Buffaloes and Westerns

I took this picture at a Smith and Western restaurant last year during a family gathering on my wife's side. This is one of these many nice props that makes the chain a truly imaginative experience for a child. Going there reminded me of my old childhood games, when we played cowboys. Buffaloes are a staple of westerns, they are one of the animals one associates with the Wild West and all its dangers. I'd go to a Buffalo Gap Hotel just for a drink (a shot of bourbon?) in its saloon. You?

Bisons verts

Je cherchais des photos vertes, enfin des photos de verdure, à partager sur le blogue. C'est l'été, c'est vert partout dehors et enfin bref, Vraie Fiction suit les saisons et prend dans ses photos ses couleurs. J'ai trouvé cette photo prise des Mosaïcultures et je me suis dit qu'elle ferait l'affaire. Comme d'habitude lorsqu'il s'agit des Mosaïcultures, l'image est saisissante, on croirait les bisons animés. Deux observations à faire ici, qui n'a rien à voir avec les bisons: 1)j'ai très, très peu de photos estivales. 2)assez curieusement, moi qui n,aime guère l'été d'habitude, je suis assez heureux de celui qu'on a jusqu'ici. Je ne sais pas trop pourquoi.

The burgers of L'Anecdote in Montreal

I don't want to blog too much about food on such short time period (last time was yesterday), but I have been wanting to plug this restaurant and its burgers for quite a while and I had promised to do so last time I plugged a restaurant/pub. Although I think I did plug the place before, I certainly mentioned it, this is the formal post about what is one of my favourite eating places in Montreal. Since Eurosnack closed down, it is where I usually go for my first meal in Montreal, sometimes for the last one the day before departure. I am talking about L'Anecdote (no website, this is the info you get on TripAdvisor), at the corner of Rachel and Saint-Hubert, at the heart of the Plateau Mont-Royal. It has a vintage American diner look, far from a rarity in Montreal, but L'Anecdote gets it right. It is there, but not too kitsch, and the appearance is not everything: there is quality food too, and especially. Everything I tried there is delicious, especially the burgers. I usually go for the Anecdote #4, which has deer meat and, instead of bacon, smoked bison on top. It just makes the experience very, very unique. There is a range of mayonnaise as well to go with the fries, I usually choose their curry-mayo. So here it is, in a nutshell. Go and try some.