Stories for local explorers
For the first-time customer, walking into Jeans Jeans Jeans in the Mile End can seem overwhelming. The 6,000-foot basement is a sea of clothes racks heaving with denim pants, jackets, shorts, skirts, and dresses. Denim clothes drape the walls from floor to ceiling. But customers soon realise they will not need to navigate the store’s…
Read MoreAs winter comes to a close, many Montrealers are looking at their bank accounts and wondering: where did it all go? A lot of it went towards keeping you from freezing to death.
Read MoreNothing can match the connection you feel with a performer during a live show. Inversely, nothing is capable of breaking that connection more than an unresponsive crowd. One moment the crowd is in complete hysterics, the next they are deafeningly quiet and indifferent. The self-awareness that comes with this, makes for an awkward hand-waving and…
Read MoreIf you walk down the Main — south of St. Catherine, where, despite the creation of the Quartier des spectacles, the boulevard still holds onto some of its seedy past — you might look questioningly at the grand building on the west side of the street. You might think to yourself that the resplendent façade at 1182 St. Laurent,…
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