there is an ice bar open in Montreal! if you’ve ever been curious about what it feels like to sip champagne while your extremities freeze, come on down to the terrace (well, in the summertime, currently it is a frozen wonderland) of Le Garcon at 1112 Sherbrooke (and Peel). Thursday’s opening was as cozy as an ice haven could be, with oysters and chestnuts presented as appys, and champagne and hot wine changing hands as freely as the fur-coated waitstaff changed shifts. it’s kind of a strange concept to stay in an ice hotel (willingly sleep on a bed made of ice, though the selling point is a thermal sleeping bag and reindeer pelts) or get married in an ice chapel, or even watch a movie in a theatre made of ice, but the sculptures and structures are truly amazing. go on down and get a drink, it brings a whole new meaning to “on the rocks”. oh, and watchmojo was there, so there are videos to come in case you miss it…