What a funny juxtaposition of street names around Jarry Park. I was walking up St. Laurent the other day, and first I crossed rue Jules Verne. Then, one block up, there was rue Molière. OK, I figured I got the theme. But then one block further it was ... I guess whoever decides these things doesn’t group street names by profession after all.
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This week, with the death of Montreal son Leonard Cohen, I felt obliged to pay homage with everyone else at his home near the corner of Marie-Anne and St. Dominique. This is what I found there. Even five days on, lots of people still milling around his doorway and the Parc du Portugal across the street. The readjusted street sign choked me up. Marie-Anne has other, quieter attractions. Note this guard outside a private home. Edward Scissorhands visits Anwoth Crescent in Westmount. In lowly NDG where I live, if a sign and a hedge are in conflict, the hedge bites the dust. There’s no creative trimming to let everyone get along in peace and harmony.
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.
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