BONNE ST-JEAN!!!

Summer in Montreal is party central... with all the festivals, parties, holidays and street sales, it's a wonder how people find time and energy to go to work...

This year the city decided to close part of Ste-Catherine street to circulation permanently, from June to September. Considering that it was closed every other day because of all the festivals anyway, it just made sense and now all the restaurants and clubs have built extended patio up to the middle of the street. a-w-e-s-o-m-e!

I celebrated St-Jean with a bunch of anglos this weekend. It was a lot of fun, got to rediscover pubs and celebrations I had missed for a couple of years. Night of the 23rd (which is always a drunken debauchery since the 24th is a holiday and all offices are closed) was up to par, with plenty of beer, shots, music and food, starting at 3pm and ending in a heated pool at 6am (with more beer, tequila and sunrise :P).

Sean, Sue, Davon and me set out for *late* breakfast at Cora on the 24th, missing the parade, but hey do we really feel that strongly for parades anyway? We strolled to Parc Maisonneuve afterward to check out the crowd and preparation for the big St-Jean show. it was great until it started pouring rain for 20 minutes.. buckets of ice cold liquid dropping on everything.. and nowhere to hide!!! no tarp, no tent, no umbrella :( we ended up soaking wet... water dripping all over, and decided to give up and go home.

I stopped by Mui's place, borrowed a sarong and drop my clothes in the dryer. Bert showed up (he didn't know our traditional bbq had been canceled this year) so we had pizza and burgers with sangria for them, chocolate milk for me (I've had my share of booze for a while thank you).

So now it's officially summer. Jazz festival is on its way, then Just for Laugh, then Nuit d'Afrique, then Gay Pride... plus the tam jams, and piknic electronic and all the regular nights at Passeport... and the micro breweries, La Distillerie, Baloo's... so many options so little time!

all is well 'cept I still don't have a job and money is getting tight... luckily all those festivals are free... I might have to invest in a flask to booze up at cheaper price :P
Anyway, I will get that job soon... I have to!!! I want to flyyyyyyyyyyyyy again! fuck I miss it!!!!

*all those parties and festival will end up in my lastest pic album posted right there --->*