TRAVEL
Mazatlan - Mexico City - Toronto
RESTAURANTS
MEXICO
Via Condotti full English breakfast
Pancho's John - best fajitas
Mary's best burgers in town weekly!
Freeman Hotel drinks before HELP
El Quelite breakfasts
La Martina Noria breakfasts
La Martina Noria breakfasts
Casa Canobbio dinner
Torres Mazatlan lunches
Fish Market lunches
El Seis NEW breakfast - won't be back
Chelio's lunches
El Portal San Juan NEW 2 breakfast
Morena Taste of India DISAPPOINTMENT
Water's Edge prime rib
DIJON
Check list for dining in Dijon:
✅Begin with a kir
✅Borgogne wine with dinner
✅Eggs en Meurette is a classic Burgundian dish of poached eggs in a rich and flavorful red wine sauce.
✅Snails
✅Beef bourguignon
✅Cheese plate for dessert.
Beaune
We were so cold we had brandies with our omlets.
French Riviera Juan des Pins
Carcassone
Lunch in the sunshine
John's sausage and fries and my cassoulet with goat cheese on toast.
Here is a recipe for cassoulet, which is basically pork sausage, duck leg and beans. Another ✅
Bordeaux
Countryside Dinner
TORONTO
Libretto pizza many times King St location is our favourite
Champagne NEW The Bay
AGO Members' Lounge lunches
The Senator - great breakfast spot
The Fortunate Fox pub NEW on Bloor W
Museum Tavern a favourite
Burger Priest many times but the GF bun is not as good as it once was.
Burgernator GF bun is better than Burger Priest.
August 8 NEW and quickly became a favourite
Pure Spirits - won't be back!
Luna NEW
Flo's Diner NEW
Holy Chuck GF burgers Yonge St NEW
The Dirty Bird Kensington Market NEW
Gaberdine Bay St. NEW but now closed
Boxcar Social at Harbourfront nothing special NEW
Nish Dish on Bloor West NEW
Barcelona Tavern Liberty Village always good
Good Fork perfect brunch spot on Dundas West NEW
Bogeda on Baldwin St. NEW
Factory Girl on Danforth NEW meh not bad but not memorable
Madrina Distillery District NEW never again.
Bar Hop Danforth - never again
Artisan Pizza In Burlington John tried with a friend, gluten free available
O and B Front St. - always a favourite
Dundas West was our first introduction to exotic ice cream.
On Dundas West
Queen St. West
Here is a video from probably the most interesting! This was on Baldwin St. steps from the AGO but a new neighbourhood for us.
The there was the POOP CAFE! On Bloor St. West
Vegan ice cream on Queen West.
Yonge St,
Japanese on College St.
Sharing with Suzanne at Garbardine's on Bay.
Harbord St.
EUROPE 2019
I'll only cover the memorable meals.FRANCE
PARIS
DIJON
Check list for dining in Dijon:
✅Begin with a kir
✅Borgogne wine with dinner
✅Eggs en Meurette is a classic Burgundian dish of poached eggs in a rich and flavorful red wine sauce.
✅Snails
✅Beef bourguignon
✅Cheese plate for dessert.
Beaune
We were so cold we had brandies with our omlets.
French Riviera Juan des Pins
Carcassone
Lunch in the sunshine
John's sausage and fries and my cassoulet with goat cheese on toast.
Here is a recipe for cassoulet, which is basically pork sausage, duck leg and beans. Another ✅
Bordeaux
Countryside Dinner
TORONTO
Libretto pizza many times King St location is our favourite
Champagne NEW The Bay
AGO Members' Lounge lunches
The Senator - great breakfast spot
The Fortunate Fox pub NEW on Bloor W
Museum Tavern a favourite
Burger Priest many times but the GF bun is not as good as it once was.
Burgernator GF bun is better than Burger Priest.
August 8 NEW and quickly became a favourite
Pure Spirits - won't be back!
