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FOT Community => General Discussion => Topic started by: hugman on June 13, 2009, 09:04:44 PM
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I'm coming to your fair city July 23-25 for the Just For Laughs Film Festival. How's about some tips? Where do the cpc gangbangs, demons claws, and mark sultan play?
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You must visit the Mount Royal Park on Sunday afternoon. It is LARP central.
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that sounds terrifying. I had to google LARP, by the way. I wouldn't cop to knowing that acronym.
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Didn't read Little Brother, eh?
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Steampunk steampunk steampunk steampunk steampunk steam
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PUNK!!!
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Well, I think I found the exact opposite of TripAdvisor.com.
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that sounds terrifying. I had to google LARP, by the way. I wouldn't cop to knowing that acronym.
It is indeed a bit terrifying, and one of those things about which you can safely say 'only in Quebec.'
Some basic stuff: get fresh bagels from St. Viateur Bagels, check out the shops and restaurants of the Plateau and Mile End, and take a walk to the top of Mount Royal on a sunny afternoon (don't worry, it doesn't really qualify as a mountain).
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I forgot to mention the obvious thing for tourists: the Old City, basically the northeast portion of downtown on the river. It is very pretty but as I remember it mostly consists of fancy restaurants and shops selling t-shirts and maple syrup.
If you're interested in art, I would skip the Museum of Fine Arts and the Contemporary Art Museum, and just go to the Canadian Centre for Architecture, which in my opinion is the city's only world-class museum. It only has temporary exhibitions which rotate every four months or so, but they're usually great if you're interested in design: http://www.cca.qc.ca/
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If I'm all moved in by then i will totally cook you a meal!
Entertainment-wise, the Mirror (www.montrealmirror.com (http://www.montrealmirror.com)) has music/film/theatre listings.
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Well, I think I found the exact opposite of TripAdvisor.com.
Don't go! Stay home instead!
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Go to Le Stade Olympique and catch an Expos game.
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Go to Le Stade Olympique and catch an Expos game.
I wish. I've always wanted to see Andre Dawson play. And that Gary Carter may just be the next Russel Martin.
Emma, you're moving to Montreal? You should come out to our screening on the 24th then go see Louis CK with us!
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It's amazing how unhelpful we can all be when we put our collective minds to it!
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If I'm all moved in by then i will totally cook you a meal!
Entertainment-wise, the Mirror (www.montrealmirror.com (http://www.montrealmirror.com)) has music/film/theatre listings.
I'll be there by then, too. I'd also be happy to feed you or have a drink sometime when you're there. I've been considering the Louis CK show, but I was cowed by the price. ($40, I think?)
I will have some drinking and eating suggestions for you a little later - I don't know the city that well myself, yet.
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Carnivorous eats: Schwartz's Deli. If you're not in the mood to stand in line, go across the street to the Main, which is also incredibly good, but less famous.
Vegan eats: Aux Vivres (that's "O Veev" you pronounceadummies.)
Inclement weather activity: Spend some time at the National Film Board's CineRoboTheque. Watch any film from the NFB's archives, and best of all, see a giant robot arm select the film from storage and cue it up for you. It's fun, and there's some really cool stuff there that you won't see anywhere else (Norman McLaren, Arthur Lipsett come immediately to mind.)
And I second the recommendation of the bagels from St. Viateur. They're different - yes, better - than NYC style bagels.
Generally speaking Boul. St-Laurent is the main area for anglophone bars, restaurants and boutiques.
And I feel it must also be acknowledged that Montreal is the most Larry the Perv-friendly city in Canada. The ubiquity and brazenness ("Erotic Bed Dance"?) of the strip clubs around town is really quite astonishing. Also a vast number of dive bars.
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And oh yeah: poutine.
Do it.
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Carnivorous eats: Schwartz's Deli. If you're not in the mood to stand in line, go across the street to the Main, which is also incredibly good, but less famous.
Vegan eats: Aux Vivres (that's "O Veev" you pronounceadummies.)
