First non-medicinal ingredient in Solarcaine, in french: Acétate isoceteth-3 de propylèneglycol.

Either way, it feels pretty good on my face. The Sunscreen Queen, who usually slathers on SPF 50 every morning, took a break for the long weekend. I went up to J.’s family’s cottage, where I read, knit, went for long walks, and sat in peace by the lake. It was a nice chance to relax before school starts to get hectic.

(Wow, I hope not everyone is thinking like this.  I promise to go to the Jazz Fest before it’s over, rain or no rain!)

First, we had dinner at Burritoville, in their new-ish digs on Bishop street, in the building that used to house Art and Tea.  I’ve always loved that building — it’s cozy, with big windows and old wood fixtures.   The food was delicious and cheap, mostly organic and locally-sourced.  I recently re-read Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, which always inspires me to watch what I eat and where it’s coming from.

We got tickets to the 3-D showing of Up, complete with nifty oversize glasses.  They were plain dark glasses, no red-blue lenses.   I cried so hard at the first few minutes of the film!  They really did a great job of conveying the characters’ lives without speech.  Fantastic.

Later, we caught the 108 home, freezing outside on a lovely July evening.  When is Montreal going to be unbearably balmy, so that we can complain about that?