Luna NEW
Flo's Diner NEW
Holy Chuck GF burgers Yonge St NEW
The Dirty Bird Kensington Market NEW
Gaberdine Bay St. NEW but now closed
Boxcar Social at Harbourfront nothing special NEW
Nish Dish on Bloor West NEW
Barcelona Tavern Liberty Village always good
Good Fork perfect brunch spot on Dundas West NEW
Bogeda on Baldwin St. NEW
Factory Girl on Danforth NEW meh not bad but not memorable
Madrina Distillery District NEW never again.
Bar Hop Danforth - never again
Artisan Pizza In Burlington John tried with a friend, gluten free available
O and B Front St. - always a favourite
ICE CREAM
This summer was definitely the summer of ice cream! We tried many places and discovered such interesting ice cream styles from around the world.Dundas West was our first introduction to exotic ice cream.
On Dundas West
Queen St. West
Here is a video from probably the most interesting! This was on Baldwin St. steps from the AGO but a new neighbourhood for us.
The there was the POOP CAFE! On Bloor St. West
Vegan ice cream on Queen West.
Yonge St,
Japanese on College St.
Sharing with Suzanne at Garbardine's on Bay.
Harbord St.
Chinatown - gigantic macaron ice cream sandwich.
In Stratford for the weekend.
Trinity Bellwoods - Nadege
John - Canadian Gourmet - maple, nuts and chocolate brittle
Mine - lemon cheesecake, not very lemony but lots of cheese chunks
Average.
Samples from Nani's - carrot and cream and sweet potato, both delicious.
He is top of our list for next summer!
THEATRE
MAZATLAN
TORONTO
Sting's The Last Ship Princess of Wales
Waitress Ed Mirvish
The Girl From the North Country Royal Alex
Waitress Ed Mirvish
The Girl From the North Country Royal Alex
Soulpepper
STRATFORD ON
MUSEUMS
TORONTO
AGO
Impressionism
Mickalene Thomas
Kusama Infinity permanent room for AGO
Early Reubens
Textile Museum
Beads
Torah
Bata Shoe Museum Gold and Depression
ROM
Treasures of a Desert Kingdom
It's Alive!
Bloodsuckers
St. Lawrence Market Gallery
Toronto Brews
Toronto Through the Eyes of Women Artists
Museum of Illusions
Pop-Ups
Mirrors
Candy
AGO
Impressionism
Mickalene Thomas
Kusama Infinity permanent room for AGO
Early Reubens
Textile Museum
Beads
Torah
Bata Shoe Museum Gold and Depression
ROM
Treasures of a Desert Kingdom
It's Alive!
Bloodsuckers
St. Lawrence Market Gallery
Toronto Brews
Toronto Through the Eyes of Women Artists
Museum of Illusions
Pop-Ups
Mirrors
Candy
Courses Taken
Jackie European Painting from Leonardo to Rembrandt to Goya
Age of Cathedrals
BLOG
Paris in July hosted by Thyme for Tea mentioned my post on macarons.
I wanted to call out Jackie, who recently visited France and tried Macarons for the first time! What a treat Jackie.
Jackie European Painting from Leonardo to Rembrandt to Goya
Age of Cathedrals
BLOG
Paris in July hosted by Thyme for Tea mentioned my post on macarons.
I wanted to call out Jackie, who recently visited France and tried Macarons for the first time! What a treat Jackie.
JANUARY
We brought in the new year in Mazatlan Mexico very quietly, just the two of us at Marina El Cid.
Lots of palapa time as the weather was mainly sunny and hot without much humidity although windy at times.
We tried several new restaurants El Seis for breakfast and didn't like it other than their coffee.
We did find, by accident, a family owned tiny breakfast spot that we fell in love with, Portal de San Juan.
Had a good English breakfast at Via Condotti, burgers at Mary's, tried Costa Marinara on the beach, had several (a lot) of lunches poolside at Torres, went to dinner with Bill and Carol at Casa Canobbio, drinks at the Freeman before seeing Help a Beatles tribute band at the theatre. We were excited that the Indian restaurant had reopened, but were really disappointed with our meal.
Had beers at a beach palapa (new) below the Malecon, a hotel on the Malecon.
Tried mescal at Onilikan on Gaviotas.
Bought steaks at the market and then discovered that the steaks from the butcher at Soriana's at the best!