Inclement weather activity: Spend some time at the National Film Board's CineRoboTheque. Watch any film from the NFB's archives, and best of all, see a giant robot arm select the film from storage and cue it up for you. It's fun, and there's some really cool stuff there that you won't see anywhere else (Norman McLaren, Arthur Lipsett come immediately to mind.)
And I second the recommendation of the bagels from St. Viateur. They're different - yes, better - than NYC style bagels.
Generally speaking Boul. St-Laurent is the main area for anglophone bars, restaurants and boutiques.
And I feel it must also be acknowledged that Montreal is the most Larry the Perv-friendly city in Canada. The ubiquity and brazenness ("Erotic Bed Dance"?) of the strip clubs around town is really quite astonishing. Also a vast number of dive bars.
Cool. Thank you. I'm staying right off St-Laurent dehr. And I LOVE erotic bed dances!
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Yeah! The CPC Gangbangs broke up :(
If you want some down and dirty (and sometimes insulting) information check out :
http://stillepost.ca/boards/index.php?board=6.0
I'll "digg" everyone's recommendations so far. Try Aux Vivres has an awesome vegan BLT which is probably the best BLT I have ever eaten meat or no meat.
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Sorry to double post, but there was talk in the chat last night about "Bagel Etc", which has fantastic bagels on St. Laurent. It is also where Leonard Cohen eats (apparently every morning).
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Leonard Cohen stalking it is.
So, our short is playing in the Eat My Shorts 5 program at 9pm on July 25 if anyone is interested.
The Visioneers is playing on the 24th at 7pm. I'll be there.
www.hahaha.com is the just for laughs website.
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If you're a gear-freak, there's a Moog flagship store.
Wear your birth-issued cowboy hat when you go there, so they know you're an American and to be treated like a criminal.
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This messageboard knows whats up
http://www.stillepost.ca
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I should pay more attention.
I was born and raised in this great city. I encourage all to make the trip. Lots of fun. And OP, feel free to PM me with specific questions.
To touch on a few things mentioned above - Schwartz's - a Huge yes. Fantastic and Montreal-only. Smoked meat is a offshoot of the pastrami/corned beef world but it's own wonderful thing. The Main, as a substitute. No, just wait it out at Schwartz's; it is worth it.
Poutine - everywhere you can get it will be a treat :) For more info, http://www.montrealpoutine.com/reviews.html?reviews
Right near (across the street?) Schwartz's is a hipster bar/hangout called Le Bifteck. To give you a sense of it (or at least how it was over 10 years ago, when I still lived there), Melissa Auf der Maur (pre-Hole etc.) had her own chair there...
As noted above, some of this may be years out of date, but some thing rarely change.
St.Laurent is the anglo hipster street, crescent street area is the angle "meatmarket" scene, st.denis is franco-hotspot (or one of them). Definintely go explore Mount Royal park (in the day). It is very pretty and usually something fun going on. I would agree that the Art museums are nothing special and the Architecture museum actually is.
Old Montreal is great area to wander around in the evening, and despite some touristy trappings still a must.
The Mirror (www.montrealmirror.com) is a great resource for local entertainment listings, take the restaurants recommendations with a grain of salt (look who's advertising!).
The subway (Metro) is easy to use and should be able to take you anywhere you want to go. It does not travel througout the island but you almost certainly won't be going where it doesn't go.
One sorta unique thing to recommend is to go see a band in town, but you probably won't have the time given the Just for Laughs activities. Local bands are always entertaining but if some band you like is on tour and happens to be in Montreal at the same time as you, great, the local clubs are for the most part great and the audiences are comparatively (to NYC, for example) small.
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Schwartz's is a MUST. MUST.
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Thanks everyone! I have plenty to occupy the precious little time I'll have there. Emma, I would love a meal, if you mean it. I'll be staying right off St. Laurent. Regardless, I'd love to meet any montreal FOT's for a beverage. I'll tell you the remaining thousand fights stories that I probably won't be calling in with.
