Tag: Nikon Nikkor-S Auto 55mm f/1.2
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As for dinner? It wasn’t too bad, just a welcome meal at a nearby pub. What was fun was that our waitress asked us about what brought us in and we explained it was a vacation, that we visited previously, and really liked Hamilton and wanted to return. Taken by surprise, she seemed quite excited…
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The last time Kathleen and I visited Hamilton was in September 2018. As part of a late-summer vacation to Toronto, being curious about the city, we got on a GO train (then *sigh* a bus at Aldershot) to spend a day there. We had a lovely time exploring and seeing the sights – including a…
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There would be one more indoor activity on our last day. A friend of ours, who was recently in Toronto herself, recommended that we pay a visit to Little Canada, which is, well, a sort of miniature version of Canada! It was really neat! They’re sort of dioramas of various regions (Golden Horseshoe, Toronto, Ottawa,…
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Wednesday would be our last full day in Toronto. The vacation was not over, however! On Thursday, we were going to check out of our hotel, head to Union Station, and board a GO Train to Hamilton! All of that will come later in future blog posts though. Out near-soaked experience on Tuesday had us…
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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…
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Canada’s federal election is being held on April 28. Since we knew who were were going to vote for, Kathleen and I decided to cast our ballot on the first day of Advance Polling, April 18, or Good Friday. Talking about it in the morning, we figured that it wouldn’t be too busy. I may…