I love the north. When I was young, my parents used to take us camping each summer. My mother now discloses that it was one of the few ho...
Thursday, September 19, 2013
Thursday, August 29, 2013
Let's Go To the Ex
The Canadian National Exhibition began around 1897 as a fair to promote agriculture and machinery in Southern Ontario. It remains the 7th la...
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
On This Day In History: 1963
“We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal”. It was 50 years ago today that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr...
Friday, August 23, 2013
Today in the News: Mayor Beats the Hulkster in an Arm Wrestling Match
Ummmmmm...................... ..................... ...................... Sorry about that dead air folks. I was having troubl...
Friday, August 23, 2013
Generation Gaps
As the story goes, my grandfather Percy bought the motorcycle without my grandmother's knowledge or permission. It would have been in...
Sunday, August 11, 2013
A Morning in August
It is cold in the morning. August can be so different from July. Waiting for the coffee to brew, I watch the mist gather on the lake a...
Monday, July 29, 2013
On this day in history: 1945
It was foggy in New York on July 28th, 1945. It was so foggy that a B-25 Mitchell bomber flew out of the fog and slammed into the sid...
Friday, July 26, 2013
When Vinyl Ruled
I remember taking my first unescorted trips downtown to Sam's and A&A when I was about 12 years old. It was one of our earlie...
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
The Better Way
After the Great Storm of July 8, 2013, Toronto seemed in a bit of a mess. Many parts of town were without power, traffic lights were o...
Saturday, July 20, 2013
Making Lemonade out of Lemons
So we had a little extra water from the Toronto storm on July 8th, 2013. The lawns were watered, streets were washed. Neighbours s...
Friday, May 24, 2013
Tsk, tsk, tsk........
Toronto has always strived to be seen as a world class city. Occassionally, we rise to the occassion. Lately, I'm more inclined...
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Perspective
So I may not be the biggest hockey fan in the world. As a third generation Canadian, I am also not the best skater. I've li...
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
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