As a quick little getaway I headed up to Montreal to catch the tail end of the 2009 Montreal Jazz Festival.  If you like music, I suggest you take the opportunity to check out this event.  The festival basically takes over a major part of the city for about two weeks.  The festival isn’t just about Jazz, though that is obviously a major focus.  They have tons of other types of concerts, performers, art venues and general festival goodness throughout.

As you may have saw in a previous post I stayed at the W, Montreal.  What a great hotel.  It was right in the heart of downtown.  It was a very easy walk to the main festival grounds, Old Montreal, St. Catherine Street and basically everywhere else you want to visit.  (more…)