Stephanie Segal

The Gibeau Orange Julep is a building modeled to resemble a building sized orange, and it does. It is as much a Montreal landmark as anything I can think of…maybe more, just for its sheer recognize-ability. If you were drugged and put on an airplane and woke up when the plane was […]

“What’s in a name?” someone once posed. I’ve found myself pondering that very thing as a result of being exposed to a current trend at my workplace — the referring to girls, or to women, as “chicks”. Let it be said that I don’t like it in the least, as I am not infantile poultry […]

Winter can cause a soul-depleting TV addiction. Recently I decided to fill’er up again by taking a trip to the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts to see the Pasion collection of Mexican Modern Art: 1900-1950. I have a ‘pasion’ for Diego Rivera, whose works decorate my home and truly warm me, so the chance to […]

When it comes down to it, any lighter is only a lighter. But when you pay more than the average two dollars, or whatever it costs for a Bic these days, you likely find that you become a lot less careless about your lighter than before. Becoming less careless is a good thing, and that’s […]

I should begin by saying that this concert is, I expect, likely to be an experience I shall find difficult to truly relay with mere words, and for this I send the red hot chili peppers my most sincere and deepest heartfelt gratitude and love.
I haven’t seen the RHCP since Lollapalooza in ‘92. I did […]

When I was a kid if I wanted to go shopping on the weekend I had to make sure that I hit the bank before it closed on Friday, or I was shut out. You wanted money; you stood in line at the bank. That was all there was to it. I imagine then that […]

The other day, coming from the gym, I walked in to Fruits du Parc, needing to quench the ole thirst before heading over to work. I rather rushed in, noticing that the cashier was swigging from a long narrow can. It was a mildly unusual sight (How often do you see cashiers swigging? And how […]

Our feature on “Sushi in Montreal” will cover sushi available in a variety of forms at a variety of places: dining in, sushi-to-go, pre-packaged sushi available at stores near you. So stay tuned, stay hungry and keep your chopsticks ready.
Not only will I not eat anything that ever had a heartbeat, but I’m allergic to […]

This is a movie I expected not to like. As a rule, I don’t like Bruce Willis’ films. This may stem from the fact that I promised myself I would stop throwing money away on testosterone fests like Die Hard. Add to this that the movie trailer for the 6th Sense annoyed me. It was […]

Our feature on sushi in Montreal will cover sushi available in a variety of forms at a variety of places: dining in, sushi-to-go, prepackaged sushi available at stores near you. So stay tuned, stay hungry and keep your chopsticks ready.
Not only will I not eat anything that ever had a heartbeat, I’m allergic to seafood, […]