arcade fire + kid koala

It's been over a month since Arcade Fire played a free show at Place Des Festivals. I found out, a few days prior to the show, that a DJ I loved while I was in high school would be opening. I was excited  to see both Kid Koala and Arcade Fire in one evening (...and some French band that I don't remember the name of). These are some snapshots of the crowd and the show that drew over 100,000 people.  

- Mina 

anniversary movie trailer

Alex made a video for our two year anniversary. It's incredibly corny and I can't remember the last time I laughed so hard! Of course, I love it but I still can't believe I'm posting this publicly - so embarrassing. You've been warned... here it is:



P.S. I'm not deluded... I know that Alex is the pretty one.

- Mina

merried

It's our two year wedding anniversary today! Has it really been two years since these photos were taken? I remember that we decided to do a casual shoot before our actual wedding because I had never been professionally photographed before and was worried that I would end up being awkward and making funny faces in my wedding pictures (I did anyway).

We're happy that we started this blog to document the journey of the preparations of our extended honeymoon and how it's kind of evolved into this diary of what we do in our city + a spot to share wanderlust with other travelers. Thank you for being here and sharing it all with us. I know this sounds ridiculously cheesy but I'm honestly overwhelmed with gratitude for the kind strangers who have sent us words of encouragement and support... and how some of those strangers have turned into friends.

We decided to reminisce by looking through these albums and noticed that there were a lot of photos that we didn't post online... so, here they are! I hope you enjoy looking at them as much as we do. It's so nice to have these to remember that time in our lives. If you'd like, you can see more photos from our wedding here, here and here.

- Mina

Photos by Max Wanger

mont royal

Walking up to the top of Mont Royal to get the best view of the city wouldn't have been so difficult if I weren't so terribly out of shape. It was worth the trek though, and I saw a raccoon for the first time! Mont Royal is a popular spot for tourists and there were a ton of them on the day we went. We've been in Montreal for well over a year, but I'm just now starting to feel like this is home. 

- Mina 

khyber pass

When we went to Au Pied Du Cochon for Mina's birthday, we walked by a delicious smelling restaurant called Khyber Pass.  We later learned that they serve authentic Afghan food, but we only recently made the time to try it for ourselves.

The appetizers were amazing, particularly the "sambossa" (as it was called on the menu ) which was basically the same as a samosa but had different spices. The main dishes we ordered were served with basmati rice three ways and a really refreshing cucumber salad loaded with cilantro. 

With all of the amazing restaurants in Montreal, we have kept our palates busy and haven't missed the experience of trying new cuisines  around the globe. We are, however, incredibly excited about our upcoming trip to Morocco. If the food there is anything like it was in Egypt, it will be delicious. Right now, we're using pinterest to plan our trip there - if you know of any places we should check out, your recommendations are welcome!

- Alex

pommes!

The last you'll see of the apple picking stuff, hope you're not sick of it and enjoy this little video.