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(English) La Nuit Blanche

Montrealers know how to party and the Nuit Blanche proves it with over 1000 activities lined up for tonight’s 10th year anniversary of the soirée. I tend to stick to the same plan each year starting with a trip through the Art Souterrain followed by a visit to the MAC and usually ending with a ...

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(English) Kanpe Kanaval at PHI Centre with Arcade Fire

I’ve never been to Québec’s winter carnival, perhaps for fear of the cold and let’s face it, it’s a bit of a hike just to party with Bonhomme! So when I heard that there’s a not-to-be-missed Haitian-style carnival happening this weekend at the PHI Centre with Montreal’s stellar music group, Arcade Fire, I thought: “Now ...

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(English) Café Aléatoire

Friday night I walked into my friend Tara’s café (which I’d been meaning to check out for some time now… bad friend!) in Griffintown. “No way!” was what she said when she saw me. I smiled… it’s so nice to be greeted in a new place by someone who really knows you. Soon I was ...

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(English) Wine your way through November

With November comes the onslaught of the winter blues which one could treat with light therapy or anti-depressants, but I prefer to treat mine with wine! Here are four wine events happening this month in Montreal to help us put the cheer to dreary old November. LA GRANDE DÉGUSTATION DE MONTRÉAL – This weekend, find your ...

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(English) Montreal Shopping Tours: Shop like a pro, with a pro

One of Montreal’s most fashionable ladies has recently launched Montreal Shopping Tours, which offers customized shopping experiences designed with various types of shoppers in mind. Janna Zittrer is FLARE magazine’s Montreal correspondent. She had the brilliant idea of offering a variety of tours with unique itineraries that include everything one needs to have a blast ...

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(English) Imadake Izakaya: Japanese Pub Fun

My girlfriends and I had been hearing a lot of buzz around a Japanese pub called Imadake, so we decided to head there one night instead of going to our usual favourite downtown tavern. I wasn’t totally convinced on going until I saw that they had a Hello Kitty cocktail – creative girly cocktails always ...

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