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Sunday, March 31, 2019
inSPIREd Sunday
Sally and Beth host inSPIREd Sunday!
March 2019 - Toronto ON
The year 1887 marked the creation of the Sacred Heart Parish, the first Roman Catholic parish to serve the French-Canadian community in Toronto. Father Philippe Lamarche, a priest from Montreal, founded the church and ministered there until his death in 1924. The first parish church, located on King Street, near Sackville Street, was purchased in 1888 from a local Presbyterian congregation.
March 2019 - Toronto ON
The year 1887 marked the creation of the Sacred Heart Parish, the first Roman Catholic parish to serve the French-Canadian community in Toronto. Father Philippe Lamarche, a priest from Montreal, founded the church and ministered there until his death in 1924. The first parish church, located on King Street, near Sackville Street, was purchased in 1888 from a local Presbyterian congregation.
Francophones have since prayed in their language at Sacré-Coeur Church. The building was designed and built as a place of worship in 1937. It was expanded in 1951 to accommodate more worshipers. The Sacred Heart Church serves as both a spiritual center and a cultural center for many French-speaking parishioners who emigrated to Toronto from Quebec, the Maritimes, Northern Ontario, and Europe and now in recent years, from Africa.
Saturday, March 30, 2019
Friday, March 29, 2019
Warm and Toasty
Saturday
Six Word Saturday Concordia Mexico
It's still not quite spring, so warm and toasty is good.
We went to a new (to us) bakery outlet, Dimpflmeier's, well-known for their German bread and pastries who now have gluten-free baked in their separate gluten-free premises.
It was packed! We'll go during the week in future. Their GF baguettes were the best we've had so far.
We had one of their baguettes for dinner with steak.
It's still not quite spring, so warm and toasty is good.
We went to a new (to us) bakery outlet, Dimpflmeier's, well-known for their German bread and pastries who now have gluten-free baked in their separate gluten-free premises.
It was packed! We'll go during the week in future. Their GF baguettes were the best we've had so far.
Sunday
Inspired Sunday Toronto ON
One Word Sunday ROW
For dinner I tried a pork tenderloin slow cooker recipe that turned out well.
Monday
Foto Tunes Mazatlan Mexico
Monday Mural Sharon's Souvenirs Okuda's new Toronto mural
Wordless
I went shopping and got a pair of sandals.
Then I did some more organizing and decluttering. There are two garbage bags for charity that John took in on Tuesday.
I then attended a Residents' Meeting at the request of a friend. But I soon left as it erupted into a shouting match.
Fish tacos were on our menu.
Tuesday
Cee's Fun Foto Challenge Roads
Tuesday Treasures Femmes Noires AGO
Dutch's Tuesday Photo Challenge ROCKS
Girls' day out shopping and we both got some good deals including a denim acket for me, after a two year hunt, and I had a $25 coupon to use against it.
For lunch we discovered a cozy corner within Pusateri's in The Bay.
Dutch's Tuesday Photo Challenge ROCKS
Girls' day out shopping and we both got some good deals including a denim acket for me, after a two year hunt, and I had a $25 coupon to use against it.
For lunch we discovered a cozy corner within Pusateri's in The Bay.
ABC Wednesday Letter L
We went for lunch at the Museum Tavern a real favourite of ours.
As always, we sit in the bar and are entertained by the bartender. We always seem to be offered something to try, and today it was sorrel syrup, delicious and used to make cocktails with rum or gin. The recipe I linked is for a more wintery drink and I would add cloves to it as they did in the sample we tried.
I opted for the buttermilk fried chicken since I had tuna yesterday.
John, as usual, had mussels and fries.
From there we had tickets for an exhibit at the ROM, Royal Ontario Museum.
Click here for a full post of the exhibit, which was excellent.
This was a gorgeous exhibit.
Mongolian slow cooker beef with cauliflower rice.
Thursday
Thursday Doors Churches of San Miguel de Allende Mexico
A Photo a Week Line Up in a Row
I headed out on a gloomy day to get some birthday gifts and got myself a purse/backpack which I thought would be good for travelling. After a day or so, I think I will return it, it isn't waterproof so it doesn't seem sensible.
I made a large shepherd's pie topped with mashed cabbage and potatoes. I've found a use for the leftover coleslaw packages that we never seem to use up once we've used it as taco toppings. The pie will also be Saturday's dinner.
Friday
Pull Up a Seat Toronto
Weekend Roundup Letter M
Weekend Reflections Durango Mexico
Wit's End Weekly Photo Challenge DECAY
Skywatch Friday Toronto ON
#SpikySquare only a few more days of March's challenge
The weather was sunny and warming up!
To kick off John's bday weekend we went out to breakfast at The Senator, the oldest restaurant in Toronto in continuous operation at the same location.
In 1929 Robert Angeloff, a Macedonian entrepreneur, converted the home to the BUSY BEE DINER. The “B”as it was known consisted of an open kitchen and dining counter and started a tradition for serving comfort food and coffee to go.
