The Art Deco bronze doors at the entranceway to this building originally graced the main entrance of the Toronto Star building at 80 King St. W. from 1929 to 1971. When the Star relocated, the doors were donated to the Royal Ontario Museum. In 1991, they were presented to the newly-renovated 357 Bay St. Building for public display.
T Stands For is hosted by Elizabeth and Bleubeard
August 2020 - Toronto ON
I found these lovelies last week in Yorkville. When I first googled it, I came across a similar one, I thought it was it, but there were two empty stools at the table. It was by Gillie and Marc but it resides in New York City.
Check out their awesome fabric paintings on their website. I WANT the one with cameras and the London one. 💓💓💓
This one, located on Scollard St. in Toronto, is outside a personal injury law firm.
The website states:
Toronto ON
It should be that time of year, The Ex, Canadian National Exhibition should be taking place right now.
There should be all kinds of street festivals around town.
But this pandemic has taken a bite our of all these fun outdoor festivities.
Let's hope we can get back to them next year!
I'm linking up at Monday Mural
August 2020 - Toronto ON
Yorkville, a trendy neighbourhood in the Bloor/Yonge area of Toronto, began an annual mural event last year. It took place this weekend.
This link will take you to a post with more links to last year's murals.
I went on Friday and found one of them.
MURAL UPDATE
This mural replaces last year's mural by Mr. Brainwash.
Thierry Guetta, best known by his moniker Mr. Brainwash, is a French-born, Los Angeles-based street artist. According to the 2010 Banksy-directed film Exit Through the Gift Shop, Guetta was a proprietor of a used clothing store, and amateur videographer who was first introduced to street art by his cousin, the street artist Invader, and who filmed street artists through the 2000s and became an artist in his own right in a matter of weeks after an off-hand suggestion from Banksy.
Weekend Cooking is now hosted by Marg at The Intrepid Reader!
August 2020 - Toronto ON
John got to work painting the window frames.
You can see the shutters and framing on the balcony, 1-800-GOT JUNK will pick them up this week.
Oh what the heck, let's just turn around and head down the on ramp the wrong way.
I forgot to mention last week that I bought a new paring knife because my old faithful had cracked. I had bought a couple of cheap replacements that just didn't work for me. I was in The Bay, the first time since March, and was speaking to the clerk about a replacement. In the end he also sold me a bagel/tomato knife which is quickly becoming by go to. John is still getting over the shock that two knives would cost $80.
The clerk also suggested I send a note to Henkels with a photo of my cracked knife as they are guaranteed for life, which I did. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
We dropped off a couple of laptops and the kitchen TV to Best Buy as they recycle electronics.
Friday! Where did the week go???
I headed to Yorkville.
Monday was curry chicken with leftovers for lunch.
Tuesday leftover Shepherd's pie and salad.
Wednesday and I knocked another off my 2020 cooking bucket list, mussels ✔✔✔ in a vodka tomato broth. John didn't love his mussels which is unusual, he thought they were stringy.
READING/WATCHING
I finished Autumn (Seasonal #1) by Ali Smith which I was excited to read. But it left me confused, it just wasn't coherent, but I will try the rest of the series.
I finished The Gilded Cage and let's just say revenge is sweet!
I started another Camilla Lackberg The Scent of Almonds.
The New Bohemians was a great book to browse through. Normally I physically borrow cookbooks or decor books from the library as they do not read well on a tablet or phone. But this time I downloaded it to my laptop and it was very easy to read and I could use the snipping tool to "cut out" articles.
