CANADA: Montreal, Quebec, Toronto and Vancouver

When I told friends and colleagues that I was going to Canada, there was no interest in my choice. I wonder why. Because I thought the country was absolutely BEAUTIFUL, the people WONDERFULLY nice and we had a grand time. Now if you want to see buildings or Montreal itself, this is not going to be the case. These are unusual things we saw in Montreal. For instance.... Puzzle anyone? in the street..during your break. Why not?


Or chess game anyone?


Plastic bottles, recycled..and looking nice.


More beautiful recycling


I called it "Butter statue"

I liked this!

In case you are not sure....

Exclusive neighborhood...who would know right?

This is the escalator handrail...leading to the food court (can you see the baked potatoes all along the handrail)

Pancakes made from a machine...Which size is for you? Please keep the one on the left for the newborn baby.

I love this

Quebec

Beautiful murals


Beautiful right? Better than Provence

Chateau Frontenac

I always say that...

C A N A D A : Is that French??

These are all the funny French translations and/or ideas stolen in Montreal and Quebec City..
Found in some areas around the country as easy as 1.2.3 for smokers "ashtray" Genious..right.
Play on words Let's go (lait in French is milk, you got it right?)

Go figure where this came from
"Unemployed pudding" probably from France, they have 10 p. cent of the population unemployed
This is a very funny translation of a store which moved away

Play on words since this is a computer store "error 404. Don't panic...the store has crossed the street.."
This restaurant is selling pizzas, salads and "sous-marins" 'under the water'

Play on words for the ones who speak French

We liked this childish way of encouraging people to recycle newspapers

In Paris (France) the Conciergerie is a former royal palace and prison on the Île de la Cité, near the Cathedral of Notre-Dame. Marie Antoinette was guillotined there...In Canada, this is the information area in a hotel.

We visited APPLE ....

Do you remember when I visited Yahoo, Google, Symantec etc...3 years ago? Apple was on my list.

Well check

Well we enjoyed the food, the offices but could not take any pictures because who knows if we are stealing any ideas (right) and giving them to the competitors (sure by looking at the cafeteria...) Anyway,I enjoyed the makers of I-phone

I-pod, I-tunes with my I-husband.

Getting FREE Cellphones for San Francisco Policemen

I found a solution for the police force, to finally get cellphones and guess what...."The Examiner published my ideas: "Free cellphones for SFPD

I could not believe my eyes when reading that our police force does not have cellphones.

I think the only solution to this is to arrest the drivers using cellphones behind the wheel and just confiscate their phones. You will have the 1,800 cellphones needed for the SFPD in two hours time — and not a penny spent.

This is a good deal, right?

Simone Joseph
San Francisco"

http://www.sfexaminer.com/opinion/letters-editor/2011/06/bullies-bicycles-ruin-day-bridge-walkers

Mark Bittman from the New York Time in San Francisco

Mark came and visited the city and probably dropped in a few restaurants. We exchanged a few words about food...what else right??

What happens in Las Vegas does not have to stay in Las Vegas...

YES THIS IS LAS VEGAS

4 days....Non-stop looking at the city that never sleeps.
And THIS IS LAS VEGAS TOO..My hotel area


And this girl is REAL and from LAS VEGAS

I did not go to Las Vegas to gamble

and certainly not in this casino..

I did not go to Las Vegas to eat French patisseries

I went to work with a dozen of colleagues from different areas of the United States

And every morning..at 7:30 am I was ready to go to an exciting conference about events

I saw wonderful things....Flowers, tables, arrangements of all sorts














Beautifully presented desserts and food..
And I was happy to meet and talk to David Tutera, who is to the Events Industry what Elvis Presley is to Rockn'roll!