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March 22, 2010St. Anton: A first class snow haven
One evening last fall, I got a text message from Becks, an English friend I met snowboarding in New Zealand and an irreplaceable travelling companion:
"We are recruiting for a ski trip to St. Anton Austria, last week of January. Are you in?"
For a moment, the weak Canadian dollar took the upper hand over how intensely excited I get whenever there’s the promise of powder. Slow as molasses, I started to write back the letter N… I clenched my teeth, got ready to text the O… and then said… What the heck, we only have one life to live! I erased the horrid N and replaced it with a YES full of sparkling joy. On January 27, I found myself spread across three empty seats flying with Air Canada (the new 3-for-1 economy class), well on my way to a guaranteed great time.
I feel so small!
Innsbruck was my first stop since my English friends wouldn’t arrive in St. Anton for another two days. Two days of peace. Why not take advantage of the time alone and try to fly over the Alps to better understand where I am on the map? Read more about St-Anton a snow haven
December 15, 2009What Type of Coat Are You? How to Choose Your Winter Jacket
I know, I know. You’re always looking for the right coat for the right temperature and the right occasion. The one that will protect you against cold, sweat, rain, wind, and global warming; the one that will outlast fashions so short-lived they’re out of style before you know it. The one that looks the best shoveling the entryway, shopping for organic produce, stopping by the in-laws, skating in the park, walking to a business dinner and changing that damned flat tire. But how do you find this coat? The coat?
This one?
Or this one?
We all experience a thousand different situations in a week. I suggest you take the following short quiz to find out what you really need in a winter jacket. Read more about choosing a winter jacket
November 06, 2009Portrait of Alex Lapointe in Montreal
ALEXANDRE LAPOINTE, Axel.
Musician.
YOUR FAVOURITE SPOT IN MONTRÉAL
Café Olympico on St-Viateur and Waverly. My first coffee there…was like my first love.
July 16, 2009Portrait of Magalie Altitude in Montreal
Photographer : Vanessa F
MAGALIE BERNARD, Maggie, Magalette, Margarine, Magalerie, Bern, Mike.
Multi-talented Director of Customer Service for Altitude-sports.com
YOUR SPOT IN MONTREAL
The Mr Pinchot bakery on the bike path, corner Marie-Anne and Brébeuf. In particular because the half-loaf that they make is just the right size for one person, and thus it doesn’t have time to dry out.
