Nestled in Kensington Market, Salsas is not an upscale restaurant. There’s a TV in the corner, sparse decorations, and the food is served in plastic baskets with a sheet of waxed paper to minimize cleanup. This minimal atmosphere however, means that all focus is put on the quality of the food– just the way it should be. Donatello […]
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Annual Sail Past and Review of the Fleet
To open the sailing season each year, one of the local yacht clubs has a sail past on the Victoria Day weekend. All of the ships in the club must sail past the commodore while he salutes the fleet, one by one. Check out this year’s commodore above, which when we first saw him, he was […]
Gardens: Magnolias in Spring
These are just a few photos of some glorious magnolia blossoms in front of one of my favourite houses in the Annex. I took these shots just north of Central Tech School in mid-May. We waited such a long time for spring to appear, now I want to capture all of its beauty when I have the […]
Hanami in High Park
Hanami is blossom-viewing, most famously cherry blossom-viewing, in Japanese. A few years ago Tomiko and I spent a month in Tokyo and enjoyed picnics under the blossoming trees. This year, we stayed in Toronto and bicycled to High Park to take in the beautiful views and take advantage of the first beautiful weekend of the year. […]
The Leslieville Flea
On Sunday April 20, we went down to the Distillery District for the last Leslieville Flea of the spring. It was a beautiful sunny (but slightly chilly) Easter Sunday, and we headed right to the indoor market. Once June rolls around, this market will move outdoors to Leslieville. We were tipped off by one of […]