Spent a morning at El Quelite with Bill and Carol. Click here for Carol's blog.
We wandered around various parts of town, went to the Art Museum, Tippy Toes, the Aquarium and saw the baseball stadium, Gaviotas, walked (street) to Cerritos, along the Malecon where we discovered the brand new mural.
We forgot about Art Walk in January and didn't go in February, so it is a must for March. Well, that didn't happen. Art Walk should have been March 1 but since that was in the middle of Carnaval it was moved to March 8, the day we flew home.
Mazatlan Murals
Name That Tune (January edition)
January Challenges
New Year Appetizer
New Header - John's photo.
Soup of the Day
WOW what a nice surprise as I went to link up at Jayne's Monday Morning Blog Club.
We saw Help the Beatles tribute band after drinks at the Freeman.
Fast Food
A trip to El Quelite.
We moved to Torres Mazatlan.
Market Fresh
January 26
A mention in the Lens Artists Challenge
Noche El Pescador
We moved to Building C, a much nicer building in our opinion.
FEBRUARY
The month started with Super Bowl Sunday. YAWN!!!
We tried a new breakfast/lunch spot, La Antigua and it was fantastic.
Did some cosmetic maintenance with haircuts and pedicures.
Carnaval preparations were in full swing and we tracked them all down.
This one was at Plaza Machado.
Valentine's Day
Drinks, Anyone?
New blog header
Pesca
Happy Hour
February Foto Tunes
February Reflections
Marion Lorraine Claus Hearns March 13 1924 March 1 2019 (age 94)
Passed away peacefully with her family by her side on Friday, March 1, 2019 at the Trenton Memorial Hospital. Loving wife of the late Eldon Hearns. Daughter of the late Stafford and Ada Claus. Loving mom of Larry, Marilyn Brant (the late Jack), Garnet (Pat), Karen Vintinner (Blair) and Debera Howard (Paul). Predeceased by her daughter Janice Gordon (Reg) and her babies Robin Elizabeth and Ronald John. Cherished grandmother to all of her grandchildren and great grandchildren. Predeceased by her sibling Leroy, Ivan, Donald, Grace, Shirley, Vernon, Stafford and Mitchell. Marion will always be remembered by her many nieces and nephews. Family and Friends will be received at McGlade Funeral Home on Monday, March 4, 2019 between the hours of 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. Funeral Service will be held in Christ Church, TMT on Tuesday, March 5, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. Interment to follow in Deseronto Cemetery. For those who wish, memorial donations may be made to All Saints Church or the Deseronto Library in memory of Marion.
Febrero loco, Marzo un poco. Crazy weather in February and a little bit in March.
We happened upon the Carnaval floats. What a riot of colour!!
We had our last outing with Bill and Carol, it was a rough winter for them, between the construction taking place behind them and Bill's surgery we haven't seen as much of them as we usually do.
Click here to read about the construction.
A little blurry, in the back of Willie.
The rest of the week was taken up by manicures, pedicures, hair cuts and shopping for a couple of souvenirs for friends.
King David picked us up for our ride to the airport and we were on the 11 AM flight to Mexico City where we had a layover of about three hours which we spent in American Express lounge.
We landed in Toronto and were through customs and had our luggage within 45 minutes, a far cry from last November. Into a limo and home sweet home.
The first week home was just spent getting back into our routine and cooking some of our favourite meals we had missed. Espresso
I had an email request, which I granted, to use a photo of ours in an article.
I had bought tickets online for the Impressionism exhibit at the AGO for March 15, not realizing it was spring break!
We also stopped into the Mickalene Thomas exhibit as it was closing soon. We had first seen her work in Boca Raton FL a couple of years ago so I was excited to see more of her pieces.
Week 3 of March, Muy Buena Pizza, our second week home saw a mixed bag of weather. We had some snow, then the first day of spring was magnificent that begged for an outing after John finally had his first pizza of 2019.
We wanted to find a new mural done by the Spanish muralist, Okuda.
We found a new gluten-free bakery option, Dimpflmeir's and it's close to home.
Such a gorgeous day, we stopped into Allan Gardens for a gander at their spring display.
