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March 2023 - Toronto ON

Yonge St. Toronto ON

Saturday John decided to make French toast from the bread I made last week. It has been years since we had French toast!

My new dish towels arrived and my sheets finally arrived as well.

I finished my embroidery and started another.

Monday John did a Costco run.

Tuesday John went to the golf simulator. I went downtown for a haircut. Some photos on the way.

CIBC

I took the subway up to Dundas Square to see a new mural (check back on Monday) and stopped into Winners and the $ store.

I walked back to the bus stop down Yonge St. (stopped in Homesense) and along Richmond until the construction drove me underground.

The origin of the house that is now the Senator Restaurant – the oldest restaurant in Toronto in continuous operation at the same location – can be traced back to the very first property survey that was prepared by the Town of York in 1836.

Massey Hall is reopened in all her glory. 

Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre

Going underground I came up in the Royal York Hotel and its spring display.

The contractor called when I got home to ask if he could drop by to finish a few items. He attached the kickplates and two of the electrical outlets and removed the last of the plastic. He will schedule the painting and replacing the exhaust vent.

John booked a repair person for our less than 1 year old LG fridge. They scheduled Friday and then said they wouldn't have the parts (they are assuming it needs parts) until Monday (Raoul between 2 and 5).

I had seen on Facebook that Highland Farms carried a large selection of gluten free products so we headed to their Mississauga store on Wednesday. It is huge, look at the number of checkouts, no self checkout here. So big, in fact we lost our car as we left by the wrong door.

This is the produce section.

Cheese section.

All the meat is fresh, you order from the butcher. I don't have the entire length of the counter in this photo. Meat prices are excellent.

There are products from all around the world, although the owners are Italian so there is a large amount of Italian products.

There are some things that you can find cheaper, you need to know your prices.

"Marilyn Monroe" towers.

Some new signage unveiled in 2022.

Cooksville, which has an estimated population of 36,000, used to be a central crossroads hub in Mississauga and Peel Region. At one time, it housed city hall, a central library branch and fire department and two school board offices. However, as Mississauga grew, it became a bit of an afterthought in the city. The Vision Cooksville project, which was completed in 2016, laid out a revitalization strategy that was predicated on making Cooksville a transit hub with walkable streets, more open spaces and parks.

The sign will have four themes that will be displayed throughout the year, they are holiday, summer, fall and historic Cooksville. The community initially formed in the early 19th century, adopting its name in 1836.

Excited to try the pizza crust and the baguettes. At the back are butter tarts.

We headed downtown to meet John's son who is in town on business. We chose Modus based on our lunch there last summer.

Dreaming by Juame Plensa. Click here to see more Plensa that we have spotted.

Delicious hot salty bread and I heard that the hot olives were good too.

John had halibut, rapini and fingerling potatoes. We shared a Caesar's salad.

Joel had the zuppa di mare - seafood soup. he started with grilled shrimp diavolo.

I had the salmon.

Dessert was tiramisu and a flourless chocolate cake.

In the Uber on the way home.

Thursday John went to the golf simulator and I took a quick run to Longo's.

Sunset by John.

While we were in Mississauga earlier I noticed how many Middle Eastern grocers there were and wondered if we could fine lahmajouns.

Lahm bi ajeen (AKA laham b'ajeen, lahmajun, or lahmajoun) is usually described as Middle Eastern meat pizza, lahmacun (pronounced LA-ha-MA-chewn) is a Turkish street food also known as Turkish pizza.

I found The Turkish Mart that is very close to us so we headed there on Friday. I thought they were frozen but couldn't find them so I pulled up the word "lahmacun" and asked the owner/manager. He says "what's your background that you can't find them?" I said Irish, he said "what does an Irish girl know of these?" We said we used to get them in Montreal, and he said, oh yes. He took us to them, they were fresh! 

Package of 6 $10.99!

We ran a couple of more errands and came home for lunch - see above!

I cleaned out the vegetable bins in the fridge.  