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Visioneers is playing at Just For Laughs. I believe it's on friday the 24th at 7pm. I'll be there. Holler. Then my short is screening in the Eat My Shorts 4 program at 9 if anyone wants to come support or sumthin'. I dunno. It's stupid....
Then I shelled out 40 bucks for Louis CK at midnight.
Woot!
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what the heck?! i was invited to Montreal (all expenses paid) for that exact weekend but had to decline due to my obligations in order to get to memphis by the end of september.
i regret ever reading this thread. have fun without me!
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Oops. My offer of hospitality/socializing is hereby withdrawn. Sorry huggy, but I'm going to the cottage this weekend. As an official resident of the city now, I can say with some confidence that you'll have a great time.
One last recommendation: try the local beer. Quebec is about the only place in Canada to have a strong tradition of craft brewing. So: skip Molson/Labatt/Sleeman/whatever else you probably think of as Canadian beers. Try: Unibroue (makers of Maudite and Fin du Monde), St. Ambroise/McAuslan or some of the brew pubs.
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Oops. My offer of hospitality/socializing is hereby withdrawn. Sorry huggy, but I'm going to the cottage this weekend. As an official resident of the city now, I can say with some confidence that you'll have a great time.
One last recommendation: try the local beer. Quebec is about the only place in Canada to have a strong tradition of craft brewing. So: skip Molson/Labatt/Sleeman/whatever else you probably think of as Canadian beers. Try: Unibroue (makers of Maudite and Fin du Monde), St. Ambroise/McAuslan or some of the brew pubs.
Cool, thanks for the tip. Looking forward to it. I see on the ten-day forecast that there are scattered thunderstorms every single day. How's the humidity there?
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Since I've been here, the weather's been mild, but wildly unstable. It changes from sun to cloud to thundershowers and back several times a day. It hasn't been too humid, which is unusual. Apparently it's usually very sticky and sweaty, but this year has been cool so far.
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I arrive tomorrow afternoon. although I don't think anyone on the board here will be there. just yelling into the void.
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all i can say is the Louis CK show would have been a bargain at twice the price. His darkest, most amazing set yet.
seeing as i threw by back out bigtime two days before I came, I haven't been marching all over the city. This place is super cool, though. Hopefully I'll be back with the missus to truly explore the city.
Still got one day left and have yet to have poutine. I will dutifully do it today.
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Louis CK's the best.
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Louis CK, I've always liked him and thought he was pretty good. Shameless was a good special but when I saw Chewed Up I was really impressed. That is a hall of fame stand up set in my opinion.
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It seems like everyone is moving to either the Pacific NW or Qubec. Oregon is already full of sometimes unemployed transplants from California and other places Oregonians.
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It seems like everyone is moving to either the Pacific NW or Qubec. Oregon is already full of sometimes unemployed transplants from California and other places Oregonians.
Are you "formerly Patrick in Oregon," or "formerly Patrick" in Oregon, or are you Patrick, "formerly in Oregon"?
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It seems like everyone is moving to either the Pacific NW or Qubec. Oregon is already full of sometimes unemployed transplants from California and other places Oregonians.
Are you "formerly Patrick in Oregon," or "formerly Patrick" in Oregon, or are you Patrick, "formerly in Oregon"?
First one.
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whew, i'm beat. highlight: louis ck show. man, he is plumbing new depths. he got divorced this past year, which was news to me. lowlight: seeing a controversial comedian whom I thought I liked even though I disagree with over half of what he says doing cocaine in the hyatt bathroom with a bunch of much younger comics.
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whew, i'm beat. highlight: louis ck show. man, he is plumbing new depths. he got divorced this past year, which was news to me. lowlight: seeing a controversial comedian whom I thought I liked even though I disagree with over half of what he says doing cocaine in the hyatt bathroom with a bunch of much younger comics.
Larry the Cable Guy?
