Honest Ed's was a landmark discount store in Toronto. It was named for its proprietor, Ed Mirvish, who opened the store in 1948 and oversaw its operations for almost 60 years until his death in 2007. The store continued to operate until it permanently closed on December 31, 2016.
Honest Ed's was located at the corner of Bloor and Bathurst Streets, extended the full length of the block west to Markham Street. The exterior was covered with huge red and yellow signs advertising the store's name, lit up like a theatre marquee. The store sign used 23,000 light bulbs. The outside facade was covered with puns and slogans such as "Come in and get lost!" and "Only the floors are crooked!"
The new owners have demolished the structure as of March 2018 and intend to redevelop the 1.8 hectares (4.4 acres) of land; which also includes Mirvish Village and a stretch of retail buildings south of the Honest Ed building on Bathurst Street running down to Lennox Street, which were rented out by the Mirvishes to local businesses.
The construction is in progress and the hoarding boards around the site promote the new property while paying homage to Honest Ed's.
Sheryl Crow told about.com about this song GASOLINE: "You know, part of what amazes me is that we're in a war based on, basically, oil ownership. We're very tied to oil, we're tied to coal. In the '60s and '70s when the Vietnam War was going on, every single day you saw people out on the streets rebelling, revolting. You don't see that now. You hear about people trying to change the way they live and not become oil-dependent, but the bottom line is that the government has made it so that we are dependent on oil. The kids are going over there and fighting for this idea of democracy, when really it's all about oil, about oil ownership. So the song was really inspired by that, acknowledging that things are not as they appear. And what if we do wake up and become enraged, and we did take it to the streets? It's kind of a sci-fi story looking back on a future when people actually demanded that our oil dependency come to an end."
Saturday and Sunday were spent hanging around and just relaxing along with some chores.
Cut some clippings off the ivy outside to make some house plants. Cleaned out the outdoor candle holders to bring them inside as the planter stand will be going next week.
I finally finished the blanket and hats. Just one of those projects hanging around.
And the blanket and hat found a home as my cleaning lady told me she is going to be a great-grandmother (she married early as did her daughter and her grandson married last year at 21), a boy in January.
I kept this one for a 2 year old.
Navy mask is new and both needed tightening for me.
New stickers in condo elevators.
Monday we both met with another contractor regarding replacing our wood flooring. We are waiting for his estimate.
John then golfed and I just went to pick up some plants, a cilantro and a mint plant and gluten free bread that he likes. I headed towards the St. Lawrence Market area, the first time since early March.
Tuesday was spent around the house sorting things while the electrician worked on getting a new socket installed in the kitchen, then cleaning up all the dust.
We talked about the fact that the TV on top of the cooler had a really fat plug and should we look at buying another TV when we decided, duh, let's just use one of our laptops. We can hook up to our TV provider online.
Yes, it does need to be finished off.
Wednesday and I headed downtown for a 10 AM haircut and found some brains along the way.
My first time in the PATH underneath all the financial district's towers and it is deserted!! This should be bustling with people.
The same at ground level in the heart of the country's busiest financial districts, King and Bay,
Some art on a hoarding on a construction site.
Also the first time in the Eaton Centre, it is 11:10 AM in the middle of summer!
The only "line-up" is at the Apple store.
And a line-up upstairs is at the Ann Taylor who is closing all stores in Canada and had a closing sale. I would have liked to check it out but the sign said "all changing rooms in Canadian stores are closed and all sales final" and "10 people in store".
Thursday we headed out to look at vinyl floor coverings at Home Depot and Lowes. Lowes had the better selection.
From there we went to a Benjamin Moore paint store to get what John needs to paint the window frames.
MMMMMM, Corona paint brushes?
Friday John headed out to golf and I went to College Park.
The afternoon was spent puttering, straining chicken stock, sorting sewing supplies, and repotting plants since we bought a new palm plant this week and some plants needed to be potted in larger pots.
New palm, plants shuttled to find a pot for it.
COOKING
HOT DOG CALGARY STAMPEDE
Saturday pork belly and sauteed bok choy, scallions and broccoli with soy sauce, garlic, ginger, honey, rice vinegar, sesame oil.
Sunday crispy chicken thighs, potato salad, Greek salad and beets.
Monday hot sausages and leftover salads
Tuesday coconut shrimp with orange chili dipping sauce and salad.
Wednesday oven baked haddock for John and salmon for me.
André Alexis has written a three-part audio drama inspired by the COVID-19 pandemic. Click here to listen, hopefully it will be available outside Canada.
Home Children was the child migration scheme founded by Annie MacPherson in 1869, under which more than 100,000 children were sent from the United Kingdom to Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and South Africa. Later research, beginning in the 1980s, exposed abuse and hardships of the relocated children.
As an aside, as I read my post I was blown away by the number of public events we attended that week as a normal part of life, Elton John concert, WOTS a book festival, Harbourfront galleries, 401 galleries!!!
John started watching Watchmen. We finished Wentworth.
