Je taime Montreal! Or "Poutine blows chunks!"

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Or should I say, Poutine is chunks! - well, okay…french fries with chunks in 'em…nasty, nasty stuff!

Anyhoo - just got back from Halloween weekend in Montreal (my first time there, even tho’ I’ve been to Canada a number of times), and may I just say what an absolutely charming city with enchanting people and a really cool scene!

Parts of it remined me of Sydney (the Victorian architecture and the friendliness of the natives), other parts reminded me a little of Louisville, KY, strangely enough…

Quartier Latin, Old Montreal, Rue St. Laurent, Rue St. Denis, Rue St. Catherine… I miss them already! Great shopping, great restaurants - who knew we have our own little Europe right here in North America - go fig!

Anyway, I am absolutely smitten with this city, oh, and did I mention the cute French-Canadien boyz?
Mmmmmm…
Viva la Montreal!

:wink:

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You didn’t LIKE the poutine? Hot fries, steaming gravy and soft, melted curd cheese all gooey all over it??? That’s it, you aren’t welcome back! :smiley:

I love Montreal too, and can’t wait to move there next year. It is a beautiful city, and that “old soul” it has just makes it that much more appealing. Oh, and I’m sitting next to a darling French-Canadien boy, and he IS cute…mmmmmm!

Vive Montréal!

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Why, yes…I do like my guys with steaming gravy and soft, melted curd cheese all gooey all over it???

Oh, wait.
What did you say?
blink

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Agreed. However, you don’t know nasty until you’ve had Japanese poutine.
shudder

So, [sub]ahem[/sub] how are you doing?

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twists hair around finger
Um, fine…
:stuck_out_tongue:

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Glad to hear you enjoyed yourself. Does this mean we can expect you at this spring’s SugarDope or next summer’s Doperéal ?
One small correction, if you think Montréal reminds you of Europe, wait 'til you get to Québec City !

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Yeah. What detop said. Come to Sugardope and/or Doperéal 2004.

I mean, I’m coming down to NYC Megadope again in January, and you’ll just adore me, LolaCC, so you’ll have to come up and see me again. :wink:

Note to self: Finish preparing “Montréal: Your 2004 Dopefest Destination” campaign material in time for NYC Megadope. Song is written and recorded, slideshow almost done - order buttons!

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That might work, Scott, were she ever to grace the NYC dopers with her carbonated presence. But so far she has assiduiously avoided us and our silly little gatherings.

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It was so sad waking up this morning and realizing that I wasn’t in Montreal anymore…:frowning:

So I hear! I can’t wait until my next visit up North - QC is definitely on the itin.

And, yes, Mr. Evil & Billdo, you can certainly expect to see me at this year’s NYC Mega-Dopefest and most certainly Dopereal!

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Montréal… Québec… French-Canadian women… ::le sigh::

Damn those great buses I see in the streets of Toronto, with their sign ‘La Québecoise’ in swirling letters, mixing with the flowing hair of the beautiful woman in the logo.

There’s a reason I’m taking French lessons.