A hat trick or two

This past weekend was a grey and rainy one. I got a reminder of the reality of Fall and I wasn't really enthusiastic about it. What spun my mood to happier thoughts was a movie date at the Montreal Forum. This movie theatre used to be an indoor hockey arena. Opened in 1924 and closed in 1996. It was the home of the Montreal Maroons and later on the Montreal Canadians.

I like the feeling inside the building, you can sense that once upon a time a great deal of action went on here.
I'm not a fan of Hockey, I leave that to others but I do enjoy a nice piece of history.

The enthusiasm in the picture therefore originates from the atmosphere of the place, along with the the movie I saw and the company I saw it with and perhaps a little bit from the fact that I for the first time got to enjoy candy from a funny little thing like this.

You put a 25 cent in, turn the metallic handle around and out comes the candy. A very moderate amount, perfect for my diet.
The movie, me and my handsome date also known as my Dominican went to see, was "Mr Holmes". A nice little movie from the point of view of Sherlock Holmes. We both really enjoyed it.

This place, my Dominican and the fact that Sherlock Holmes wore hats, brings me back to a fine summer day when I took my handsome man for some hat shopping to a store that has been open since 1932. 

Started up by Honorius Henri and Jean-Maurice Lefebvre and still run by the family, more precisely the grandson of the latter, the shop became famous thanks to their love for sports and very much so hockey. In Quebec, when a player scores three goals in a single game, it's called "a tour du chapeau" ("hat trick"). In 1950s and 1960s Henri Henri took the habit of offering a free hat to every player who completed the hat trick at the Montreal Forum. Maurice Richard, apparently a very famous player, had a nice little collection of them. What I myself find even more interesting is that famous people such as Robert de Niro, Marlon Brando and John Travolta have shopped here. And so did I, when I decided to buy my sweet little darling a newsboy cap. 

Summer is more or less over, a more rainy and grey season is upon us and I wouldn't mind a few tricks or two to keep my hat dry and my thoughts positive. I think I will use the good old trick and flee into the great world of splendid fictional private detectives. It's an old family recipe and I will feel proud to honor it.