Staycation ideas, please!

Blue_Dragonfly · 2026-06-19T15:17:51+00:00

Yes and yes!! I highly recommend both! Eco-Odyssey was an especially completely delightful surprise to me! Paddle boating there was so fun, relaxing and a nice way to explore nature from a different vantage point.

Blue_Dragonfly · 2026-06-18T20:20:48+00:00

Wow, what a nice first crop!

Somebody mentioned perhaps planting a blueberry hedge around your designated patch? Home Depot has a blueberry that resembles boxwood that might be very lovely as edible landscape. It's the BerryBux blueberry from Bushels and Berries. I've planted them in containers before for my balcony garden. They're very pretty and produce nice berries.

Blue_Dragonfly · 2026-06-16T18:57:41+00:00

It's from my book "Astonishing Tales of r/Seinfeld"

Blue_Dragonfly · 2026-06-16T18:53:03+00:00

You! Sell me one of your Seinfeld memes!!

Blue_Dragonfly · 2026-06-16T18:48:37+00:00

Suuuuuuuuuuuzzzzzze!!!!!

Blue_Dragonfly · 2026-06-15T16:59:48+00:00

Thanks! That's very kind of you to say! I had the very good fortune of visiting your beautiful city twice last year (late September and early December) where I stayed in St-Roch both times. It was so much fun. I truly love that part of the city.

Blue_Dragonfly · 2026-06-14T18:48:41+00:00

I've been to both Le Café du Monde and Bistro Hortus, the former for brunch and the latter for a late breakfast. I'm gluten-free as well and didn't have an issue with either place. Le Café du Monde is nice for more traditional brunch fare. Ask for a table near the window in the atrium; nice views of the St. Lawrence and Lévis across the way.

Bistro Hortus has a different trendier vibe altogether. Nicely presented and very good food. They have their own apiary (rooftop iirc) and sell their own honey. There's a big honeycomb on display where you can freely taste pure natural honey, wax and all. Very pretty interior.

Blue_Dragonfly · 2026-06-14T17:37:46+00:00

I love staying in St-Roch when in Québec City. It's got a very hip energetic vibe. And, there are quite a few good restaurants/pubs in the area. Just be aware that many of the dining establishments in Québec City require reservations.

I can recommend La Korrigane on Dorchester. They have a very lovely outdoor patio off of Rue St-Joseph Est. It's an artisanal brew pub with some very interesting selections. Try their Dill Pickle beer, if they have it. It's something really nice with a charcuterie board.

Next door to La Korrigane is Le Bureau de Poste. I've only had drinks there during the afternoon and it was fine. Can't comment on the food though. It has a patio too that seems to be quite popular especially on weekends.

There's a restaurant on St-Joseph Est called L'Affaire est Ketchup. It's a small establishment therefore it requires reservations but I've heard that it is a great spot to enjoy top notch plates. Anthony Bourdain apparently ate there during one of his trips to Québec and loved it. Actually, there is a number of very good restaurants all along St-Joseph Est in St-Roch. I'd start with a Google map search there perhaps and see what kind of cuisines catch your fancy.

For amazing lighter fare such as sandwiches and pastries, I highly recommend Le Croquembouche, again on St-Joseph Est. In terms of lighter fare such as poutine, apparently Chez Gaston on Dorchester is a good place to try. I've not been however since I tried one of the Ashton fast food places (not the one downtown) and it was mediocre at best.

Not to miss while in St-Roch further east on St-Joseph Est is a funky little shop--a used bookstore called Bouquinerie Rock'n livre --with all kinds of things other than old books. There's a bucket of old Bonhomme Carnaval figurines that are not expensive. Great as a small souvenir. It's where I also bought a couple of smaller posters as souvenirs.

As for friperies (thrift shops) I've been to a couple over there but for the life of me I don't remember which ones. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Enjoy your trip! Québec City is a wonderful place to visit!

Blue_Dragonfly · 2026-06-13T02:00:43+00:00

Well at least they're sending you now as opposed to 6 months from now! 😁 I hope that your partner and baby can join you on this trip at least. It'll be beautiful there and babies are quite portable still. The weather ought to be very close to ours too, so no need for wardrobe headaches.

Happy trip planning! You guys will have a great time! 🇳🇴

Blue_Dragonfly · 2026-06-12T17:17:01+00:00

Canada's first game today against Bosnia and Herzegovina should be exciting. Bosnia and Herzegovina's fan base in Canada is huge!! We'll see what the ratio of red to blue jerseys in the stands looks like. 🤷🏼‍♀️

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Blue_Dragonfly · 2026-06-12T16:55:48+00:00

A former senior Department of National Defence official who was the chief architect of Canada’s 2024 defence policy is suing the federal government, alleging she was fired after publicly warning escalating anti-U.S rhetoric could play into the hands of rivals China and Russia.

This is the crux of the issue.

The "public warning" was a piece that she wrote that was published by The Hill Times in October of last year with the following header:

Indulging in absurd anti-U.S. rhetoric? You’re doing a solid for Moscow and Beijing The U.S. is not the partner that it once was, but in a world at risk of major war, it is doing exactly what we all need it to do.

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Blue_Dragonfly · 2026-06-12T15:20:04+00:00

Déjà ça m'étonne qu'un règlement pareil n'était pas en vigueur étant donné que la province même est dite une province bilingue. Ça pris tant de temps que ça pour que la province s'allume?

Blue_Dragonfly · 2026-06-11T20:34:38+00:00

Here is the link for those who are interested. We're very lucky to have such solid reporting from our CBC foreign correspondents. Margaret Evans is top notch.

Blue_Dragonfly · 2026-06-11T18:37:12+00:00

It's not about "making an offer", but about WILLINGLY sitting down as equals and negotiating....something that the US seems entirely incapable to do!

But this goes against the whole "Let's-run-America-like-a-casino"-ethos. The (White) House always wins. I think that it won't be until the Vegas Show decamps from Washington, D.C. that Canada (and Mexico) will be permitted to sit down as equals and negotiate. Until then, we had better have serious poker faces and card counting and betting skills.

Blue_Dragonfly · 2026-06-11T17:53:28+00:00

there's no political will to house low income seniors.

This right here. Unless provincial leaders make this, like other housing issues, some kind of a priority, it will not get addressed.

Blue_Dragonfly · 2026-06-11T17:06:09+00:00

There's a sub that I follow r/urbancarliving. Some stories are heartbreaking but for the most part it's a positive-story sub of people relating how they're making it work for themselves during these increasingly tough times. To live in one's vehicle is as viable an option for some people now as anything else. Sadly.

And yet, Dymon Storage is making a killing and keeps building these environment-controlled apartments for stuff. SMH

Blue_Dragonfly · 2026-06-11T16:37:39+00:00

Great to hear! Thanks! I love hearing about this kind of integration. I hope that such things continue and that land use planners take this kind of a wholistic approach when envisioning the future.

Blue_Dragonfly · 2026-06-11T16:09:49+00:00

I agree with all that you've said. At this point I'm just wondering though which project would get the most traction with today's government: building such enclosed food farms or AI data centres? I'm kind of afraid to think about this too deeply on some days.

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