Vive la Montréal

Max experienced the world of canadian culinary delight in Montreal over the weekend. In addition this was our very first vacation together as our newly formed family! We spent three fun-filled days in this lively city.




We decided to carry Max around most of the time in his new favourite mode of transportation - the Baby Bjorn. This is the best thing by far, in that it is the only way to tote him around without him falling asleep in the first 15 mins!
Max sat back and enjoyed the ride through Old Montreal, the famous Montreal Bagel Store. "St. Viateur" and watched us eat copious amounts of foie gras and poutine among other things.

The number one reason for visiting Montreal that weekend was to eat at Au Pied du Cochon, a restaurant touted as one of the best finds in Montreal as per celebrated chef and icon in the food business, Anthony Bourdain.
'A must do' for a vegetarian it is not, as the menu is really meat-centric with such delicacies as Foie Gras stuffed Pig's feet to Poutine covered in Foie Gras. It's really all about the Foie Gras and the novel ways in which it can be served up. Having eaten these little overstuffed duck/geese livers everyday in Paris, I knew I wouldn't be disappointed at Au Pied du Cochon.
Here is a link to this charming little spot in the Latin Quarter - if you ever fancy a cholesterol overload!
http://www.restaurantaupieddecochon.ca/

Max & Brady

Here are Max and Brady - They are best friends. Brady who lives right across the street is exactly 6 weeks older than Max. Max looks up to Brady for everything. He is so infatuated with him that he must even eat his yummy-looking locks. Max is just really jealous that his friend has hair!
The two of them usually hang out in the alleyway smoking Popeye Cigarettes and starting fires behind people's houses......

Cloth Diapers

We decided to go ahead and give cloth diapers a try.
Just thinking of all the disposable diapers that end up in landfills is disgusting. I figured I could do something to help the environment by using cloth ones instead.

If you consider the facts, its a wonder more people don't use cloth!: 18 billion disposable diapers are thrown in landfills each year, taking as many as 500 years to decompose. Disposable diapers make up the third largest source of solid waste in landfills, after newspapers and food and beverage containers.
Others point out that washing cloth diapers requires large amounts of water and energy , (along with soaps pouring into our waters). However, feces runoff from heaps of disposable in landfills after a rainfall sounds worse to me.

What A Smile!