of course I also did take note of a bunch of people carrying surf boards, and figured they were just riding them down the rapids, not actually surfing! If you’re ready for some more refreshing water views, ….keep on reading.
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Brutalist Architecture In Montreal: Habitat 1967 Apartment Complex
You may not know this, but among my many interests, one of them happens to be architecture, so of course on our recent trip to Montreal I just had to have a look at Moshe Safdie’s 1967 World’s Fair Brutalist masterpiece entitled Habitat. Personally I have a love/hate relationship with Brutalist style architecture, and in this case I’d say my reaction was 100% love. Well except for the fact that the guard of the complex really doesn’t allow you to wonder around to get a better look. Fair enough of course, people live here and I can imagine that they quite simply don’t need any more curious folks poking around.…
