How to buy a new condo and save money
For somebody looking for a new home, these are confusing times we live in. Gone are the good old days of les habitants, when all you had to do was walk into a clearing, drive a stake into the [...]
Laura Brouillette
When she isn't toying with the idea of going to sea, going to bed, building a cabin in the woods, or opening a bottle of good whiskey, Laura Brouillette is the bullet that just passed you on the bike path. She is also a copywriter, people watcher, white water rafting guide, and a blogger for GuideHabitation.ca.
Hip begins where the Mile Ends
Oh no. The Plateau has become too popular. The word is out that it’s cool. And now uncool people are moving in, trying to be cool. “Eeep!” said the hipsters. “Too mainstream! Run away! No true art comes [...]
10 and a half reasons to stay in Montreal
So you’re thinking of doing it – of packing up, moving hearth and home, and starting afresh in a new city. It’s just so hard to decide which one. I can help you with that. Here’s why Montreal [...]
Old Montreal: Paris and poutine
We watch too many movies. And when we do, we are brainwashed into thinking that everything worth seeing, everyone worth falling in love with, and the only logical backdrop for one’s life is either in New York or [...]
Lofty dreamin’
The space is big – wide open, in fact. The walls are covered in sketches and clippings and inspirational relics are strewn everywhere. You prop a larger than life canvas up against the wall, throw paint at it [...]
St. Henri + you = A match made in Montreal heaven?
Dear reader, meet St. Henri. St. Henri, reader. I pride myself on my matchmaking abilities, and I can tell something magical is about to happen. Sick of hearing about your ex the Plateau? Downtown too outgoing? The Village [...]
10 things to do in Montreal in the winter
We’ve all heard tales of the Montreal winter. People talk about it in whispers, as if the-season-that-must-not-be-named is an endless tunnel devoid of light and happiness. Sometime in fall, as the legend goes, when all the tourists have [...]
Converting churches to condos, or what to do with all these spires?
It’s Christmas Eve, 1947. Somewhere in Montreal, your grandmother and her family are heading to church for mass. You can hear the rustle of coats and the rustle of the December wind in the trees as people piously [...]
A monkey like Darwin in your condo?
Stylish pets in your choice of single or double breasted coat: coming soon to an Ikea near you. All the commotion this week has really got me thinking about pets. In case you’ve been under a rock for [...]
Top 5 reasons to live on the Plateau
I have a problem. I really do. Every time I take the Sherbrooke bus, also known as “the 24,” I fall in love. And we’re talking “Oh sweet angel, wherefor art th—No don’t get off! NO! at least [...]
