Our plan today was to head to Beauty's for breakfast and then to a golf course to play 18 holes.
Beauty's is a well known all day breakfast place and is situated in the Mont Royal -St. Urbain area of Montreal. St Urbain area is known for smoked meat and bagels.
We had a great breakfast at Beauty's. This long-lived Jewish deli has been feeding Montreal well for over 50 years. Family-owned, the small place has terrific breakfast fare, including bagels, omelets. Full from our huge breakfast, we hopped in the car and headed out of the city to Anjou to play at a golf club there called "Le Metroplitain". We had an okay round. I was not too happy with how I played and probably could have played better but it was a bit of a scorcher and we had to rush to start our game as the kids summer camp was starting and they wanted us to tee off before the forty or so children who were there for their lessons. All I could see whilehurriedlyy walking to the first tee were 40 kids all sitting around waiting for us to start so they could start after us.
After our round we sat on the patio of the clubhouse and had a beer and then headed back downtown to the Hotel as Coglero had to check out and drive back to Ottawa for Friday evening. He had to get ready for the Hope Volleyball tournament on the weekend. After we saw Coglero off, JB and I decided to have an early dinner and walk around downtown and perhaps check out some of the stages along Ste. Catherine Street. Coglero had reminded me earlier in the day that we should go to Ben's deli which was close to our hotel. As JB had never been to Ben's we decided to go there. I would havepreferredd Schwartz deli but was not in the mood to travel up to St. Laurent and wait in line. Ben's is an institution in Montreal. It's a time capsule. You can know you're seeing the same decor and tasting the same tastes they did sixty years ago. There are lots of framed photos of movie celebrities who have eaten at Ben's. This was Leonard Cohen's favourite late-night haunt. Cafeteria style tables and chairs, yellow formica walls with green trim, lots of chrome behind the counter. Apparently the place is used for movies that require an authentic looking restaurant from the 1940's. JB and I both had smoked meat on rye.
We then headed out for a walk and walked by a Famous Players and JB and I both said "hey, maybe we should see a movie" I mentioned that I wouldn't mind seeing the Da Vinci Code. We had both read the book and were interested in seeing the film. We purchased tickets for the only remaining showtime of 10:30pm. The movie was okay, it was the book, almost to the letter. I enjoyed it but JB was finding it tough staying awake once it went beyond midnight.
Movie over, we headed out onto Ste. Catherine street. The street was still packed with people walking around enjoying the summer night.
Day three over and Day four would be the big Brubek concert to close the Jazz Festival.
Quote of the day:
Leonard Cohen—first words of his speech accepting the Juno Award for Best Male Vocalist in Canada (1992)
"Only in Canada could somebody with a voice like mine win 'Vocalist of the Year'."
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