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Old School Coffee on Dundas West Toronto ON

Another quiet week.

Saturday was a dull grey which suited us fine, nowhere to go!

I got a notification to book my flu shot, done.

Monday John headed out for his flu shot at FCP. 

I went on Tuesday for my flu shot at 120 Adelaide after a haircut and some shopping.

I picked up sushi for lunch. I have never had such a sore arm from a shot, ever!

 I even iced it a couple of times.

Traffic backing up as we exit the Gardiner, gloomy day.

Wednesday we were awakened by the fire alarm. Oh joy! The trucks showed up and it was determined that the smoke alarm on the ground floor was triggered by construction dust from some renovations they were doing. Wonder who pays for the fire department??

John had an appointment (new hearing aids $6,000!!!) and then we made popcorn and watched a movie.

Out our window.

We were both notified to book our covid booster - done for next week.

Thursday I met my BFF for lunch, our first since we went to Newfoundland and Labrador. Lots to catch up on. We are still trying to find a new "local", so we went to WVRST in Union Station. John and I had been to their King St. location a few years ago. It is kind of a weird setup, you order and pay for drinks at the bar, then go and order and pay for your food at the back. But we had a booth and it meant we could sit as long as we wanted.

We both had (after many mind changes) their small charcuterie boards.

Sitting in traffic on the way home.

Sunset - the ropes are for the window cleaning.

The cleaning lady cancelled on Wednesday as her babysitter was doing her citizenship ceremony and then on Friday as the baby had bronchitis, poor thing. 

We took the bus down to Longo's to get some groceries. 

Then John went for a walk around the lake.

COOKING

Saturday ham, au gratin cauliflower and potatoes

Sunday leftovers with Brussels sprouts

Monday curry chicken

Tuesday BBQ chicken quarters, roast potatoes and tomatoes, broccoli

Wednesday pot roast

Thursday homemade pizza - frozen from from last order. John said his was harder than usual. I am making notes here for next time. Oven - 480, John's (GF) on bottom rack, 20 minutes. Mine was great.

Friday steak frites, I also made chimichurri and a dipping sauce for the fries. 

WATCHING

I watched Longford as I embroidered.
Longford is a 2006 British biographical crime drama television film. The film centres on Labour Party peer Lord Longford and his campaign for the parole of Moors Murderer Myra Hindley.

I didn't know anything about Hindley so I looked her up.

Luckiest Girl Alive - meh. It was easy to pick out the Toronto filming locations.

We watched Blonde as we had listened to the reviews in CBC radio while travelling.

Blonde is a 2022 American biographical film written and directed by Andrew Dominik, based on the 2000 novel of the same name by Joyce Carol Oates. The film is a fictionalized take on the life and career of American actress Marilyn Monroe, played by Ana de Armas. The cast also includes Adrien Brody, Bobby Cannavale, Xavier Samuel, and Julianne Nicholson.

We disliked it intensely. This review sums it up.

“Blonde” abuses and exploits Marilyn Monroe all over again, the way so many men did over the cultural icon’s tragic, too-short life. Maybe that’s the point, but it creates a maddening paradox: condemning the cruelty the superstar endured until her death at 36 while also reveling in it.

We binge watched Dahmer - not for the faint-hearted. You have to also realize some artistic license went into producing this.

Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story is an American limited biographical crime drama television series.  The series is about the life of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer.

We also started the series, A Friend of the Family an American drama miniseries. Based on true events, it follows Robert Berchtold, a close friend of the Broberg family, who kidnaps Jan Broberg twice over a period of two years. It is based on a book written by Jan Broberg, who also does the intro to the series.

I'll admit, we both (with our 2022 knowledge) did think these people are very naïve/in denial and innocent/willfully ignorant.

Elvis - loved it, although you do have to suspend belief in many cases, it was just pure entertainment! It is listed as a biographical musical drama film.

The film's costume and production designs as well as musical sequences were fabulous.
Austin Butler is amazing! Tom Hanks is amazing.

I like this review.

Yes, it does have some bad reviews, but I don't care.

It made John and I look up where the "International" was originally in Las Vegas as we knew we had visited it. Here's a photo from inside the LVH, formally a Hilton.

READING

I tried to read Robert Goddard's Long Time Coming. Then I tried The Second Mrs. Astor, I mean, it's about the Titanic! Nope, couldn't finish it either.

Twenty Years Later caught  my interest I loved it and didn't see the ending coming!!! Loved it. I always wondered if this could happen, after 9/11. *SPOILER ALERT* could someone have faked their death in the building and walked away to a new life?

I changed the font colour to white to not show the spoiler... I talked so much about it that John borrowed it from the library.

I started another by the same author The Suicide House, so far so good. However it takes place before Twenty Years Later.