In 1938 – the year is still visible on the bottom of the large Coca-Cola sign hanging in the middle of the restaurant – brothers Luke and Vangel Eftimoff purchased the Busy Bee, which they later sold to George Nicolau; a cook with a vision.
I can see some writing on the bottom right hand corner but can't read it...
We went for lunch at the Museum Tavern a real favourite of ours.
As always, we sit in the bar and are entertained by the bartender. We always seem to be offered something to try, and today it was sorrel syrup, delicious and used to make cocktails with rum or gin. The recipe I linked is for a more wintery drink and I would add cloves to it as they did in the sample we tried.
I opted for the buttermilk fried chicken since I had tuna yesterday.
Click here for a full post of the exhibit, which was excellent.
Thursday
Thursday Doors Churches of San Miguel de Allende Mexico
A Photo a Week Line Up in a Row
I headed out on a gloomy day to get some birthday gifts and got myself a purse/backpack which I thought would be good for travelling. After a day or so, I think I will return it, it isn't waterproof so it doesn't seem sensible.
Friday
Pull Up a Seat Toronto
Weekend Roundup Letter M
Weekend Reflections Durango Mexico
Wit's End Weekly Photo Challenge DECAY
Skywatch Friday Toronto ON
#SpikySquare only a few more days of March's challenge
The weather was sunny and warming up!
To kick off John's bday weekend we went out to breakfast at The Senator, the oldest restaurant in Toronto in continuous operation at the same location.
In 1929 Robert Angeloff, a Macedonian entrepreneur, converted the home to the BUSY BEE DINER. The “B”as it was known consisted of an open kitchen and dining counter and started a tradition for serving comfort food and coffee to go.
In 1938 – the year is still visible on the bottom of the large Coca-Cola sign hanging in the middle of the restaurant – brothers Luke and Vangel Eftimoff purchased the Busy Bee, which they later sold to George Nicolau; a cook with a vision.
I can see some writing on the bottom right hand corner but can't read it...
John went for the Senator breakfast of eggs, bacon, beans, potatoes and gluten free toast. While I opted for the salmon Benedict on a homemade biscuit. Delicious.
From there we went shopping for John. HUGE billboard at Dundas Square.
He scored some deals too. In The Bay, the shoes were 25% off but 40% off if you used a Bay credit card (no, we don't have) but she took 40% off plus I had a $10 coupon that we used as well!
Not bad, we left at 9:30, went to Longo's and still made the 1 PM bus home and got plenty of steps in.
Slow cooker spare ribs for dinner and watched a really interesting movie called The Promise, a historical drama set in the final years (1914) of the Ottoman Empire.
BOOKS
I can't believe I didn't get any reading in again this week!
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Treasures of a Desert Kingdom
March 2019 - Toronto ON
Treasures of a Desert Kingdom features masterpieces drawn from the collection of the former royal family, most of which are on display outside their palace setting for the very first time. While the stunning objects highlight India’s multifaceted past, they reveal a lasting cosmopolitan culture that was sustained by a delicate balance between local and external influences, and tradition and modernity.
The Royal family of Marwar-Jodhpur is one of the longest continuous lines of royalty in the world. The objects shown are part of a vast collection that has been kept intact through the centuries and many generations. Drawn from the Mehrangarh Museum Trust and the private collections of the royal family of Jodhpur, this exhibition features family treasures that are, for the first time, seen beyond the palace walls.
The layout of the exhibition is thematic – balancing a deep historical content with the pure aesthetic pleasure of experiencing art and heritage. Themes of the exhibition include the power of art as a tool of diplomacy, the strong role of women in the royal court, ideas exchanged through arts and culture and the family’s continued role in preservation through the Mehrangarh Museum Trust.
This was one of the most gorgeous exhibits I have seen.
A palanquin is a covered vehicle without wheels that requires at least four strong people to carry it. Long ago, queens in India were commonly carried around everywhere on palanquins.
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Another name for a palanquin is a litter. The palanquins that ancient Indian and Chinese royalty used for long trips were often large enough for sleeping and dining in, and were carried by dozens of people. The English palanquin was adopted from the Portuguese palanquim, which in turn can be traced back to the Sanskrit palyanka, meaning "bed or couch."
Lavish objects used in religious ceremonies are spotted throughout the exhibition. The Cradle for Krishna, is used to celebrate the festival of Janamastami – the birth of Krisha. The gilded piece with mirrors is adorned with peacocks, elephant heads, mythical creatures and the family’s coat of arms was used for personal worship by the Royal family.
Scholars also speculate that is how a large Mughal tent came to Jodhpur. Erected in its full magnificence, it is a red and gold pavilion of cloth, miraculously preserved – or at least partially preserved. The canopy and the back are the real deal, dating to the 17th century; the sides and arched partitions are seamlessly integrated reproductions. Daggers and swords, bracelets and brooches, these hard objects can be maintained for centuries, but clothing and draperies fade and rot: the Mughal tent, the oldest example in existence, is the largest of several rare pieces of textile that are a highlight of the exhibition..
