click here to see more pictures. Malina and I had an enjoyable time during the last day of spring break. Irena drove by in the morning and we did a few errands. Malina and I had lunch at a deli on Rachel and then a snack at La Banquise. (more…)

click here to see more photos. Friday happened, just like that, morning, noon and night. I relaxed over a cup of coffee and then had supper in a Polish deli on Rue St. Viateur. (more…)

click here to see more pictures. A city is full of things to learn. Yesterday I learned how to fake a cell phone. You walk down the street, cup your hand against the ear. Use a pocket camera to make it more realistic. Walk quickly down the street, quite importantly, talking out loud like a lunatic. (more…)

click here to see more pictures. Malina created an optical illusion by filling a page with decorative letter “M”. She ordered a lemon drink and an orange drink. I had two espressos, at Social Club on St. Viateur. Afterwards, I rode to the end of the blue line, to metro Snowdon and took some photos during the evening light.

click here to see more photos. The best part of the day was going for Easter diner at the home of Esther and Jean Francois Rochon. We enjoyed a wonderful meal and a warm, friendly atmosphere. Afterwards, Malina and I returned to Mile End. I went for coffee at Olympico Cafe, sometimes known as Open Da NIght. It felt great to sit there in the late afternoon sunlight, in the mellow atmosphere, a great cup of coffee, to look around at other people enjoying coffee and conversation. (more…)

click here to see more photos. Malina reading a comic book in Social Club yesterday afternoon; this morning the old fridge made a dreadful sound, sort of like a barber’s razor held up to a microphone and amplified loud enough to fill a dance hall. In fact, I began the waking hours with an experience of noise. (more…)

click here to see more photos. Good Friday is a good day to go for coffee. It’s good there’s no work today. It’s good to relax and enjoy the day. I went to Cafe Depanneur, on Rue. Bernard, at 7 AM and had two espressos and a croissant. It’s a cool cafe, fixed with with the ambiance of the sixties, old signs, a rustic wooden floor, old tables and chairs, picturesque objects. It was fun to be one of the first customers of the day. (more…)

click here to see more photos. Spring arrived in Montreal with rivers of snow melt, slosh, slush, gadoo, after record snowfall, it’s starting to melt. That’s a good reason to dance.

click here to see more pictures. Malina and I went to Little Italy to enjoy the luxurious food and drink. We bought a panetone. I never tasted the Italian cake until moving to Montreal in 1995. Malina described panetone as being fluffy, yum yum yum ah hah inside. It’s fluffy and good. (more…)