A new, to us, Martindale mural, considered to be the tallest mural in the world. I'm not sure about that.
We finished the week on a really cold night at the Princess of Wales seeing Sting in his own play, The Last Ship, which we both really enjoyed.
The last week of March, Warm and Toasty, saw me do some shopping with K and got some tops and a denim jacket.
It was also John's birthday week, so mussels at the Museum Tavern were on order before going to the ROM to see Treasures of a Desert Kingdom.
Friday we had breakfast out and then shopped for him, shoes and a denim jacket as well.
John's (and mine) birthday meals before the actual day.
Mug Shot and we woke to snow on the ground for John's birthday. We didn't go anywhere exciting this week but did upgrade our phones and saw some interesting movies.
We also spent a lot of time planning our May vacation.
And in preparation for our trip I went back and revisited
Our first trip to Paris in 1992.
Our first trip to Rome in 2004.
Our first trip to Florence in 2004.
Butter Me Up a quiet week that also had some snow.
New Treats and we went to see Hotel Mumbai. Raptor fever took over the city.
The weather finally started to warm up.
It's Coffee Time
We had advance tickets to the new permanent Kusama Infinity Room.
Then we found the laneway murals on Dundas West.
I went to the Bata Shoe Museum.
We spent the last few days of April in Paris!
Apr 27 - 28 Paris
Apr 29
Apr 30 and we went to see Atelier des Lumieres, a highlight of our trip for me.
We fell in love with macarons!!
This was our plan for the next month. Click here for our detailed plan.
And we both agreed it was one of our really great trips!!
Did some cosmetic maintenance with haircuts and pedicures.
Carnaval preparations were in full swing and we tracked them all down.
This one was at Plaza Machado.
Valentine's Day
Drinks, Anyone?
New blog header
Pesca
Happy Hour
February Foto Tunes
February Reflections
MARCH
Marion Lorraine Claus Hearns March 13 1924 March 1 2019 (age 94)
Passed away peacefully with her family by her side on Friday, March 1, 2019 at the Trenton Memorial Hospital. Loving wife of the late Eldon Hearns. Daughter of the late Stafford and Ada Claus. Loving mom of Larry, Marilyn Brant (the late Jack), Garnet (Pat), Karen Vintinner (Blair) and Debera Howard (Paul). Predeceased by her daughter Janice Gordon (Reg) and her babies Robin Elizabeth and Ronald John. Cherished grandmother to all of her grandchildren and great grandchildren. Predeceased by her sibling Leroy, Ivan, Donald, Grace, Shirley, Vernon, Stafford and Mitchell. Marion will always be remembered by her many nieces and nephews. Family and Friends will be received at McGlade Funeral Home on Monday, March 4, 2019 between the hours of 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. Funeral Service will be held in Christ Church, TMT on Tuesday, March 5, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. Interment to follow in Deseronto Cemetery. For those who wish, memorial donations may be made to All Saints Church or the Deseronto Library in memory of Marion.
March was #SpikySquare daily challenge. Click on the hashtag to see the full 31 posts.
Our last week in Mazatlan Menu del Dia.
Our last week in Mazatlan Menu del Dia.
Febrero loco, Marzo un poco. Crazy weather in February and a little bit in March.
We happened upon the Carnaval floats. What a riot of colour!!
We had our last outing with Bill and Carol, it was a rough winter for them, between the construction taking place behind them and Bill's surgery we haven't seen as much of them as we usually do.
Click here to read about the construction.
A little blurry, in the back of Willie.
The rest of the week was taken up by manicures, pedicures, hair cuts and shopping for a couple of souvenirs for friends.
King David picked us up for our ride to the airport and we were on the 11 AM flight to Mexico City where we had a layover of about three hours which we spent in American Express lounge.
We landed in Toronto and were through customs and had our luggage within 45 minutes, a far cry from last November. Into a limo and home sweet home.
The first week home was just spent getting back into our routine and cooking some of our favourite meals we had missed. Espresso
I had an email request, which I granted, to use a photo of ours in an article.
I had bought tickets online for the Impressionism exhibit at the AGO for March 15, not realizing it was spring break!
