Going to Montreal

Murdoch

Murdoch

Half-way Through My Half-life
Orderite
So I'm going and presenting some work at a conference at McGill University in Montreal in a few weeks. While I'm there, I'd love to take in some of the nightlife. So does anyone have suggestions of good places to go in Montreal for jazz and culture? Especially places you wouldn't find in your average tourist guide.

-looks in Ugly John's general direction-

Thanks!
 
Nothing interesting too see in Montréal, been there a couple of times, a rather boring city.
On a good note, the woman in Montreal are muse prettier then in the rest of Canada, especially in Toronto, where almost every chick has an ass the size of Alaska.
 
Where will you be staying Murdoch?

You have Wanda's, Solid Gold, Supersexe...for your hetero needs, but since you are an orderite i can suggest the playgirls club or the cox in the village.

Depending i on the dates, you might be here for the just for laugh festival. That is a must see.
 
Hold on a sec, if I want to see strippers or hookers I can stay in State College. <damn you Welsh!>

I want to go to a jazz club! I'll be in Montreal from June 10-14, staying at McGill University. So I guess we'll be right in the middle of the city.

So if you know any good, out of the way or otherwise unique jazz clubs I'd love to hear about it, UJ. :D
 
The problem with june 10-14 is that it was two weeks ago :P

If you meant july 10-14 and you like Jazz, then you're in for a treat. You are going to cath the end of one of North America's great Jazz festival http://www.montrealjazzfest.com/ .

The athmosphere is excellent and at that time of the year, i suggest that you try the outside shows rather than the clubs, since the clubs will be featuring "bigger" Jazz-people and are not free. The show in the streets are free and great, you see some of the incoming jazz stars.

I recommend ZÉPHYROLOGIE STARLOUZ FANFARE BRASS BAND. Check it out they are at the grand marnier scene on the 10th.

I'm not yet sure if i'm in town at those dates, since i'll be on vacation, and i usually spend them at my cottage in Ottawa.
But i'll perhaps delay my departure to guide you around teh festival....as long as you don't try one of those orderite things. :P
 
yeah, July 10-14. :look:

If you want to, that'd be great. Two others from my lab will be along and want to see Montreal as well. The problem is that we'll be in meetings most of the day and much of the night.

I'll pm you the details as I get them, and thanks!
 
So I got back form Montreal yesterday. After struggling through the terror of public speaking with my 15 minutes to present my work, I sat back and watched everyone else present their work. This whole scientific conference thing is pretty cool, it makes me feel not so alone in my not-knowing-what-the-hell-is-going-on kind of way. I presented Sunday morning too, so being among the first to present I was happy, and looking forward to seeing this Ugly John character in Montreal the next day.

And then my advisors appendix decided to up and rupture, sending him to the hospital and us grad students scrambling, Sunday night.

Not only did we have to help him with things he needed to do at the conference, we had to help his wife look after their 18 month old rugrat.

So no more fun and games for Murdoch and friends, and no more seeing the sights with UJ either. :(

But on the bright side, we got to see this hallowed Canadian health care system up close and personal. Overall I was impressed, except my advisor needed to wait awhile to get anything done.

So with that, Montreal seems like a cool, if quasi-european town, with its share of bad roads and litterbug Canadians. I'd go back in the future, if the winds took me there, and encourage anyone else to do so too.

And no Welsh, I didn't get a hooker.

/story
 
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