Talk about a color-coordinated city: Montreal, Quebec has a distinct preference for red and yellow. Or so it seemed to my eye when getting glimpses of the environment outside of circus world where I spent most of my hours last week.

The houses are red and yellow, or yellow and red, take your pick.

So are the decorations.

Or the bikes.

Or the public parks and playgrounds.

The subway sports these colors,

and people do their best to coordinate.

Some wear yellow,

some wear read,

some wear both.

It all makes for an exuberant environment, symbolic for the city’s feel during the summer festivities as a whole.

I’ll report about more detail this week! We’re back to normal…..

Music today is from the currently slated Nuits d’Afrique Festival in Montreal. The fabulous Almeida wears, who would have guessed, yellow and red in alternation in the clip… music starts at around 1:30 in the video.