Bal en Blanc

Montreal was fantastic even while it was "brick cold". Below are highlights of the trip:

Travel - Two hour delay at LGA and had to fly back into JFK instead

Food - Didn't know what to eat and the dinners were so-so. FYI, L'entrecote Saint-Jean sucked and Mikasa Sushi's service blew

Shopping - The famed underground city is no joke. I presumed it for the folks who didn't smoke but was properly corrected as it kept folks out of the frigid weather

Chinatown - Was small and their pastries/ice coffee lacked the oomph of our own C-town

Geography - We stayed at a decent hotel downtown that was quite convenient

Couche Tard - Rocks as Montreal's 7-11

Chez Cora - We ate here three times; can't go wrong with the Western Omelette Bobby Botton or the Cora Special

Liberal - If you're 18 and older, you can drink and gamble. Folks recognize that alcohol and drugs will be taken regardless so it seems that they allow it to happen and promote cautionary measures as opposed to outright crackdowns like in the U.S. Just don't be so blatant about it

White Party - Took 3 hours to get into the party; must have been 15,000 or so people there; we caught Ferry Corsten's last 2 hours and made it through Armin's 4-hour set that ended at 9AM; Armin shook my hand twice after his set, BOOYA!

Deafness - One should definitely have earplugs when going to these events; my ears are still ringing

C'est la vie! Bal en Blanc 15th Edition is 12 April 2009.

I was going to write a play-by-play but I have lots of work to catch up on. Doh! Eh!