Canadians love their Tim Hortons coffee (Timmie’s) or Starbucks; and, constantly spend…
Category: Ontario (page 2)
Toronto: Favourite 5 Restaurants
Toronto is quite possibly the most overwhelming foodie city I have ever…
Wandering through Yorkville and Learning about Cholera
It’s easy to do a tour of Yorkville by simply walking from…
Victorian Toronto: Cabbagetown & Corktown
Prior to the crowning of Queen Victoria, Toronto’s population was largely British…
Victorian Toronto: Gooderham & Worts
Imagine that it is 1837, a year that marks the beginning of…
Medieval Music, Creepy Santas, and an Abandoned Terminal
As part of the Peculiar Things theme, I’ll periodically share forgotten surprises…
Five Interesting Things: from Canada
My devices are constantly filling up with photos that I rarely post.…
The Curious Case of Tom Thomson
During the spring/summer of 1917, when most able-bodied, male Canadians were fighting…
Renaissance Show Room, Toronto
At the end of the third week of the chicken pox/flu debacle…
Sorry Cafe and Woodlot
This week is different from other commuting weeks in the sense that…
The Magna Carta in Toronto
It’s hard to believe that a piece of paper written in 1215…
401 Richmond
401 Richmond is one of those interesting buildings that are hard to…