Category: neighbourhoods

• mile end summer

  

  I know that to mention the “end of summer” at this time of year is almost blasphemy in most places across Canada. So, I’ll refer instead to the photo above (taken in Montréal’s Mile End neighbourhood this summer) and offer a few discoveries uncovered in my search for something to tell you — about summer…

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  Johanne Provençal

  15 Sep 2023

  all, nature & landmarks, neighbourhoods, nightlife, research and academics

  Mile End, summer, sunrise, sunset, urban studies

• Elena once, Elena again

  

  I was early. Early for dinner. Dinner plans with friends in the Saint-Henri neighbourhood of Montréal, one of my favourites in the city for wandering about. I was 45 minutes ahead of schedule and I thought, do I have time for Elena? For a glass of wine? I would have to resist the menu (not…

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  Johanne Provençal

  8 Sep 2023

  all, food & drink, neighbourhoods

  Elena, Montreal, Restaurants, St-Henri

• Chinatown — good things are being said about you

  

  The first place that bilingual fortune cookies were made was in Montréal’s Chinatown in the 1960s … or so I learned while watching the film, Big Fight in Little Chinatown (directed by Karen Cho, 2022). The stories that are told in the film take place in Montréal, Toronto, Vancouver and New York City. Different cities,…

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  Johanne Provençal

  30 Jun 2023

  all, arts, culture, music, neighbourhoods

  Chinatown, Karen Cho, Montreal, NYC, Toronto, Vancouver