We also stopped into the Mickalene Thomas exhibit as it was closing soon. We had first seen her work in Boca Raton FL a couple of years ago so I was excited to see more of her pieces.
Week 3 of March, Muy Buena Pizza, our second week home saw a mixed bag of weather. We had some snow, then the first day of spring was magnificent that begged for an outing after John finally had his first pizza of 2019.
We wanted to find a new mural done by the Spanish muralist, Okuda.
We found a new gluten-free bakery option, Dimpflmeir's and it's close to home.
Such a gorgeous day, we stopped into Allan Gardens for a gander at their spring display.
A new, to us, Martindale mural, considered to be the tallest mural in the world. I'm not sure about that.
We spent a lot of time almost finalizing our May travels to France, Rome and Florence, Barcelona and home.
We finished the week on a really cold night at the Princess of Wales seeing Sting in his own play, The Last Ship, which we both really enjoyed.
The last week of March, Warm and Toasty, saw me do some shopping with K and got some tops and a denim jacket.
It was also John's birthday week, so mussels at the Museum Tavern were on order before going to the ROM to see Treasures of a Desert Kingdom.
Friday we had breakfast out and then shopped for him, shoes and a denim jacket as well.
John's (and mine) birthday meals before the actual day.
APRIL
We also spent a lot of time planning our May vacation.
And in preparation for our trip I went back and revisited
Our first trip to Paris in 1992.
Our first trip to Rome in 2004.
Our first trip to Florence in 2004.
Butter Me Up a quiet week that also had some snow.
New Treats and we went to see Hotel Mumbai. Raptor fever took over the city.
The weather finally started to warm up.
We had advance tickets to the new permanent Kusama Infinity Room.
Then we found the laneway murals on Dundas West.
I went to the Bata Shoe Museum.
We spent the last few days of April in Paris!
YYZ - CDG
Apr 27 - 28 Paris
Apr 29
Apr 30 and we went to see Atelier des Lumieres, a highlight of our trip for me.
We fell in love with macarons!!
This was our plan for the next month. Click here for our detailed plan.
And we both agreed it was one of our really great trips!!
MAY
Cafe en Paris is a recap of Apr 27 - 30 on our own in Paris and then May 1 to May 3.
May 1 was technically the start of our Gate 1 14 Day Classic France, but it is actually a travel day so we have the day to ourselves. It was also a large national holiday so many things were closed.
May 2 the tour starts in the evening with a welcome drink and a Seine river cruise.
May 3 was a quick city tour, we'd already covered most of this on foot and the rest of the day on our own.
Paris May 1-3
Check out some of the many restaurants we passed and we developed an addiction to macarons!
And a few churches!
May 4 we left Paris for Dijon!
Some highlights from this tour:
Eperney champagne tour
Lyon lunch at Bar y Vin
Lyon lunch at Bar y Vin
DIJON
John wrote a detailed post on our Champagne tour.
The weather was absolutely miserable when we got to Dijon. I passed on the walking tour but John braved the weather and brought back macarons.
An early start and cold as we headed to Beaune for a wine tour.
Onto to Lyon for the night, but first a city tour of Lyon.
Lyon to French Riviera
JUNE
Home Cooking we started the week in Barcelona and ended in Toronto. Other than getting settled and enjoying cooking at home, not much happened. The city was in the middle of Raptor fever.
Market Day and summer has appeared as we get into the swing of home. Raptor fever continues.
I went to an exhibit at the Market Gallery, St. Lawrence Market on Toronto women artists and rode a post on them.
Market Day and summer has appeared as we get into the swing of home. Raptor fever continues.
I went to an exhibit at the Market Gallery, St. Lawrence Market on Toronto women artists and rode a post on them.
I found a place that I thought could introduce John to sushi (he's tried in the past and didn't care for it) August 8 in Chinatown. We both fell in love with it. This is a composite of several meals over the summer.
Kensington Market
A trip down Graffiti Alley.
The newly opened Stackt, container park.
A trip down Graffiti Alley.
The newly opened Stackt, container park.
JULY
There was a Blue Squares (#Blue #JulySquares) daily challenge in July and a Paris in July weekly challenge.
