Today’s vlog takes place in Rexdale – Islington and the 401. If you enjoy my Rediscovering my Toronto videos please subscribe to my channel. I’ll be back with more in a couple weeks.
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Palais Royale to Maverick’s Donuts
Today’s vlog features a walk that starts at a dancehall, crosses a major artery, a major expressway, and winds up on West Queen West a place called Maverick’s Donuts. Yes, the donuts were delicious.
Sirens on The Danforth
I don’t get over to The Danforth very often. For me, being a west-ender, it’s a bit out the way. For me it has always been a great spot to go for an evening out, including some terrific souvlaki.
The Danforth includes one of North America’s largest “Greektowns”, but that is only part of the picture. There appears to be a good deal of ethnic diversity in the area, making the area a broader foodie paradise.
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Uptown Toronto Walk – Yonge and Eglinton area
This vlog features a more or less circle walk from Eglinton and Avenue Rd, a little north, then east to Yonge St, south on Yonge with a circle back through a residential neighbourhood.
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New podcast + new YouTube
The latest Agency Podcast is called Two Brunos. As usual the agents discuss a few topics: new chess scandal unfolding; Candy presented a paper in Knoxville; suppressed design in artifacts and poetry. Also, Eugene’s YouTube recommendations. And… Megalopolis (not Megatropolis!)
Listen to the episode here or find it at all the coolest podcast places.
Meanwhile, I’ve continued work on my little YouTube project, Rediscovering my Toronto.
In today’s vlog, I poked around a lovely section of the Don Valley, which I accessed at Beechwood Drive.
Eugene gets lost + a conversation with artist John McCartney at Dupont Rail
13 minutes into the video I finally found the exhibition space. There’s still a chance to see the exhibition on the weekend.
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Sunday Walk: Hospital Row; Queen’s Park; OCAD University
Today’s vlog documents a Sunday afternoon walk in the area surrounding so-called “Hospital Row” in Toronto. If you enjoy these videos, please like and subscribe, and as always I value your comments, since I’m figuring what I’m doing more or less as I go.
An old mall, an encampment, a giant construction site and a yummy banh mi
For today’s vlog, I walked around the area surrounding the Dufferin Mall. To the north there is a giant construction project. Across the street there is an encampment of people living outdoors in the park. This surprised me a little as it wasn’t there last time I visited the park, not so long ago. We have so much here in Canada? Everyone deserves a roof over their heads.
To the south I stopped in at a little hole in the wall Banh Mi shop called Le’s Sandwich Shop. It was a generous and tasty banh mi.
Lookout and Walkabout in Kensington Market Toronto
Today’s vlog features a unique Toronto “lookout” in Kensington Market.
Red-headed Woodpeckers
Out latest mosaic project depicts a pair of Red-headed woodpeckers. These birds can be found throughout Southern Ontario but sightings are rare. I’ve never seen them in the woods. For this project, we incorporated a slice of tree, complete with bark, with the birds on each side.
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