Béatrice Bernard-Poulin is always on the lookout for ideas on how to get more for less. She loves free events, public markets and taking long walks through Old Montréal. As an avid traveller, she always finds a way to stretch a dollar, peso, euro or yuan. In addition to writing for her eponymous blog, Béatrice is the author of Vivez mieux pour moins [Live Better on Less], published in 2018.
Toula Drimonis is a Montreal-based freelance writer, editor, and long-time columnist. She appears frequently on TV and radio as an opinion pundit and her freelance work has been published in The New York Times, the National Post, Mic, Buzzfeed, Ms. Magazine, and other publications. She's obsessed with Leonard Cohen, New Orleans, and Montreal bagels. In her free time, she can be found reading, people-watching, enjoying the city, and drinking wine while giving questionable life advice.
Marie-Pier works as a freelance writer for publications that include Châtelaine, Coup de Pouce and the Métro newspaper. In her work life, she spends about 40 hours a week writing about food and, in her free time, about 40 hours a week talking about food. She loves nothing better than giving her two cents on popular culture, whether she's weighing in on the newest indie album released on Spotify or the latest episode of Occupation Double.
Likes romantic walks on Mount Royal, long-distance cycling, beard oil products and antique travel guides. Has a bad habit of falling in love with men in vintage photographs who are certainly long dead. If he could be anything, he'd live his life as a professional flâneur. Until then, he spends his time writing, making music, and wandering.
Gillian I Leitch is a professional historian, working at CDCI Research Inc. Her passion for Montréal's history was sparked during her doctoral studies at the Université de Montréal. She has published extensively on the history of Montréal in the 19th century, genealogical research, and Doctor Who. She is the Historian/Archivist for the St. Andrew's Society of Montreal.
Danny Pavlopoulos is the co-founder of Spade & Palacio Non-Touristy Tours, a Montréal tour company offering guided bike tours, walking tours and food tours for small groups. Nothing cliché, just the best of Montréal's off-the-beaten path experiences and hidden gems.
Martine Rhéaume is a strategic writer. The texts she writes or edits are elegant yet precise, direct yet pleasant. Martine first got a degree in musicology before getting an advanced graduate diploma in Marketing Communications (HEC Montréal, 2016). She worked as an editor, then an advertising copywriter for TC Médias Livres from 2011 to 2016. Since 2017, Martine is editor in chief at C2 Montréal.
Daniel J. Rowe is a West Coast transplant that wound up in Montréal via Japan and became an award-winning journalist and photographer working out of the Kanien'kehá:ka community of Kahnawà'ke. He's an admitted culture addict, sports fanatic in the worst way and food and drink snob, though he'll eat a hot dog and enjoy it on those nights that hot dogs are all that's needed. The best view in life for him is on a bicycle at high speeds, and he will point it out if you use the adjective everyday incorrectly.
Eva Blue takes a lot of pictures. Always with a camera in her pocket, she documents her city – Montréal – and the places she visits. Being a Level 10 introvert, she prefers to take pictures than be in pictures.
Susan Moss is a photographer best known for her raw photos of Montréal, from its loudest rock festivals to its quietest sun-dappled streets. Her unique in-the-moment style has led to her work appearing in such international magazines as Rolling Stone, Spin, NME and Vice.
Alison Slattery is a Montreal-based food photographer, hailing from Southwest Ireland. Her work can be seen in Condé Nast Traveller, The New York Times, Food & Wine, Caribou, Tastet, in-flight magazines including Air Canada's En Route and British Airways' Up, the forthcoming cookbook for Mandy's, and Derek Dammann's "True North". Her instagram @twofoodphotographers—one of the city's most prolific and recognizable food photography feeds—is guaranteed to leave you hungry!