We are expecting freezing rain for most of tomorrow.

COOKING

Saturday roast pork (was in freezer) Irish (mushy) peas and mashed potatoes

Sunday slow cooker corned beef mushy peas and colcannon (with leftover mashed and Brussel sprouts cooked in bacon fat).

I made an Irish soda bread using Chef Alina's recipe. 

Monday rotisserie chicken nachos.

Tuesday hot chicken sandwiches and broccolini

Wednesday out for dinner

Thursday Szechwan pork and green beans

Friday steak, fries (great) with broccolini and chimichurri

WATCHING

The Mauritanian is a 2021 legal drama film based on the memoir of Mohamedou Ould Slahi, a Mauritanian man who was held for fourteen years (from 2002 to 2016) without charge in the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, a United States military prison.

We started the series Perry Mason.

Saw the finale for Your Honor season 2 - we didn't like the ending so hopefully there is a season 3.

We rewatched Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 2017 and enjoyed it again.

READING

Reading Don't Believe Her, another by Jane Heafield. I'm enjoying it, it is told in the first person, Lucy and SIL Mary, following Tom's (husband and brother) disappearance. The tension between the two women kept the story going.

Weekend Roundup

 Welcome to The Weekend Roundup...hosted by Tom The Back Roads Traveler

1. A Word with "L"
2. A Favorite
3.  LOUD - chosen by Tom

STARTS WITH L

LARD LAD Universal Studios Florida

FAVOURITE

LEMON Front St. Toronto

LOUD

Soccer game Montreal Quebec

Scottsdale AZ

 

September 1998 - Scottsdale Arizona

Saturday September 19 we had an uneventful Air Canada flight Toronto to Phoenix AZ.

It was a twenty minute drive from Sky Harbor airport to the condo which is next door to the Princess - golf course of the Phoenix Open in Scottsdale.

We went to Carlos O'Brien's for lunch and picked up groceries before checking in.

Went for a swim!

Pre-digital scanned photos.

Went to Rawhide and drove around Camelback Mountain. Stopped into the Phoenician resort.

Checked out "golfy" places - Boulders GC, In Celebration of Golf store, Pro Golf, Nevada Bob's, Crackerjax.

John golfed at TPC Princess.

Went to the Marriott Biltmore Resort.

Tomestone - founded in 1879 by prospector Ed Schieffelin.

 It became one of the last boomtowns in the American frontier. The town grew significantly into the mid-1880s as the local mines produced $40 to $85 million in silver bullion, the largest productive silver district in Arizona. Its population grew from 100 to around 14,000 in less than seven years.

Within two years of its founding, although far distant from any other metropolitan area, Tombstone had a bowling alley, four churches, an ice house, a school, two banks, three newspapers, and an ice cream parlor, alongside 110 saloons, 14 gambling halls, and numerous dance halls and brothels.

It is best known as the site of the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral and presently draws most of its revenue from tourism.

 

Arizona Courthouse

Old Tucson Movie Studio

The studio was built in in 1939 when Columbia Pictures chose the Pima County-owned site on which to build a replica of 1860′s Tucson for the movie Arizona." Members of the local Thono O'odham native American tribe built the 50 original buildings in 40 days. Members of that tribe also acted as extras in that first motion picture.

Click here for many more photos from Old Tucson Movie Studio in 2014!

We also went into Phoenix one day. Had a beer and great potato skins in Seamus McCafney's.

The highlight of the trip was a bus tour to the Grand Canyon, we left at 7:15 AM and returned at 9:30 PM, cost $107. It is about 225 miles each way.

Driving there.

Judging by my notes we learned about the desert on the drive.

We had lunch on the Navajo Reservation at the Trading Post in Cameron. I had the Navajo stew (just like Irish stew) and John the the Navajo taco.

The fog rolled in and out.

I had to buy a sweatshirt as it was chilly.

We stopped at Bo's in Camp Verde for dinner on the way back to Scottsdale.