Dancing with Swing Connexion at the Montreal Jazz Festival from Alain Wong and Vimeo.
Check this out: Zack Richard, Maryse Lebeau, Mélanie Huot-Lavoie and Alain Wong swinging it up to Swing Tonique at the Montreal International Jazz Festival as part of the Louisiana Parade.
I was back in the crowd, so the most I got of the [...]

Kermit was rather miffed that he missed the entire Montreal International Jazz Fest because I left him in my bag, so I tried to make it up to him by letting him roam Ottawa.
We just returned, much later than expected, from Montreal with a detour to the nation’s capital. It’s been a great Canada Day [...]

I’ve got a horseshoe up… where the sun don’t shine, shall we say… for parking here in Montreal, because I’ve found street parking downtown both days for either small change or free during a very busy weekend. Between Canada Day festivities and the Jazz Festival the city centre is flooded with tourists and locals and [...]

Brunch calls, so I will post some photos of Old Montreal taken yesterday:

These little kids were jumping and dancing to a live music performance, a sight that was irresistible for the camera. I loved the little guy’s jaunty cap.

The photoset thus far is here.

July 1 is Canada Day, but I wanted to post a photo I took in Halifax harbour one week ago because I like how the flag looks:

One reason why I chose to live in Eastern Canada is to give myself opportunities to explore more of this side of the country. I’ve lived in BC, AB, [...]

I’m on the flakiest wi-fi connection ever here at our hotel, and so I’m only able to upload these two photos successfully:

Bonnie and I ventured around Old Montreal during the day, and met up with my cousin Wagner after dinner for his Night Tour Special* around the city. We spent some time on Mount Royal [...]

I suppose last weekend in Paris wasn’t enough French culture for me, I’m ready to push forward to Montreal tomorrow! And you can be sure I will be on the hunt for some poutine. It’ll look like this, but with cheese curds:

NOT poutine, but halfway there…
I got my first taste of poutine during my one-year [...]

Halifax was a lovely, short transition back to Canada — where I could use my own phone, I didn’t have to covert currencies in my head, and I could speak in English without hesitation. But it was my first time in Halifax so everything was new to explore. I spent all my time at the [...]

I’m feeling pretty good here in Halifax after a good night’s sleep, downloading photos in the lobby at the Westin Nova Scotia with a latte and a bagel. (Ah, simple pleasures.) I’m going to check out of the hostel in about an hour and leave my stuff there while I explore the harbour and area [...]

I checked out of the hotel and left Niagara Falls around noon because it was snowing and I didn’t know what the road conditions would be like along the QEW back to Toronto. Better to be safe than sorry. My friend left a couple of hours earlier, but she had a longer road to travel.
A [...]