This was this past week during the big rainstorm.

Tags: Weather|
Posted By: froosh | Jun 12th

Earlier this month, the city said that snow removal was hampered because drivers were not always moving their cars.  It was a ridiculous joke of an excuse, but given the sheer size of the snowfall, we let it slide.

This week, the city is saying that the snow removal from the second big dump will be slower than usual because of the impending warm weather and rain.

What a freaking joke.  Montreal is a city of excuses.  It seems to be that anyone with a modicum of ambition and drive has long left the city.  I am not sure of this yet, but I think this time next year, I might no longer be a Habitant, unless, of course, the Habs lure Alexander Ovechkin, at which point I’d have to reconsider.  Read that on Canada.com.  It’s a good thing the owner of the Montreal Canadiens is an American, otherwise I doubt this would ever happen.  Yep, I said it…

Montreal, the city of big dreams but small thoughts… and many excuses.

Tags: Business, Only in Montreal..., Personalities, Sports, Weather|
Posted By: froosh | Dec 22nd

Montreal usually gets 200 centimeters of snow each year.  This year it’s gotten 110 centimeters already.

Yay!

Tags: Weather|
Posted By: froosh | Dec 17th

I know: we’re about to get a pretty massive snowfall, on the heels of the major snowstorm we got two weeks ago, but it wasn’t a bad winter by any stretch of the imagination - the cold break here or there notwithstanding.

Apparently, we were not alone, ’twas the warmest winter on record.  Read more.

Tags: Weather|
Posted By: froosh | Mar 16th

Global warming, what global warming?

I am kidding, don’t send a melting glacier to my apartment, but it does feel like global warming is not really kicked in just yet.

Or is that just me?

Tags: Weather|
Posted By: froosh | Feb 6th

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…

Tags: Art, Boozing, Landmarks, Living in Style, Weather, Wine and Dine|
Posted By: angelica | Jan 29th

I could be wrong, but global warming is alive and well, and apparently, residing in Montreal these days.  This is not December, it’s not November; it’s April, quite frankly.

Something odd as happened, the feel in the air is akin to that in spring, not fall.

What’s also odd is that the US has gotten Canada’s weather, and vice versa.

What’s even more odd is that the West has gotten the East’s weather, and vice versa.

Which means one thing: unless your relatives are polar bears and glaciers in the Arctic melting upset you, global warming ain’t all that bad.

Yes, we’re kidding.  Please don’t send Al Gore to our house for a lecture on the matter.

Tags: Weather|
Posted By: froosh | Dec 16th

Montreal is one of the few cities in the world where you can experience four seasons in a day… today I woke up and headed out for breakfast in what was arguably mild, nice spring-like weather… by the time I checked back in to my place to prepare supper, the chill felt like fall.  I guess it’s fitting, since once again summer flew by.  Which means winter is around the corner.

If today wasn’t an example of the Indian Summer, I do not know what is.

Tags: Only in Montreal..., Weather|
Posted By: froosh | Oct 7th