I decided to run in the 5k media challenge this weekend as part of the Banque Scotia 21k de Montréal and since I don't really consider myself a runner (unless running from cocktail to cocktail in high heels counts), I also decided that it was time I had some proper running shoes. Armed with my ...
(English) Eat like a Venetian in Little Italy
Starting today and through Sunday, Little Italy will be serving up regional-inspired cuisine at many of its restaurants, cafés, bakeries and even some shops at the Jean Talon Market. Get a taste of Veneto (one of Italy's twenty regions with Venice as its capital) at restaurants like upscale Piccola Italia where chef Tony Raneri is ...
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Du «color-blocking» à l’événement Sephora
Name: Janna ZittrerOccupation: Founder of Montreal Shopping Tours and Montreal Correspondent, FLARE magazineShe's wearing: Sweater: Alice + Olivia, Jeans: Rich & Skinny, Booties: Texto, Bag: Rebecca MinkoffFave place in Montreal to shop: Too many to name!Street Style shot at Sephora's media event 23/03/12Photo: © Jimmy Hamelin
Avenue du Parc : Les endroits chics et pratiques
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(English) Glossy vs. Glymm: Battle of the beauty boxes
After a deluge of local group saving sites comes the flood of luxury beauty sample mailings. Recently I received the media versions of these (recently launched in Canada) monthly beauty box samples: Glymm and GlossyBox. In order to do a comparison – here are my pro’s and cons:PackagingGlymm: The shiny pink box made me think ...
(English) Blue Met: Montreal’s International Literary Festival
If you love reading and perhaps even writing, then this festival is for you! For its 14th year, the Blue Metropolis Literary Festival found new digs at the trendy Opus Hotel in Montreal. Although the festival officially starts today, it kicked off its shoes with a fashionable fundraiser Tuesday night entitled Shoe Stories. Well-heeled Montrealers ...
(English) Les Printemps du MAC: Manipulations
Where else can you drink champagne, nosh on canapés, listen to great dj beats and admire amazing contemporary art? In Montréal, it's during Les Printemps du MAC – the annual fundraiser for the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal. And it's this Friday, April 20th, starting at 9pm. Tickets are still available here for $150 each. ...
(English) Mortimer Snodgrass: a girl’s best gift shop in Old Montreal
If you're in Old Montreal and you want to find a little something for yourself or a friend (or your kids, or your dog, or your boss, or, or, or...) then Mortimer Snodgrass is the place. I go there whenever I need to find a gift or greeting card and sometimes I go in just ...
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(English) Big in Japan Bar
I haven't heard that much buzz about a bar in Montreal since Philémon opened its doors in the Old Port over a year ago. So, I decided to check it out one night with Claude (who, by the way is an expert on finding hot places to go out) and fortunately, we arrived right before ...
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(English) Salon Sweet William
Hair experts Samantha Diamond, Bernardo Fernandez and Trent Lowther teamed up to open their first salon at 5337 Saint-Laurent in Mile End. The salon is bright, open, minimalist and modern with a few vintage accents making it a very welcoming place to have your hair cared for. The feature wall is papered with a burgundy ...