Summer Tarts spent some time in Yorkville.
Hot Dogs and More we did more exploring on Ossington and found more amazing murals. Click here to see all the murals we found and links to other Ossington Ave. posts.
We had a ball at Eye Candy, a pop up on Queen St. W.
Two Scoops
Allan Gardens installed Red Embers.
The banners were designed by 15 Indigenous women artists and dedicated to Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) and float from 13 tall charred-black gates throughout Allan Gardens Park.
We went to Stratford for a birthday round of theatre.
Divine Dining in a converted church on a theatre weekend in Stratford, part of my birthday present.
Tomato Season
And a lovely surprise from John, shoes from Fluevog, I have lusted after a pair forevvver! Along with a Frida cushion and roses. I am spoiled.
A solo birthday lunch at the AGO.
Hot Dogs and More we did more exploring on Ossington and found more amazing murals. Click here to see all the murals we found and links to other Ossington Ave. posts.
We had a ball at Eye Candy, a pop up on Queen St. W.
Two Scoops
Allan Gardens installed Red Embers.
The banners were designed by 15 Indigenous women artists and dedicated to Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) and float from 13 tall charred-black gates throughout Allan Gardens Park.
We went to Stratford for a birthday round of theatre.
Divine Dining in a converted church on a theatre weekend in Stratford, part of my birthday present.
Tomato Season
And a lovely surprise from John, shoes from Fluevog, I have lusted after a pair forevvver! Along with a Frida cushion and roses. I am spoiled.
A solo birthday lunch at the AGO.
AUGUST
We started the month
Andrew in Australia of High Riser blog gave me a nice shout out after his trip to Great Britain and Ireland.
I think Jackie in Toronto has detailed and well researched posts on everything we saw in Great Britain.August brings the annual Brain project out. Was not well organized this year. They moved them around, and their map was not accurate. I gave up.
A trip to the ROM for a scary treat.
I took a trip to the Market Gallery at the St. Lawrence Market to see Toronto Brews.
International Flavours took us to the Taste of India and the Indonesian Festival. From there we went to Ossington for some new murals and a Mexican beer.
A couple of trips to the AGO for the Brian Jurgen exhibit.
Kensington Market
Another lunch at August 8, a favourite place this summer.
I had my head in the clouds at Brookfield Place.
One Pot Wonder this week was a little quiet.
Joel came on business and we went to Libretto's for dinner.
Visited the AGO with my BFF and then with John to see a very interesting exhibit.
Spent time eating and hanging out in Chinatown and discovering Baldwin Village.
This was definitely the Summer of Ice Cream!
SEPTEMBER
Road Grill
We visited the Toronto Botanic Gardens, first time ever, how did that happen?
We discovered some street art in the east end.
Finally our roof was open for the airshow.
I met Mary Kaye for lunch on Danforth.
Street Food started with Taste of the Kingsway.
A new Elicser at the Runnymede subway station.
Then we tried out Holy Chuck, a burger joint that does a gluten free bun on Yonge St. Definitely becomes our number one favourite.
We found the AIDS Memorial in the Gay Village.
And new street art along with new murals at Yonge Dundas.
And a pizza dinner with a niece at Libretto's.
I found a new Birdo mural near the AGO.
We went to Yorkville and it included murals and ice cream.
I went on a mission to track down the 2019 Legends of Queen St. West music in murals.
Rise and Shine we started the week at the Mexican festival followed by ice cream.
On College St. after a tasty lunch in The Dirty Bird we went wandering.
We've seen a lot of murals, but these were all in one lane! Little did we know that we would find even bigger lanes of murals in October!
More info on these murals.
Part 1 Monday Mural
Part 2
A new mural was unveiled on Charles St. off Yonge.
We had drinks at Gaberdine with Suzanne.
Food Stand and September ended with festivals. We went to the Queen St. West Art and Word on the Street book festival. Weather was more like summer than fall. We ate at Boxcar Social.
We bought a print at the art show and got our new carpet.
We poked about in Koreatown where John had Three Sisters stew at Nish Dish, serving traditional Anishnawbe food.
