For some inexplicable reason, I’ve been asked to guest-judge at Santropol Roulant’s Iron Chef Cook-Off this Thursday, September 2. I like to eat food, and I think I’m pretty good at it, so maybe that means I’m some kind of expert.
In any event, you should come too, if you happen to be in Montreal. Santropol …
It was late on a chilly March afternoon as I wandered through a small plaza near Houhai Lake in Beijing. The air was struggling to stay above freezing and I shivered in my spring jacket. Looking down, I noticed some Chinese characters drawn in water on the plaza’s grey paving stones. Whoever drew them was long gone; the cool …
My award for the most underlooked gem in Montreal goes to the Jacques Cartier Bridge Building. Built around 1930, it looks like an art deco take on a Moroccan kasbah. The windows are laid out under arches, in straight lines of narrow arrow slits, and some in diagonals. There are even traditional rub el hizb, or Islamic eight-pointed stars, around …
I saw Scott Pilgrim vs. The World last night and as my series of immediate-reaction tweets indicate, I did not enjoy it. Actually, I did enjoy it until the second half began, where I feel the film goes from being an amazing adaptation to a complete bastardization of Bryan Lee O’Malley’s work.
Before I get into why I …