Thursday, January 11, 2007

That's what you get for clubbing it...

...you can't go home and go to bed, because it hasn't worn off yet, and now it's morning... -Pulp, Bar Italia

I have nothing to do at work. This isn't a secret so I don't mind posting it. This, plus the fact that I love having a project is just an explanation of how I was able to find all kinds of clubs in and around Montreal. I figured, if they're not what I'm looking for, maybe they're what someone else is looking for. I tried to only pick ones that have meetings and activities.

Here goes:

Beaconsfield Garden Club: http://beaconsfieldgardenclub.blogspot.com
I wish there was a garden club near me. I love gardening.

Club D'Amateurs D'Oiseaux de Montreal: http://clubamateursoiseauxdemontreal.com/
Bird lovers. Cute design.

Club D'Apnee Sprotive de Montreal: http://www.casm.info/
Not related to sleep apnea, except in the sense that they also hold their breath (on purpose, to dive).

Club de Bridge Arc-en-Ciel: http://bridge.jmp.qc.ca/
If you're gay and you play bridge.

Club Felin de Montreal: http://www.clubfelindemontreal.com/
They like cats.

Club de Rire Montreal: http://www.clubderirequebec.com/clubdemontreal.html
They are into therapeutic laughter.

Le Club Mac de Montreal: http://www.lcmm.qc.ca/
Macs like computers, not hamburgers. Pa-rum-pum!

Federation Quebecoise des Echecs: http://www.fqechecs.qc.ca/index.php?entite=43
Chess for fanatics. Obviously, there's a banner ad from Cafe Pi.

Mah-jong Montreal: http://mah-jong.dfdanse.com/acceuil/english/
They welcome beginners. I used to love this game on my dad's 286 computer.

MarketingProfs Book Club: http://www.marketingprofs.com/bookclub/faq.asp
Pretty specific.

Montreal 4D Club: http://www.macapa.com/4dmtl/
This is hilarious. 4D is the database that both companies I've worked for in Montreal have used. If you'd used it, you'd find this funny too.

Montreal Amateur Radio Club: http://www.marc.qc.ca/

Montreal Anglers and Hunters: http://www.fqechecs.qc.ca/index.php?entite=43
They have a link to Turkey Shoot 2006.

Montreal Business Book Club: http://montrealpreludeclub.com/index.php
Similar to the MarkekingProfs book club, but run by someone I once met: Mitch from Twist Image and not only for a specific profession.

Montreal Camera Club: http://www.montrealcameraclub.com/Camera/

Montreal Gem & Mineral Club: http://www.clubfelindemontreal.com/

Montrealmini.com: http://www.montrealmini.com/
Not at all mini. They modify trucks. Must see.

Montreal Scrabble Club: http://www.golding.ca/montrealsc/
Oh yeah.

Montreal Silver Blades: http://www.lamesargentees.com/home.html
Figure skating for grown-ups since 1948.

Montreal Skeet Club: http://www.losttarget.com/montreal.html
My ex-fiancee dad's was an Olympic skeet shooter. You can't do if you drink; your hands get wobbly.

Roller Montreal: http://www.roller-montreal.com/
Bilingual, for in-line skaters.

Royal Montreal Curling Club: http://www.royalmontrealcurling.ca/portal/index.php
Apparently, and expensive and therefore elite sport.

The Tall Club of Montreal: http://www.grandiose.ca/
I read a great article in Nerve.com about how even some tall men have tall women fetishes.

The Traffic Club of Montreal: http://www.tcmtl.com
It took me a while to figure out who they are. They have a Valentine's Day Dinner.

The University Club: http://www.ucmontreal.ca
Site says: "Enjoying the good life? Sharing F. Scott Fitzgerald's famous maxim that 'living well is the best revenge'?...The University Club of Montreal is for you." Anyone who is still hanging on to the ideal of an author who went broke drinking is worth meeting, I say!

I left out a lot of rugby, martial arts and other sport clubs, clubs for different car fanatics (Corvette, Subaru, Honda Prelude, Integra, VWs). I'm most amazed by the car people. They even have Christmas dinners together. Amazing.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hello Isabel,

This is Walter from Mah-jong Montreal. You should come to see us some day. You will be extremely surprised what Mahjong truly is...

It's absolutely not the tile-matching game you used to play on your father's old 286 computer.

The real game looks more like a fast-paced poker game, mixed with the complexity of bridge; as colourful and noisy as Tokyo, and as tense as a Kurusawa movie. It's the most popular game in Japan. (Yes, more popular than video games!) It's truly an unique gaming experience.

Here is an independent a blog you might want to check out. And, of course, our club's Web site.

Walter
Mah-jong Montreal

Eve said...

Turkey shoot '06! My vote's for angling and hunting.

AWB said...

Isabel, you should take up Walter's invite... go go go! Mah jong!

Anonymous said...

Hi Isabel
you know you can also play 'proper' mahjong online these days too, there are some amazing multiplayer mahjong game sites

Jade :-)

 
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