As presaged two weeks ago, Brian Gionta has been named captain of the Canadiens. Andrei Markov and Hal Gill have been picked to wear the A.
Gionta is the Canadiens’ 28th captain; the National Post notes that he’s now the shortest captain in the NHL at 5’7″. Tweets inform me he’s the second American to captain the team, Chris Chelios having been the first.
Standard Paris-on-the-cheap piece in the New York Daily News, which also has a piece on an autumn itinerary; the Toronto Star has a piece on seeing Montreal with kids.
Heretically, I always wonder why we send tourists to Jean-Talon market. I love the market myself, but that’s because I have a kitchen a few minutes away. I don’t quite get the point of going there if you’re staying in a hotel room. It’s a massive resource for cooks, mostly – am I not right?
Farmers market are my favorite places to explore when I visit a new city. They give you a feel for the city’s beat. Love them.
Plus it’s always fun to visit markets when you travel because they give you a good sense of the local culture and eating habits. And even if most of the food consists of raw ingredients, there’s always found to be some prepared stuff you can eat at the market or take home as an edible souvenir.
Whenever I travel, most of my return luggage consists of food.
OK, I guess I get it. It’s more than just ingredients for dinner.
Worth noting, Jean-Talon market is well known for its selection of Québec products including cheeses, prepared meats, seafood, local liqueurs and beers, and many other délices de chez nous that are generally not available outside of Quebec. It’s not just pork hocks and fresh greens for the soup pot!
I send visitors there for the blueberry jam alone.
It isn’t brand new, but I’ve become aware of petluck.ca, a site for lost and found pets in the Montreal area that uses Google maps to good advantage.
It’s hard to believe that Berger Blanc, which does animal pound work for a part of the city, doesn’t even have a microchip reader to help it reunite pets with their owners, or post any information about found animals on their website. The city should insist on better services – in fact, if animals matter to you, dropping a line about this to your city councillor might be a good idea.
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A damning report is in, squarely accusing Montreal North police of racism and of hassling nonwhite teenagers in particular.
Andy Riga has some maps showing the Park Avenue excavations and what’s being done about them. He says the work is to take place after October 11, but that part of Park was already obstructed by repairs in mid-August.
Also, nothing is shown of the extensive closure of Bernard west of Park, blocked to traffic for street repairs: some empty storefronts are already visible along that stretch. Park has a few signs up indicating that businesses are still open, but the city ought to be helping the folks on Bernard too.
Most of that parking is north of the tracks. Oh yeah, that will help the merchants south of Bernard a whole lot.
There was an oil spill in the river last night from an east-end terminal – La Presse says it’s “indeterminate” but also that the slick is more than 2.5 km long. The Gazette calls it major but says guys are out in boats trying to assess the spill – which they don’t even call oil, but the more disturbing “possibly toxic material.” CBC calls it a mix of petroleum products.
One can get desserts and treats there. There are also lots of restaurants around.