Walking home last night after work, I tried to stay on the sunny side of the street as much as possible. Even though the weather is warming up, there’s still a chill in the air and keeping in the sun makes for a more pleasant stroll through the city. My mobile sunbathing technique took me …
Monthly Archive: April 2010
Apr 21 2010
Front and Frederick Streets
I saw a new water feature on the way to work this morning, and it wasn’t the latest installation at the Toronto Sculpture Garden. Walking along Front Street approaching Frederick, I saw that the whole intersection there had been cordoned off. City Hydro workers were milling around, taking stock of whatever was happening in the …
Apr 19 2010
Mildred's Temple Kitchen
I went to Mildred’s Temple Kitchen in Liberty Village for brunch with friends this Sunday. It was my first visit to this relatively new venue; I’d never been to Donna Dooher’s and Kevin Gallagher’s other restaurant Mildred Pierce before, and so I can’t compare the two. What I can say is that MTK is a …
Apr 15 2010
The Secret Photographer
“Do you mind if I sit here?” I asked an older, portly gentleman at lunchtime today, as I approached his table in the dining area downstairs in the St. Lawrence Market. “Of course not,” he replied as he sat alone eating his own lunch, wearing an over-sized jacket so not in keeping with the warm …
Apr 15 2010
Free Starbucks coffee
As part of an awareness-raising campaign, Starbucks is offering free coffee to anyone with a resusable travel mug today, April 15. The intent is to persuade people to make the move away from paper cups to using resusable mugs instead, and it’s a one-day offer only. So grab your mug, get outside, and hit the …
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I was born in England, spent part of my childhood in Zambia and eventually immigrated to Canada. This is a blog about the news and events in my life, my interests in politics, religion, human rights, science, reason, and the odd post here and there about my cats.
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