Student protests in Montreal

As you might very well know, Montreal is currently in the grips of a large scale student protest movement. There are almost daily protests in the city streets, and often they degenerate into violence. The police are having the time of its life, by arresting as many poor students as possible, because you see, they are the evil terrorists of today. Hopefully, all of this will end with no tragedies.

How protests used to be.

St-Patrick's and Aniston: the 2 don't mix

We just wrote about St-Patrick's parade in Montreal, and in the process, discovered that none-other than Hollywood darling Jennifer Aniston had made a pseudo-horror / joke movie in the early 90ies about some leprechaun. This is no joke.

One thing that we don't understand though, is the people's obsession with Jennifer Aniston! She's really nothing that special, be it on the acting front, personal front or even looks.

Some nightlife reviews and Vogue scandals

It's been a while, but here we are back, with a big sleuth of reviews of nightlife spots in Montreal. Starting with La Buvette chez Simone, an amazing wine bar in the Mile End neighborhood, moving on to Phillips Lounge, a classy business casual lounge in downtown Montreal, and ending with another wine bar, Pullman.

On an different story from Montreal's nightlife, I will go back to my favorite topic, magazine covers. There is storm brewing in a tea-cup about Vogue's cover with British singer Adele: apparently fans are mad because the magazine "Photoshop enhanced" curvy Adele way too much for the cover photo. I leave it up to you to judge

Adele on Vogue:

Adele in "real" life:

Winter wonders in Montreal

Christmas is now long gone, it feels like it was half a year ago already. I just can't believe it.

To help you survive the Montreal winter wonders, just follow this smart advice: go out, go to parties and go snowboarding.

Don't forget to take a break from time to time, and spend a quite night in, under a blanket with your loved ones, watching a fun movie with some good wine to warm up.

Yes, winter is wonderful when you think about it. And it will be over soon, so take advantage of it.

Christmas is only a day away

And in case you haven't finished all your Christmas shopping, do not despair, here are some tips on quick and dirty Christmas shopping hacks.

In case you're wondering what the Lindsay Lohan reference at the beginning of the article is all about, then consider the cover of Playboy magazine bellow, featuring the starlette:

Personally, I think the cover is pretty lame. The photo is not nice at all. But apparently, the issue is flying off the shelves of magazine stores.

Getting gifts for Christmas is like looking for cops at a Habs riot

Maybe my metaphor is a bit exaggerated; finding cops at a Habs riot is probably even easier than getting proper Christmas gifts. Usually, I just turn to the Mirror or any other newspaper to get my sources for gifts, but it seems this year we've been left on our in Montreal, no one is publishing direct instructions on what to buy for Christmas. Hopefully this will change this week, with all the papers coming out on Thursday. Until then, do you best for your shopping, and don't buy too many useless things. Keep it to the absolute minimum.

New spots and new scandals

There is this whole are of Montreal that is really cool, and you probably know it: it's called the Mile End. And part of the Mile End is the north end of St-Laurent (or the Main as we know it in Montreal). There are tons of good coffees, shops, restaurant and bars that make that area alive and amazing to hang out in. Snack and Blues, Cafe Olympico, Cafe club Social, the St-Viateur and the Fairmount bagel shops, etc, etc, etc ...

And then there is also Bar Waverly and a restaurant named Le Comme Chez Soi. Both these places are fairly new, and both have their own original feel, adding some spiciness to the north end of the Main, in the Mile End (a lot of Ends and Ms in this sentence :)

On a different not, there has been a new political/moral scandal that erupted this week. now with Pakistan and an actress Veena Malik that posed with little clothes for an Indian magazine, sporting a tattoo of the Pakistani secret services on her arm (read on BBC here).

Now is there anything more ridiculous than getting pissed off on innocent pictures like those below? I guess the editors of FHM India scored a big hit with this "provocative" magazine covers.