Linking up with Marg at The Intrepid Reader
We had our usual stay at home, relaxing weekend.
Monday we were up early as John headed out at 8:15 to golf. On his way back he picked up our Butcher Shoppe order.
I did chores and then caught the 10:30 and then the subway to College Park, but decided to get off at Dundas to check out that Winners and then walked up Yonge St. to stop at the bank for some cash.
Interesting colours.
One of Toronto Metropolitan University's (formerly Ryerson) buildings.
After standing as empty shells for years, the preserved facades of the Gerrard Building at 385-391 Yonge, the Richard S. Williams Block at 363-365 Yonge, 367 Yonge, and the former Yonge Street Mission building are now being prepped for integration into the new construction behind.
Construction of the 85-storey Concord Sky development now rises above street level at the southeast corner of Yonge and Gerrard.
I wandered around College Park and then went to Farm Boy for gluten free hamburger buns.
I picked up a couple of items at the $ Store, there was a long line for one cashier, and half the self scan kiosks were out of order! I finally got a self scan, and one item wouldn't scan, so an attendant came over and it wouldn't scan for her, so I said forget and left my items there! So annoying!
Tuesday we decided to go to Harbourfront, first time this year!! We hadn't been inside the Queen Quay Terminal building in a long time and it has been updated, so it is much brighter.
Labatt's have their head office upstairs. Labatt Brewing Company Limited (French: La Brasserie Labatt Limitée) is a Anheuser-Busch InBev-owned brewery headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1847, Labatt is the largest brewer in Canada.
Click on the photos to get larger views of the posters.
I see our legs reflected!
I wanted to eat at Pearl but they didn't have any gluten free options other than rice.
The new sculpture, A Place to Put Your Things, is a departure from previous works in this series and is the artist’s first public artwork. As Sandra Brewster describes it, the piece invites participants to “a place to rest and be at peace, to unburden oneself, and simply sway at one’s own pace and rhythm. Play being a central element of the work, the sculpture connects to an inner child and can be engaged by children and adults alike.” Facing Lake Ontario, the swing gives new purpose to the location in which it is installed, and its movements can be felt from both near and far.
Fria cerveza is brewed with flaked corn.
Walking by Love Park, more photos here.
Wednesday I headed out to go to Burlington to meet my BFF for lunch. Waiting for the train. Me, not him.
Under the graduated fine structure:
First time offenders will be issued a $35 fine, reduced from $100 to add a middle ground between warnings and large fines
Second offences, the fine will be $50
Third offences, a $100 fine will be issued
Passengers with four or more offences would be automatically served a Provincial Offence Notice, with a set fine of $200.
The street was a pink parade of flouncy skirts and tutus, fluffy pink feathered cowboy hats and lots of sequins and tassels.
Thursday and we had plans for a day trip, but we got lazy and decided to put it off to next week, we a better agenda. It is better to do it early in the week, rather than leading into a weekend.
However, we got a bunch of things done. John went to Costco, while he was out, I cleaned out the fridge (to make room), put on a pot of soup (frozen veg and fridge cleanout). He picked up a rotisserie chicken for lunch/dinner and then I put the carcass into the soup pot as well.
We put all the Costco stuff away. I divided up the parmesan cheese to freeze two portions.
I also froze half of the bread.
I also took the cherries that were getting wrinkly and cut them up to freeze for future baking.
Friday and we were up early as John was golfing at Turtle Creek. He made a chicken sandwich for his lunch (he has an insulated bag for it) and headed out at 9:30.
I cleaned up and watered plants before heading out at noon.
New opening in Union.
My plan was to do to Dundas and see a new opening at the Eaton Centre. I paid my fare and went down to the platform, where there were transit employees directing people to other options as the trains were turning back at King (the next stop) due to "a trespasser on the tracks". What to do?
I could walk, wait for a shuttle bus (hell would freeze over before one of those arrived!).
Instead I just went to Longo's to pick up some stuff.
Click here for TTC fines, it is a funny list of infractions.
Unauthorized crossing or entering upon subway tracks set fine - $345 total payable - $425
I found a Canadian version of Wordle to play, Canuckle, when you complete the board it gives you interesting Canadian trivia.
COOKING
Saturday sticky pork belly bites with salad. Note: would be good with pineapple
Sunday lamb curry and naan bread
Monday burgers
Tuesday corn and bread
Wednesday wieners and beans
Thursday rotisserie chicken Alfredo (finished the piece of baguette with garlic butter)
Friday steak with foil potatoes (onions and green peppers)
WATCHING
Transplant is a Canadian medical drama television series (4 seasons). The series centres on Bashir "Bash" Hamed, a doctor from Syria who comes to Canada as a refugee during the Syrian Civil War, and is rebuilding his career as a medical resident in the emergency department at the fictional York Memorial Hospital in Toronto. Click here for an interesting article about the show and being an immigrant in Canada.
READING
The Last Girl was a good read, I like Jane Casey's works.
Dear Wife turned out to be a really good read as I slowly figured out what was happening. Not the best writing, but I was intrigued about her detailed plans for disappearing. I also learned a few things about being cyber-traced!
The Most Fun We Ever Had was a good solid 500+ page family saga. A little too wordy, but I forgive that.
That looks like a great place to put a swing. I like the idea behind the sculpture.
ReplyDeleteIt's too bad Squire's Gastropub didn't work out. The pastry looks great.
Thanks for sharing your photos, I enjoy them! I've only been to one Gastropub, I wasn't a big fan. I like different and those shoes are different.
ReplyDeleteI looked to see what the fine is for fare jumping on our buses and trains in L.A. $250
ReplyDeleteAre your trains clean? Do they have cloth seats or plastic seats? Do you have problems with homeless sleeping across a row of seats? What about problems with people who have drug or mental health issues? It's pretty scary, as a woman, riding our trains and buses alone. So many scary people. I wish we had LAPD riding in every train car with us. The worst thing I ever saw on a train was a guy in a hospital gown and he was all bloody and bandaged up and begging for money for cancer treatments. Recently a woman was stabbed to death near the Universal City Station , which is my station.
Oh we have our fair share of homeless sleeping on the subway, sometimes the smell will make me gag! We're much like any large city around the world with homelessness. We have cloth seats so you always check. I don't feel unsafe riding alone.
DeleteWe have our stabbings too.
It's life in a big city, but it is getting scarier.