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29 April 2007

free rides and treasures

This weekend, all of the buses and metro were free in Montreal. We decided to take advantage of the free rides and explore the city.

Friday night it rained very hard, but the weather consequently created a dramatic atmosphere for the On Bodies (my friend Mark's band) show, and a birthday party in a cafe-bar that had a special guest dj.

Yesterday we made it up to Jean Talon market once again, and it was even more impressive now that spring has arrived. The bright colours, frenzied shoppers and copious amounts of delicious looking food are kind of overwhelming. There is too much to choose from in terms of snacks, and of healthy, wonderful stuff to take home for the week ahead. We got black olives stuffed with goat cheese, roma tomatoes and bartlett pears. We also had fresh calamari with tartar sauce, sausages with sauerkraut, and my favourite, a banana kabob covered in dark chocolate (from a fountain) for $1.

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And, in between the market and Montreal's largest Value Village, I found some really cool little treasures. The only thing we missed out on yesterday was an auction of items from a recently-renovating general store that hadn't been touched since the '50s. By the end of the weekend, I was too tired to make it up there, but some of the items were said to include toys, jewelery, old medicine in dusty glass bottles, and old posters and magazines. Damn, now I wish I'd gotten off my couch to go see all this stuff. Anyway, I may have found enough treasures for the weekend. I will just have to wait for garage sale season in farm country, when I'm home visiting my family.







Oh, and I forgot to mention that I am finished my first year of grad school!

2 comments:

Erin said...

God, that market looks like amazing fun.

And congrats on grad school! You're halfway there!

Erin said...

ps, how many (elderly) people have already told you that you're "halfway there!"??