Taking my first plunge into the widely renowned Montreal comedy scene, I wasn’t quite sure what I would be walking into. Being a newcomer to the city, and a newcomer to comedy, my stomach was buzzing like a hive of ever-persistent Quebec wasps.

It's time for changes. No, not to my sexy weekly, don't worry. I'm speaking more generally. Change seems to be in the air. My cursory understanding of the stars isn't sufficient to blame it on heavenly bodies, and despite my witchy genes, I can't read cards without a book.

"Why are all the stores on this street? And why is there a table in the road?" These are valid questions from an astute suburban seven year old experiencing a pedestrian-only city street for the first time.

This past weekend I had a staycation of sorts. My boyfriend headed home to Maritimes, and I had the place to myself, alone for the first time in four years.

When I first met Naghmeh Shafei, I knew her as a friend of a friend, a great dog-mom, and a welcoming soul. I had no idea that she was an extraordinary musician, self-aware and ready to disrupt expectations.

"We have to get ready for winter," I said, shades on, sundress swishing, skin comfortably roasting. "It's September," was the reply. While that turned out to be accurate, the feeling didn't care. I was sweating like summer, but in my bones the change of season was looming like a storm on the horizon.

While this year marked the 7th Edition of Ladyfest, it was my first time attending, making me more than fashionably late.

Saying that politics is theatre is at the same time true, a cliche, cynical, and not even close to a complete picture. It’s really more of a multidisciplinary art form with real-world ramifications.

Avery Jane writes songs about You. Sometimes they're written to herself in the second person, lately a lot are speaking to her boyfriend and current musical partner, while others are written to an anonymous figure.

Years ago I loaned a friend a chunk of money. All chunks being relative, it was an amount with more digits than I was comfortable with, one that I was in a rare (and temporary) position to have on hand.