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April 2024 - Toronto ON

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Our usual lazy weekend, The Masters occupied most of John's time. While I binged on Great British Bake Off Season 14.

John got the balcony set up for spring/summer as the spider guys are coming this week.

Monday's mural was from Las Vegas.

I went to get a hair cut and then popped into Winners, Shoe Company (nope, they didn't have our Sketchers) and gasp! I saw Cleo's boarded up, but they had moved a few doors into the old Reitman's, a smaller footprint.

My Sketchers.

It was an interesting morning, all kinds of sirens on Gardiner as I was on the bus, then the bomb squad and ambulance outside Union as I walked by.

John went golfing.

Spiderman in lobby.

Union Station banners for the RCAF (Royal Canadian Air Force) Centennial. 

Bomb squad and ambulance outside.

Walking through Brookfield Place.

As I walk into Longo's (local grocery chain) around noon the fire alarm is going but everyone is going about their business. I get the ground beef I wanted for dinner and then spotted hams, so I grabbed one of those. Now the building security is announcing that the fire department is on its way and the store is saying everyone must leave. As we left we were directed to the exit by the Arena as he said "there is an active fire above us".

As we leave the fire fighters are entering.

Outside we can see and smell the smoke as the sirens blare.

BTW this building houses underground parking, Longo's on lower level, main level is a sports store, TD Bank, two restaurants and LCBO. There is also an escalator to take you to the PATH which will take you into the ScotiaBank Arena, Union Station and connects to many other high rises.

Le Germain Hotel has 167 rooms, then there are offices and condos. The building has 44 floors.

The entire street is closed off as glass had fallen onto the sidewalk.

Click here for the news story.

I decided to head home and found a new plaque outside Union Station, RCAF Colours.
In military terms, the word “Colours” usually refers to consecrated ceremonial flags carried by certain Canadian Armed Forces combatant formations and units. These unique flags are a unit’s most prized possession. On September 1, 2017, the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) received new Colours, retiring their former Colours, which were presented in 1982 and reflected the Air Force’s previous identity as Air Command. Honouring the relationship between the RCAF and the Toronto Maple Leafs, on February 10, 2018, in a ceremony held before a hockey match between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Ottawa Senators, the RCAF entrusted their retired Colours to the guardianship of the Toronto Maple Leafs.

I NEED these shoes in 💚colour!

Getting home took 45 minutes since York was closed due to fire and everyone had to take Bremner to get on the Gardiner at Spadina.

Oh and they have closed a lane east and west bound on the Gardiner for three 3 tres years!!!

I collected our tax documents for the accountant which resulted in a ton of papers for shredding, after I had John look through them, in case he wanted to keep any of them (1 golf club, putter invoice).

So Tuesday I went back for my groceries, due to the lane closures the bus was running ten minutes behind.

John took the car to get the snow tires removed.

Wednesday was wet and dull. John scanned the tax documents to the accountant.

I worked on some blogs and organizing our vacation photos.

I created a post showing some t-shirts at the M&M store in Las Vegas.

Thursday I just did a Longo run and ended up with an invite to Ladies Tea by a woman in the building that I chatted with on the bus.

Friday was another wet rainy morning so John did a grocery run. I decided not to go out and we agreed on a movie afternoon. The sun them came out...

Popcorn and movies.

COOKING

Saturday roast pork and potatoes, honey buttered carrots

Sunday sweet and sour pork with fridge leftovers

Monday bacon and mushroom (lingering in fridge) Alfredo. John's original request and then I had to abandon my groceries due to fire.

Tuesday ham, mashed potatoes and Brussel sprouts. $16 ham made 3X2 dinners and made 7X2 lunches, making my favourite ham salad. John also had some for lunch with a fried egg. I also will make a quiche on the weekend that served us 2X2 dinners and 1X2 lunch. And the bone is in the freezer for soup!

Wednesday hamburger patties mashed potatoes and beans

Thursday ham, mashed potatoes and Brussel sprouts

Friday steak frites

WATCHING

MOVIE AFTERNOON RENTALS

The Beekeeper - 2024 Adam Clay is a beekeeper, but someone very important to him is scammed and driven to harm. However, what these power and money hungry scammers don't know, is that Clay is an agent in a classified program called Beekeepers, and they underestimate how much of a threat he is. Adam sets out on a quest of vengeance, where he hunts and kills those responsible for the incident.

Fun, spoofy movie.

The Gentlemen 2019 A talented American graduate of Oxford, using his unique skills, and audacity, creates a marijuana empire using the estates of impoverished British aristocrats. However, when he tries to sell his empire to a fellow American billionaire, a chain of events unfolds, involving blackmail, deception, mayhem and murder between street thugs, Russian oligarchs, Triad gangsters and gutter journalists.

This was such a fun, entertaining action comedy film.

OTHER

Surrounded is a 2023 western drama film. Former Buffalo Soldier Mo Washington travels West to lay claim on a gold mine. After her stagecoach is ambushed, Mo is tasked with holding a dangerous outlaw captive and must survive the day when the bandit's gang tries to free him.

Spencer 2021 Diana Spencer, struggling with mental-health problems during her Christmas holidays with the Royal Family at their Sandringham estate in Norfolk, England, decides to end her decade-long marriage to Prince Charles.

As the New York Times stated:

“Spencer” is a Christmas movie, in which a big, dysfunctional family gathers at the holiday to feast, exchange gifts and engage in peculiar traditions meant to provide “a bit of fun.”
“Spencer” is a horror movie about a fragile woman held captive in a spooky mansion, tormented by sadistic monsters and their treacherous minions.
“Spencer” is a psychological thriller about a powerful, unaccountable authoritarian cabal conspiring to crush the spirit of an independent-minded rebel.

Jackie 2016 Following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy fights through grief and trauma to regain her faith, console her children, and define her husband's historic legacy.

Parish 2023 series season 1 - Follows a taxi driver whose life is turned upside down when he agrees to pick-up a Zimbabwean gangster mostly known for exploiting undocumented immigrants at the U.S. southern ports.

Caught In His Web 2022 Three girls are tormented by a mysterious cyberbully by the name "Blake" who makes them send nude photos, harasses them and tracks their every move, so they decide to seek help from a detective to unmask their harasser.

Score: A Hockey Musical a cheesy, satire of musicals, but it was fun to watch.

A young hockey player goes from an unknown to a star in a very short time (John McDermott, Noah Reid, Hawksley Workman, Dave Bidini).

I am still working my way through The Tudors.

READING

I finished The Swimming Pool, a bit predictable and like watching a train wreck, I had to finish it. BUT the ending surprised me!

I finished Past Lying and I am enjoyed it, set in Edinburgh during the lockdown. There was a point though, that I figured out the plot.