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After a quick break for a snack at Dark Horse in Riverside, Kathleen and I decided that we would make a quick stop at Downtown Camera for some colour film and a longer thermometer. I’ve been using 1L bottles for colour chemistry and have one too many times lost my shorter one in the bottle!…
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Once we had finished our leisurely stroll on the boardwalk along the beaches, we returned to Queen Street East. Neither of us were tired, so we decided to keep walking back toward downtown. We could hop onto a street car at any time or stop of a snack at any time along the way. When…
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Did I already write that it was cold? Oh, right. I did! Anyway, after basking in the civic deco majesty of the water treatment plant, we decided to walk along the beaches which give the neighbourhood its name. While contiguous, from east to west, we walked through Balmy Beach, Scarboro Beach, Kew Beach, and Woodbine…
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This Spring has been unexpectedly chilly. Although our time in Toronto was mostly sunny, there was a persistent and chilly breeze, which meant that the tights and backup cardigans I packed “just in case” were very very necessary. We both still managed to get sunburns. Spring can be hard to dress for! Coming down from…
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We have very few rules when travelling. Two, really. The first is that we try our best not to eat at restaurants that we already have at home in Ottawa. It doesn’t seem right to visit somewhere else only to recreate the experiences that we can have at home. Every city has at least a…