It wasn't that bad downtown - well, transit is all screwed up, let's hope it clears by tomorrow morning - but my dad sent me some pictures he took outside the house. Good news was that they didn't lose power. Never seen in that bad in the 20+ years we've lived there.


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The boss is on vacation \o/ I don't wanna work!!

~~ I'm seeing Backbeat on Saturday. It's a musical about the beginning of The Beatles which means I already like it just for the music ( Read more... )

TORONTO PEEPS!!! I just found out that Avenue Q is playing at the Lower Ossington Theatre. I've always wanted to see Avenue Q, who wants to go with? Alter Boyz is also playing and I would totally see it too!! I've heard of Alter Boyz and it sounds right up my boyband-loving alley :D

With spring taking its time to arrive, the cherry blossoms in High Park finally bloomed about a month later than usual this past weekend. As I missed them last year, no way was I missing it again. I had hoped to go on Sunday but I heard the crowds were quite large so I'm glad I waited. I went for a nice walk after work today and took some ( Read more... )

(*) I have watched "Silly Love Songs" a RIDICULOUS amount of times. I may need an intervention.

(*) Finally watched a couple of the Superbowl commercials, specifically wanted to see VW's The Force. OMG THE CUTENESS. Amazing how the kid was able to emote while in full Vadar gear!

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Huge protest going on downtown right now. All public transit south of Bloor has stopped. The Eaton Centre is locked down (yes, with shoppers still inside!). Bank & store windows have been smashed. 2 police cars have been torched. For the first time in this city's history, tear gas has been used. Of course, all this is due to a group of ( Read more... )

I took a little detour on the way home to check out the security fences for the upcoming G20 summit which some idiot (aka Harper) decided to hold smack downtown. This is the lovely view along Front Street right now.


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Yesterday, I decided to head to High Park to see the cherry blossoms before they were gone. One, how lame am I that I had no idea High Park even had cherry blossoms? Two, looking at pictures of cherry blossoms, I don't think I saw any! I went to the right area. Did I somehow miss them cause wouldn't that be just my luck ( Read more... )

I braved the Eaton Centre -- the big downtown mall -- after work as I had to return some stuff. On the way, I snapped some pictures of the holiday decorations in the area.

( lots of sparkly lights )

The Olympic torch relay came through the GTA (Greater Toronto Area)/Toronto today. A friend & I went to City Hall to see. The place was packed. We got there around 6:40. The torch was scheduled to arrive at 7pm. It arrived more like 8pm -- supposedly a protest held up the relay. We got a pretty good view from the upper walkway but we couldn't ( Read more... )