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coop market day

August 25th, 2008 No Comments

Every Thursday the coop hosts farmer’s from Ferme du Zéphyr based in Senneville.  Go read more on Spacing Montreal.

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park green

August 5th, 2008 No Comments

More fun spaces to explore this summer.  Michelle Lalonde lists 17 possible excursions for you and the family.

 Paradise, just around the corner
Explore 17 parks on Montreal Island, where you’ll find just what you need for a day’s getaway, from rides on an electric trolley to a stroll through the wild habitat of fox and white-tailed […]

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graf update

July 31st, 2008 No Comments

I remembered to snap a pic of the “post graffiti cleanup” on the corner of Greene and St Antoine.  This is an update to a post back in June.

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dualing horizons

July 26th, 2008 2 Comments

Snapped this crazy pic on the way home from working up north last week.  Just a massive storm front moving across the island.  I had never seen anything so … linear … before.

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purebond plywood

July 26th, 2008 No Comments

As mentioned below by faithful commenter ‘the milliner’ people are often looking for alternatives to the way it used to be.  That being not giving a shit about the products we ingest or bring into our homes.  Options are becoming more readily available for every recipe, for every project.  Take plywood, please.
Columbia, North America’s largest […]

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cops give peace a chance

July 26th, 2008 2 Comments

Montreal’s finest were just hit with a 60000$ verdict in the case of:
‘Oh sorry we didn’t mean to jump out of our cars with guns drawn assuming since you were three black men (in their 40’s and 50’s) that you were obviously robbing the house that one of you lives at…’
How about the case of […]

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budget drain supervan

July 24th, 2008 No Comments

While not quite supersized, it’s super cool.  Classified as a micro van, this Honda Acty is totally awesome.  The owner of Budget Drain has all his bases covered; niche service and fuel efficient work van and right-hand drive!!

They still manufacture this little wonders, although the new ones are a tad more tricked out.  How are […]

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Turcot hazard

July 24th, 2008 No Comments

While I completely understand local resident’s desire to have a better say in the redevelopment of the Turcot exchange, there can be no doubt that this mass of gorgeous concrete is at the end of it’s useful life.
With giant holes appearing, overloaded trucks banned and a permanent state of panic laden repairs taking place, we […]

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IKEA, market leaders

July 24th, 2008 1 Comment

IKEA is large enough to set trends in the marketplace.  When they introduced a 0.05$ charge to take a plastic grocery bag, people took notice.
In the first six months of the “Bag the Bag” program, IKEA Canada has reduced its Plastic Bag use by 90 per cent across the country. Last October, IKEA Canada conducted […]

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follow up x2

July 22nd, 2008 No Comments

A little follow up on two previous posts.
The first being our visit to Windmill Point Farm last Saturday with a few close friends.  Getting to know your farmer made easy.  Stop by any Saturday and chat with the owners of a gorgeous, all natural, massive piece of land on Ile Perot.  Ask Ken about his […]

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vitamin (D)eath

July 9th, 2008 1 Comment

–Originally posted on scrolldowndigital.com (my original blog) Feb 2008
UPDATE (July 2008):  An even purer source of Vitamin D located at “Ki Nature and Sante“. The only issue however is that this is a single drop solution, meaning you need to dilute the D in either his food or a bottle of milk/formula.
You have a […]

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this store blows - 514

July 8th, 2008 2 Comments

Taking a cue from a great post entitled “This Store Blows” over at Racked.com… I present to you the 514 version.  Here’s their concept:
Come summer, you see retailers around the city leaving the doors of their stores propped wide open in the hopes of enticing shoppers in with blasts of frigid air conditioning. In protest […]

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