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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 […]

–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.  Update2: Please see […]

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 […]

Here’s a quick read on what farmer’s go through during a transitional period, switching from industrial dairy farming to organic dairy farming.
 Organic milk demand is growing by an estimated 25 per cent a year, according to industry studies.
Fisher studied eight farms that switched from conventional to organic farming in recent years, detailing production levels, revenues […]

-Jean-Sebastien Peron - SEPAQ
I’m not a beach fan, but the little guy loves the sand…what’s a father to do?  Here are a few local beaches to visit.  I have to admit, Oka beach intrigues me and it has nothing to do with the possibility of seeing nudists in ‘action’.   Sucks that we live on an […]

This is what happens to blurry jpgs when you hit Sharpen 6 times.  Can you read it now?  No?
Well here are the details on my ‘go to’ locksmith.
A. Boudreau (Serrurier) … 514-932-1801  …  2685 rue Notre Dame (Corner Atwater)
I’ve been burned once too often trying to get a Home Depot intern to make me a […]

After the absurd use of water tankers dumping millions of litres (of potable water?) onto our parched asphalt as a form of cleansing, this pales in comparison.  Yet it still requires a look.
Poorly designed, poorly placed, poorly timed.  Just poor.   Or better yet…pour.

-30C and windy, these plants were probably still thirsty after today’s wastage.

Limited […]

Westmount needs a graffiti enema.

I love that sometimes I don’t need to wander far for a quick story…  here’s one.  Megafun productions across the way was having graffiti removed this morning.  Yes on June 24th.  Amazing.  Oh and the garbage crew did a run as well, trying to fool half the population who would have […]

I think anyone that takes matters into their own hands and specifically out of the useless hands of Alan DeSousa and City Hall is to be commended.
Stephen McLeod is one such person.  With 60 clients spread around StHenri, NDG and the Plateau, who are willing to pay 5$ per week for Stephen to pick up […]

Quick update on May’s monthly fix:
Anti Publisac stickers now present on 95% of the households on this block.  We currently have about 40 stickers in hand and will be working our way around the corners day to day.  With only two holdouts on the street with the, “I like to look through the circulars” excuse, […]

How do you paint a building the size of Imperial Lofts phase 2?  Well, like this of course.

Wait for the sunny days, fill your lift with buckets of paint and some rollers… and start painting.  One guy, one standard roller, one coat.  No primer.  I’ll update this post if they drop a second coat on […]

Here’s an oldie (15 yrs as a coop and still running) but still a goodie, the Frigo Vert. Bonus if you’re a student at ConU, seeing as it’s right across the street from the GW campus on Mackay. Small, mostly clean with all the usual suspects inside. Check it out if you’re […]