Oct 17 2011
There seems to be some confusion over the whole “Occupy” event here in Toronto this week. Is it supposed to follow the U.S. version of Occupy Wall Street, in which case Occupy Bay Street would be the obvious choice? If so, then why is there also an “Occupy Toronto” camp currently stirring sleepily in St. James …
Oct 14 2011
Sometimes, things just land in your lap. A friend called last night to ask if we’d like two free tickets to go see the Gidon Kramer Trio perform tonight at the Royal Conservatory of Music. Um, hello? So, we met for breakfast this morning and the handover went without a hitch and I now have the …
Sep 24 2011
Yesterday was our fourth day in San Francisco. We’d been doing a lot of walking around the city so far, getting used to the steep streets around Nob Hill where we rented an apartment for the week. At first, we had decided that yesterday would be a day of relaxation, just to give our legs …
Sep 21 2011
Yesterday was the first day of our vacation in San Francisco. We landed just after noon and made our way on foot to Nob Hill (after a gruelling walk up the hill with luggage and backpacks!), one of the many neighbourhoods in this pretty city and where we had rented a furnished apartment for the …
Aug 01 2011
It was another hot day in Toronto today. El Franco and I went out on our bikes to donate some no-longer-needed books to a local library branch and soon realized the temperature wasn’t exactly conducive to cycling around the city streets, which is what we’d originally intended to do. The heat was sultry with barely …
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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