I was talking with my friend (and current houseguest) Anthony yesterday about Wade Hemsworth and how a couple of his tunes, such as the Long Driver’s Waltz and the Blackfly Song seem like they have been part of the Canadian experience for a very long… Read More
Our friend Anthony Stagg is in town for a few days. Yesterday we headed to Kensington Market.
snug as a bug… our cat Gracie keeping an eye on me from her pink puffy bed and a fave video sure to bring a smile
Last night we celebrated two birthdays – Tuffy P as well as our friend Alma – by going to to Scaramouche for dinner.Scaramouche is a fantastic restaurant – it’s a Toronto tradition now I suppose, as it has been operating for 35 years, and it… Read More
The dogs love a car ride. I loaded them up this morning and drove west into Mississauga to Jack Darling Park, which has the best leash free area I’ve seen anywhere, designed around the water filtration facility. It’s big enough that the dogs get play… Read More
As I was growing up in the 1960s (I was born in 1960), my parents ran a small business making aluminum windows in the Junction near Dundas and Runnymede in Toronto. It was called Alumacraft. By that time business was pretty good and both my… Read More
My grandparents on my father’s side lived in Chicago before moving up to Canada. My father often told me stories of how my grandfather was a musician who played violin in what he called “pit bands” in Chicago. I don’t know anything about his background… Read More
Bruce, the cat formerly known as Milo, was at the vets for tests. I picked him up after work today. The poor guy has been experiencing ongoing digestive problems, and we’re trying to figure out what the underlying cause is, so we can get him… Read More
We enjoyed dinner out tonight with friends at Anatolia, a Turkish restaurant in the former Etobicoke, just a 10 minute drive north of where we live. It turned out to be an early birthday celebration for Tuffy P, whose birthday is actually this coming Sunday.… Read More
27th Street 