Month: December 2012
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Christmas came so fast and it’s already over. I learned less than two weeks ago that I’d be having 10 people for lunch on Christmas eve, a challenge that I gladly accepted. It was the first time that I was the one hosting Christmas for my family. I was psyched, but had a lot of…
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After having lived here for over a year, we’re finally able to say that our kitchen is pretty much complete and looks like a real, functional kitchen. That feels nice. I’d already shared glimpses of the kitchen’s white and blue decor in this previous article. Here’s the full reveal (Please excuse the bad grain in…
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After France, here’s a selection of street portraits I took when I traveled to Spain (in 2007 and 2009). I’ve been to Barcelona and Figueras, both of which are situated in the autonomous community of Catalunya. Here, like in Quebec, the common language (Catalan/French) is different from the main country’s official language (Spanish/English). They also…
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I love to make lists. Just for fun, I’ve compiled a list of songs about Montreal, the city where I live and my favorite subject to write about (see this, this and this). Lots of singers, both local and international, have used the francophone metropolis as a muse over the years. Here are the best…
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A few years ago I really got into street photography, specifically, capturing portraits of strangers on the street. I’ve decided to do a series of posts sharing these pictures, going country by country. First is France. France is the country where I’ve spent most of my life after Canada. I’ve both traveled and lived there…
A storytelling home by Léa Plourde-Archer 