And the Poop Cafe was quite a hit although it threw John.
We had a ball at the Museum of Illusions with Karen and Blair.
Followed by lunch at Barcelona Tavern in Liberty Village, a visit to the MZTV Museum and a walk around.
OCTOBER
October was 31 days of Squared Lines with Becky.
October's signs 2.
I had a personal message from Jayne at Sticky Mud and Belly Laughs asking if she could use some of my Toronto photos for a travel ad she was writing. Of course I said yes.
There are so many things that we would like to see and experience in Canada.
Toronto would be my first port of call because I would have to pop in and see my friend Jackie and her husband John whilst there!
Cafe del Teatre John saw his grandson play hockey in St. Catherine's.
We spend time hunting murals on Dundas West and found a great new brunch spot, Good Fork.
The week's highlight was The Girl From the North Country at the Royal Alex.
Thankful Abundance the week was absolutely perfect fall weather.
We went to Nuit Blanche on Saturday followed by dinner at Libretto.
John golfed three days in spectacular climes.
It was a week of baking. John went to A Bit of Home.
I happened upon the Early Rubens exhibit at the AGO and loved it. I would even see it again.
My BFF and I tried a new restaurant on Baldwin St. Bodega and we would go again.
I found the new Alex Bacon mural on Adelaide St.
Autumn/fall has been wonderful so far, lots of sunshine and warm temperatures.
My Aunt May, my father's brother's wife, passed away peacefully on October 12.
Give Peas a Chance
We saw Piaf and Dietrich, fantastic!
Thanksgiving at Brian's.
Mug Shot was a beautiful sunny warm week. John golfed. We went mural hunting and found a treasure trove off Harbord.
John wanted to see the Early Rubens so I went again.
Joel was in town and we headed to August 8 for dinner.
These were in Art Eggleton Lane or better known as Butterfly Lane.
And there were doors into the bargain.
And then more murals in Alan Powell Lane.
NOVEMBER
Morning Coffee was a quiet week heading into November. Getting cozy and changing things around at home.
Bought a new chair and picked up the black and white mug on the Danforth.
New houseplants from Ikea. This is likely not their final spot as I may moved them around.
New houseplants from Ikea. This is likely not their final spot as I may moved them around.
Hot Chocolate brought cold and snow. Very unseasonable.
Went to an exhibit at the Gardiner Museum, Savour.
We had lunch with Mary on the Danforth who has a splint on her leg from face planting herself in front of Dollarama due to uneven pavement. She broke her knee cap. The restaurant, Bar Hop was not impressive.
Still puttering changing things around the house. Julie came for dinner.
Went to an exhibit at the Gardiner Museum, Savour.
We had lunch with Mary on the Danforth who has a splint on her leg from face planting herself in front of Dollarama due to uneven pavement. She broke her knee cap. The restaurant, Bar Hop was not impressive.
Still puttering changing things around the house. Julie came for dinner.
High Tea and we are still puttering around home and buying/changing things.
Cake Vendor rounder out November and we are still cocooning.
We did go to find the new Birdo at Yonge and St. Clair.
DECEMBER
I checked out the new Eataly at Bay and Bloor, or as we would call it BMTT.
Christmas Market City Hall Toronto 2019
Set Menu and we headed to Montreal for the weekend. We cooked our best prime rib ever!
Some Holiday Cheer and we headed to the ROM to see the Bloodsuckers!
My BFF and I enjoyed the Christmas display at Allan Gardens.
It might have been warm and cosy in the greenhouses it was a very cold evening when John and I headed to the Christmas Fair at City Hall!
But mulled wine and fires kept us warm.
Christmas Fare took us into the heart of the holidays and we spent a weekend at my cousin's.
Then lunch out at O and B's with friends.
We celebrated quietly on our own and enjoyed chillaxing at home with movies and books.
Dinner Specials took us into 2020.
New Year's Eve!
The last round of the Weekend Roundup alphabetically I managed to do using beer as my theme.
Here are 25 photos from the challenge, the biggest layout Picmonkey has. I'll let A stand on its own.
I did a 2019 roundup of Thursday Doors.
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