Author Archives: Ricky Leong

Getting ahead of ourselves, are we?

29 Monday Dec 2014

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It's still December and yet …

It’s still December and yet …

Wandering through a grocery store Sunday night, I come across this display of anticipation (or perhaps ambition). C’mon guys, we haven’t even been through New Year’s yet!

Behind barbed wire

28 Sunday Dec 2014

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Barbelé

This abandoned industrial complex sits at rue St. Ambroise and rue St. Rémi in Montreal’s St. Henri neighbourhood.

Piètre état

Perspective is everything

27 Saturday Dec 2014

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Miniature

Two of the many Christmas trees I’ve spotted this season, both of these from my recent trip to Montreal.
The one above is barely 10 centimetres tall … the one below is more like 10 metres!

Noël s'approche

Merry Christmas 2014

25 Thursday Dec 2014

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Pointed beauty

Wishing you all a very happy Christmas!

White Christmas … at least in your mind

24 Wednesday Dec 2014

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Nouvelle couche de neige

On this Christmas Eve, we’re headed for a brown (or green) Christmas in Calgary.
Please join me on an imaginary walk through a forest of evergreens covered in a thin layer of fresh, crunchy snow. Take a deep breath of crisp, pine-scented air as you stand under a clear, blue sky punctuated by the low sun at high noon.
Give yourself a Christmas atmosphere as perfect as you want it to be.

Trying to eat on the cheap: Saving a few kroner/kronor in northern Europe

21 Sunday Dec 2014

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Swedish meatballs

About two years ago, I tackled the tension between finances and food after visiting Paris and Amsterdam. This instalment takes us to northern Europe.
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Light up the night

18 Thursday Dec 2014

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Éclairer la nuit

A festive mood hangs over Boul. Saint-Laurent in Montreal in this image from about two weeks ago.

Snippet of Quebec history

17 Wednesday Dec 2014

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Histoire, en bref

This is one portion of a mural on Mount Royal Ave. E. in Montreal, which briefly recounts the history of Quebec. Snapped this photo late last month.

Hey, four-eyes!

16 Tuesday Dec 2014

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Je l'ai trouvé!

All over Montreal’s Plateau Mont-Royal, from the more-than-life-size wall art on Boul. Saint-Laurent, above, to the little stickers seen on buildings on and around Ave. du Mont-Royal, below, are four-eyed figures with short messages for passersby.

Vas-y

Aux aguets

Calgary under our wing

15 Monday Dec 2014

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Under our wing

That’s the edge of Calgary out the window on my flight home last week.