Welcome Home...

The city hasn’t changed… I guess it never really does. It’s both com­fort­able and slightly dis­turb­ing to slip into our old lives, like noth­ing happened.

Not Winter Already...

It’s only Octo­ber and it looks like the “Cana­di­ans take their kids trick-or-treating in a bliz­zard” joke wasn’t really a joke after all. We have just had our first win­ter storm and it is very cold right now.

The Upward Dog

Every Mon­day and Thurs­day, you can find me try­ing to stretch my down­ward fac­ing dog and des­per­ately attempt­ing to breath dur­ing sun salu­ta­tions. So far, I mas­ter the corpse pose, which is basi­cally lying flat on your back on a mat.

The Land Of Plenty

Peo­ple feel the need to eat in places they shouldn’t even think of: at con­certs, sports games, out­door activ­i­ties, movie the­aters; on the bus, the train, in their cars. I clearly remem­ber a time where I would go to the movie and would at most had a bot­tle of water in my bag.

Stuffs Canadians Like (Part 2)

Ever heard of the Trag­i­cally Hip? Chances are if you did, you hold a Cana­dian pass­port. If no, don’t worry — you’re just a for­eigner. The band from Kingston Ontario has been around for around twenty years but it just doesn’t work out­side Canada. Could that be because their songs mostly revolve around hockey, small Cana­dian towns and Cana­dian history?

Stuff Canadians Like (Part 1)

After liv­ing in Canada for almost 6 years now, this is my best shot at a soci­ol­ogy study: “Stuff Cana­di­ans Like.”

Canada Looking For Marijuana Suppliers

Like when we were trav­el­ing in Latin Amer­ica. Once I went back home, every­body asked me about the drugs over there: “come on, didn’t you see poppy fields in Bolivia? Cocaine in Peru? “. Nope. Didn’t see any drugs. The odd join smoked at the hos­tel, maybe. But cer­tainly much less drugs than I had seen when I was in high school.

Supper's Ready

Do you know why I’m not a per­fect woman? No, it’s not — only — because I like muffins (a lot). It’s a much deeper secret. Still don’t know?

Let me put in sim­ply. I’m French. And I’m a lousy cook.

The Tipping Dilemma

So, 15% of $30… is…

No, I’m not cal­cu­lat­ing my Adsense rev­enues (that would be easy: $1 + 0.50¢ = $1.50… last time I checked!). I’m expe­ri­enc­ing tipping-related stress. Don’t laugh: it’s common.

Top Ten Reasons I Love Canada

I would have relaxed myself (trans­la­tion: drink Diet Coke while smok­ing cig­a­rettes and read forums), but as the new year is about to begin, I wanted to end 2007 on a pos­i­tive note. So here are the top ten rea­sons I love Canada.