Part of the Eastern Townships, Magog is a small
village on the shores of Lake Memphremagog. It's a half
hour from the Vermont border, and about an hour (and a
century or so) away from Montreal.
Read the rest of: "Magog, Eastern Townships of Quebec"» Something you might want to consider this Saturday if
you're in Montreal and are into electronic
music, video, and freebies: a free performance
at the National Film Board
where one of my friends will be VJ'ing.
Read the rest of: "Nuit Blanche 2005"» 
Ok, I am kidding. No revolutions. Just abstract sculpture with
a hefty price tag.
Nevertheless, if you're curious to see what
all that buzz is about, come and see "The Gates" in
Central Park during the next two weeks.
Christo and Jeanne-Claude,
the two people behind the project (artistically and financially) say that
once it's gone it's really GONE!
Read the rest of: "New York's Orange Revolution"» 
Construction began today in
Moscow
on the site of what is
to become the tallest European skyscraper.
The "FEDERATION"
complex will include two towers, measuring 340 and 240 meters
respectively and will be part of "Moscow-City" -
a gargantuan multi-building project that has been under development for over
a decade now.
The possibility that the new towers
(and not the Kremlin) may soon become the standard
"postcard" view of Moscow is bothering many. Not us.
On my last trip to Buenos Aires, I was pleasantly surprised with the book-shopping scene there.
Walking the streets of downtown B.A. was like traveling in a time machine - this must have been what New York
City was like in the 1970's: crowded, polluted, with lots of small bookstores...
Read the rest of: "Book Shopping in Buenos Aires"» 
¡Feliz Año Nuevo desde Madrid! By the way, this is
Madrid's Puerta del Sol on New Year's
eve (right around midnight). Did you know that Spaniards eat grapes
instead of drinking champagne during the countdown?
You're supposed to eat exactly twelve during the
last minute of the year - that works out to be one grape every five
seconds, if my degree in Mathematics was worth anything at all.
If you linger or hesitate then it's bad luck. All
grocery shops around Puerta del Sol sell seedless grapes (is that cheating?), neatly packed by
the dozen.
The Buenos Aires neighborhood of San Telmo is known for many things -
for example, it enjoys the reputation of the world center of tango music.
Perhaps, a somewhat lesser feather in its cap
is San Telmo's title as the home of the Sunday flea market.
It took me a while, but yesterday I finally overcame my dislike of flea markets and
people in general and took a stroll south in search of some good shots and possibly
a deal or two. None of that materialized, of course, but the atmosphere I found was
reasonably festive.
Read the rest of: "Sunday Flea Market in San Telmo"» 
The Botanical Garden in Deshaies (Basse-Terre) is the most manicured
jungle ever. And yet to my surprise, I found some of its inhabitants to be
almost uncannily ferocious.
Read the rest of: "A Manicured Jungle"» 
This is Le Château Frontenac - Quebec City's best-known
landmark. Just out of curiosity, why the fuck did they build it in
such a cold place? It's only November and it's
already freezing.
Plâge des Raisins Clairs (Sea-grape beach) is one of
the best beaches I discovered in Guadeloupe and
definitely my favorite.
Read the rest of: "Plâge des Raisins Clairs"»
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