Chicagoan in Montreal

Downtown Montréal from the south shore.

OK. Now that Rita has passed, I am going to stop watching CNN indefinitely. My wife points out that it is depressing to watch, which is true...

Here's something that surprised me. Apparently the sport of golf is more true to it's elitest beginnings here. The other weekend I w...

Here's a photo from a couple years ago from our old apartment. The Buckminster Fuller geodesic dome which was the US pavilion at the ...

This post also has a bit to do with Hurricane Katrina. I don't know what has brought this on, but lately I have become concerned with p...

In light of the recent events in New Orleans, a friend recently asked me to share my experiences of racism up here in Montreal. To start, I ...

So I watched Bush give his speech last night. I was thinking of skipping it, but felt it would be better to watch it first hand and get my o...

One thing that seemed to jump out at me is the empowerment that women seem to have here. It seems (again from what I can tell) that women he...

A fairly tame subject. There is a much higher percentage of dark haired people here. There's a smaller percentage of natural blondes (an...

I had not planned to post anything about Katrina, but after watching coverage (CNN) as much as I could over the past week, I feel the need t...

From my viewpoint, it seems that the culture here in Quebec and Canada is more progressive. I've heard it mentioned elsewhere, so I don...

Surprise!!! Here's something that hasn't been talked about lately. This week's posts will cover current events. People think t...