Augmented reality brings the surviving Mughal tents to life and showcases historical scenes with figures of the royal court.
Zenana literally meaning "of the women" or "pertaining to women," contextually refers to the part of a house belonging to a Hindu or Muslim family in the Indian subcontinent which is reserved for the women of the household. The Zenana are the inner apartments of a house in which the women of the family live. The outer apartments for guests and men are called the Mardana.
Rather than being the prison-like space of licentious activity popularized by European imagination, the zenana functioned as the domain of female members of the household, ranging from wives to concubines to widows, unmarried sisters and cousins, and even further distant relations which were considered dependent kin.
Physically, the zenana of the Mughal court consisted of exceptionally luxurious conditions, particularly for princesses and women associated to high-ranking figures. Because of the extreme restrictions placed on access to the women's quarters, very few reliable accounts of their description are available. Still, modern scholars evaluating court records and travelogues contemporary with the Mughal period detail the women's lodgings as offering courtyards, ponds, fountains and gardens.
Mughal women had a great deal of personal liberty, were sophisticated patrons of literature, art and architecture, owned property, ran businesses, drank alcohol and smoked hookahs.
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Chaupar/chopad is a cross and circle board game very similar to pachisi, played in India. It is believed that both games were created around the 4th century. The board is made of wool or cloth, with wooden pawns and six cowry shells to be used to determine each player's move, although others distinguish chaupur from pachisi by the use of three four-sided long dice.
Rather than being the prison-like space of licentious activity popularized by European imagination, the zenana functioned as the domain of female members of the household, ranging from wives to concubines to widows, unmarried sisters and cousins, and even further distant relations which were considered dependent kin.
Physically, the zenana of the Mughal court consisted of exceptionally luxurious conditions, particularly for princesses and women associated to high-ranking figures. Because of the extreme restrictions placed on access to the women's quarters, very few reliable accounts of their description are available. Still, modern scholars evaluating court records and travelogues contemporary with the Mughal period detail the women's lodgings as offering courtyards, ponds, fountains and gardens.
Mughal women had a great deal of personal liberty, were sophisticated patrons of literature, art and architecture, owned property, ran businesses, drank alcohol and smoked hookahs.
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Chaupar/chopad is a cross and circle board game very similar to pachisi, played in India. It is believed that both games were created around the 4th century. The board is made of wool or cloth, with wooden pawns and six cowry shells to be used to determine each player's move, although others distinguish chaupur from pachisi by the use of three four-sided long dice.
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Jewels and priceless riches are also on display including a Spice Box for Betel Nut(Suparidaan). Chewing the Betel Nut mixture (paan) had a ceremonial preparation. It was presented in a decorative tray and was considered a ritual that was taken after the meal as a “digestive aid and a sensory enhancing treat,” as described in the exhibition.
My favourite, a gold foot scrubber.
The Rathores (clan of Rajputs meaning “sons of kings”) family lineage dates back to the 8th century. The rulers considered the protection of their kingdom and subjects their primary social responsibility. Within this exhibition are portraits of many rulers dating from the 13th to the mid-20th century. Worth taking a closer look as the style of each ruler’s portrait reflects the painting style of his lifetime.
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Weapons displays.
The final stop spans an entire wall of the exhibition space. It features objects from a ceremonial wedding procession. Wedding processions have long been part of royal rituals to mark rites of passage and to allow people to participate in the celebration. In Jodhpur, royal wedding processions combined spectacle and splendour with kingly prestige and authority. In this procession, the bride is carried in a covered palanquin and brought to her new home by the Rathore groom, who would be seated on the elephant under the parasol. A large entourage comprising of nobles, attendants, and musicians would accompany the couple. Wedding processions were the ultimate symbol of strategic alliance and transcultural interaction. In journeying to Jodhpur, the bride crossed the distance between kingdoms and brought elements of her home’s religion, culture, language and traditions with her. Elements include silk flags, brass standards, pipes and drums, sunshades and parasols. The horses are draped with red velvet, and decorated with elaborate jewellery and gilded silver accessories.
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And then there is the remarkable Rolls-Royce Phantom. It is a huge thing, a hulking mass of aluminum that has been burnished rather than painted. Commissioned for the ladies of the court, it includes tinted glass windows to offer the occupants privacy – and metal screens so they could remain protected while riding in an open car. As a teaser of sorts for the main exhibition, the ROM has put the Phantom out in the museum’s lobby so any passerby can pop in from Bloor Street and take a look.
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And then there is the remarkable Rolls-Royce Phantom. It is a huge thing, a hulking mass of aluminum that has been burnished rather than painted. Commissioned for the ladies of the court, it includes tinted glass windows to offer the occupants privacy – and metal screens so they could remain protected while riding in an open car. As a teaser of sorts for the main exhibition, the ROM has put the Phantom out in the museum’s lobby so any passerby can pop in from Bloor Street and take a look.
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