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whew, i'm beat. highlight: louis ck show. man, he is plumbing new depths. he got divorced this past year, which was news to me. lowlight: seeing a controversial comedian whom I thought I liked even though I disagree with over half of what he says doing cocaine in the hyatt bathroom with a bunch of much younger comics.
Larry the Cable Guy?
No, if it's blue collar it's gotta be Ron White. But my official guess is David Cross?
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whew, i'm beat. highlight: louis ck show. man, he is plumbing new depths. he got divorced this past year, which was news to me. lowlight: seeing a controversial comedian whom I thought I liked even though I disagree with over half of what he says doing cocaine in the hyatt bathroom with a bunch of much younger comics.
Larry the Cable Guy?
No, if it's blue collar it's gotta be Ron White. But my official guess is David Cross?
I will not say who it was, but it's not anyone that anybody really admires.
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whew, i'm beat. highlight: louis ck show. man, he is plumbing new depths. he got divorced this past year, which was news to me. lowlight: seeing a controversial comedian whom I thought I liked even though I disagree with over half of what he says doing cocaine in the hyatt bathroom with a bunch of much younger comics.
Larry the Cable Guy?
No, if it's blue collar it's gotta be Ron White. But my official guess is David Cross?
I will not say who it was, but it's not anyone that anybody really admires.
Damn that Grodin
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whew, i'm beat. highlight: louis ck show. man, he is plumbing new depths. he got divorced this past year, which was news to me. lowlight: seeing a controversial comedian whom I thought I liked even though I disagree with over half of what he says doing cocaine in the hyatt bathroom with a bunch of much younger comics.
Larry the Cable Guy?
No, if it's blue collar it's gotta be Ron White. But my official guess is David Cross?
I will not say who it was, but it's not anyone that anybody really admires.
You said it all... Carrot top.
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whew, i'm beat. highlight: louis ck show. man, he is plumbing new depths. he got divorced this past year, which was news to me. lowlight: seeing a controversial comedian whom I thought I liked even though I disagree with over half of what he says doing cocaine in the hyatt bathroom with a bunch of much younger comics.
Larry the Cable Guy?
No, if it's blue collar it's gotta be Ron White. But my official guess is David Cross?
I will not say who it was, but it's not anyone that anybody really admires.
i was worried you would disclose their identity. im glad you didnt; i would rather enjoy the comedy and the idea ive created of who they are than think about what would drive someone to something so disgusting.
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revealing his identity would not shatter any illusions. he talks about doing drugs a lot and nobody would be surprised. i would probably be in the vast minority of FOTs that like this guy's act. maybe the only one. but i won't say because my big fat mouth has gotten me in plenty of trouble in the last year anyway.
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I've got a guess - it's gotta be Andy Dick.
Sorry again I wasn't in town. I would have liked to have served as Montreal's FOT consulate. But I liked lounging in the woods by a lake even more. Bad timing.
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Oh poo, I totally spaced and didn't check back at this thread. I caught a few shows, mainly Aziz Ansari and I had super fun. I sort of saw a lot of people who could be FOTs in the line-up.
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RAAAAAAAANDY!
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I did not go to Aziz. Was it packed? I opted for the "Alternative" set, and I think I chose right: Andy Kindler, Matt Besser, Marc Maron, Nick Kroll, and a few others, including Josh Fadem, the most unkown guy there, who made me laugh harder than anyone at the entire festival.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3p5k4azCCno[/youtube]
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including Josh Fadem, the most unkown guy there, who made me laugh harder than anyone at the entire festival.
oh, god, I've never even heard of this guy. Why are pratfalls always funny?
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I did not go to Aziz. Was it packed? I opted for the "Alternative" set, and I think I chose right: Andy Kindler, Matt Besser, Marc Maron, Nick Kroll, and a few others, including Josh Fadem, the most unkown guy there, who made me laugh harder than anyone at the entire festival.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3p5k4azCCno[/youtube]
Saw him do the most insane set at Bridgetown. So funny.