And uses spray cheese as his medium. Who ever knew there was such a thing in the realm of dairy? The artwork is part of a program called Velo Art.
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Started off today on rue Marmier, near the Rosemont metro, a street so colossally ugly I couldn’t bear to subject you to a picture. But take my word for it, Marmier wipes the floor with the previous contenders in that particular competition, rue de la Police and rue Généreux, both hideous in their own special ways. Left Marmier to go down St. Denis, and in the underpass saw a ghost bike, a bike painted white in memory of a cyclist who died at that spot. This one was in memory of Mathilde Blais. Altogether too many of these bikes around town. Twisted around a bit and ended up on rue Laos, then down Henri Julien where there’s a huge stone wall, just full of fossils, proof that I’m not the only fossil on the streets of Montreal. Turned onto rue Carmel, and found behind that stone wall the spectacularly beautiful convent of the Soeurs Carmelites of Montreal, built in 1896. Just out front, caught sight of a van I’ve seen before in my travels, for the caterer ggtraiteur.com. I’ve always been intrigued by the ad on the back of their van, “corporate, private, marriages, divorces, office parties, coffee breaks.” Ron says when we get divorced we can get them to do the catering. Finished off with a bagel from Fairmount. You gotta love a place that launched the first bagels in space. Now I know where I should be buying my clothes, and both places are on Beaubien. If I’m in the mood for “pre-worn,” this Friperie caught my eye. But if I want new québécois designers, pas trop cher, it's Mansarde Bleue. Also accessories, jewellery, fun stuff. Where else can you buy avocado themed socks? Another bicycle creation I can't actually identify. My denial of winter is breaking down - flurries predicted for this Thursday, October 27. The city must believe the weather report. They're removing the potted trees for safe-keeping. Personal statement writ large. I wish more stores used old-timey signage like this.
Second day of fall, a beautiful sunny day, and what did I see today on Pie IX boulevard but my first driveway igloo. How depressing is that? ( I forgot to take a picture but you all know what a driveway igloo looks like). And as if I needed any further confirmation that winter is just around the corner, I see that they’ve already attached the yellow height extenders to the fire hydrants to make them visible in snowdrifts, although the fire hydrant on the right seems to be having a bit of a pout about winter arriving so soon and has lowered its extender to half mast in protest. So today’s flight plan was, up Pie IX Blvd. from the Pie IX metro to Masson, left on Masson, left on Molson, then right on St. Joseph to the Laurier metro. Approx 8.5 km. Took me an hour and a half (counting 2 pit stops). Now that I’m shlepping out to areas of the city I don’t know at all, an hour on the metro and bus just to get me started on my walk, I appreciated the new digital gizmo on the busses that shows a readout of the next stop coming up and announces it in a sweet feminine voice. It’s been a long time coming. I saw a few of these fancy street signs on Masson. Wonder who you have to bribe to get one like it in your neighbourhood? Finally, planter? real bike? Can't decide.
OK, so what are they? Bike racks? Exercise bikes? Art installation? Can't figure it out. At Marché Jean Talon.
Spotted this on Monkland in NDG (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce), the quartier in Montreal where I live. Very chic. Beats the milk carton carrier you see on most bikes.
[Monkland between Harvard and Oxford] |
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