Category Archives: Toronto

Just the smell of the summer can make me fall in love

Posted on May 22, 2012 by

My solair chair (with minor war wounds from whomever “borrowed” it) has been returned to my back yard, Bal has started planting the immense vegetable garden around the perimeter (and into the driveway), and I’ve got my eye on this… … Continue reading →

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I don’t know where I’m going, but I know where I’m coming from.

Posted on May 5, 2012 by

I have been obsessed with two Lees in the last few months – and one of them is playing in Toronto tonight. Not Lee Moses, rest his soul…. Lee Fields! Enjoy the show if you are one of the lucky … Continue reading →

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They’re tearing up streets again, They’re building a new hotel-

Posted on February 28, 2012 by

The 5th Annual Festival of 24 Things opens on March 1st (a special preview word list will be sent to past participants tonight at midnight – leap day bonus!!) and although I’m a bit sad this will be the last … Continue reading →

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We forget to feed our fear.

Posted on November 26, 2011 by

Yesterday I was on the streetcar when an Occupy TO rep started a human mic, outlined the unfair TTC fare hikes and reduced service, while explaining how to start our own movements, and let our voices be heard. I had … Continue reading →

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When we hit the city limits, don’t forget me for a minute tonight

Posted on October 18, 2011 by

Upcoming Gallery 44 workshop I am DYING to take: City as Text: Incorporating Typography into Photography “From the text on a door telling us to PUSH/PULL, or the authoritative voice of city traffic signs, to the ceaseless holler of advertising, … Continue reading →

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I got your postcard from out west – in big block letters you wrote it’s the freakin’ best.

Posted on October 4, 2011 by

  New favourite photographer: Andrew B. Myers. Blundstones, Hudon’s Bay Co. jacket, ironic (yes?) moustache, Oh, Canada. oh yes, and COLOUR SALT PAPER PRINTS!? (I am confounded…) Nice interview on Heather Morton’s blog, shedding absolutely no light on how you … Continue reading →

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The water is polluted and the mayor is a dork, They dress real bad and they think they’re New York

Posted on August 31, 2011 by

    (originally posted in How the Freedom 200 Spent Her Summer Vacation.) Happy Birthday DVP! More rainbow tunnels here   And my favourite one:   title credit: The Arrogant Worms, Toronto Sucks (Okay okay, I just wanted to post lyrics … Continue reading →

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Are you ready? Are you ready for this? Are you hanging on the edge of your seat?

Posted on August 4, 2011 by

The Grid TO | New Dupont mural design revealed. Yay! The wall I pass on my walk to Boo Radley’s for a pint has a proposed new look. The original mural was obliterated by Mayor Gravyboat’s art-eradication campaign this spring. … Continue reading →

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Or recite the names of provinces and Hollywood actors, Oh, Ontario, oh, Jennifer Jason Leigh

Posted on August 1, 2011 by

Happy Civic Holiday! (“Damn You, John Graves Simcoe” by Ivor Tossell, via Toronto Standard, the prettiest online local I read) It is no secret that I love maps. And hopefully no secret that I love Toronto, despite the somewhat frustrating weather patterns. … Continue reading →

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