Blog Articles About Downtown Living

Firsts

It’s been an interesting week for new experiences. This past weekend found me down by the lake and two very exciting things happened. I saw the Snowbirds in person. Well, not exactly in person, but with my own eyes in real life, as opposed to images on the television screen. There they were, flying in…

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BuskerFest Birthday/Winner

Before I report on the ant infestation, it’s time for the results of the tomato contest. There were 347 tomatoes in the bowl. K came came very close closest with a guess of 238 and also called me Fairy Princess – that alone deserves a reward! Congratulations, K! Check out my Flickr page and/or the…

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BuskerFest Accessibility

It’s tradition. Every year around this time, I post something that shamelessly points out that it’s my birthday and closely connected to that, often in the same post, I rant about BuskerFest. This is the four-day festival celebrating street performers that takes over my neighborhood to the point where it’s hard to go anywhere is…

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Reason #813 Why I Love Living Downtown

Based on the amount of media, you could tell it was kind of a big deal And here are the reasons for the media: Peter Kent, federal Minster of the Environment, Glen Murray, our MPP and Provincial Minister of Research and Innovation, a City Councillor (whose names I have unfortunately forgotten) and speaking, Mark Wilson,…

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An Evening Stroll

One evening last week after dinner, I got entranced by the outside, grabbed my camera and headed out. The park around St. James Cathedral seemed the best place to go and yes, it was. As the sun slanted towards the horizon, the light warmed, its honeyed fingers caressing concrete and flowers alike, lending everything a…

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Range of Motion

I took a lot of photos that night. I love my camera, but it isn’t very fast in the dark, so every image was slightly fuzzy. I found a bench and tried to rest the camera on that, leaning out over my left armrest to find a surface that was reasonably flat, but still a…

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Sugar Beach News

Interesting things have happened and I feel compelled to share. For those of you who haven’t read the original post, as small recap. A wonderful recreational area called Sugar Beach opened last summer in my neck of the woods and about three weeks ago, I went to check it out. Only to discover that there…

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The Path to Sugar Beach

Settle in folks, this one’s a bit long…. We have a large amount of waterfront here in Toronto, nestled as we are along the shores of Lake Ontario. For a very long time, there’s been talk of revitalizing the waterfront and not too long ago, the three levels of government (municipal, provincial and federal) got…

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Very Big Weekend

Meet my new baby Her name’s Lexie and she can do everything. Well, except intimidate Lucy, who adopted the big box the minute it entered the house. Lexie’s an early Christmas present from The Boy and this officially makes him Best Boyfriend Imaginable. I am now a writer who can print, copy, fax and scan…

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Canine Extravaganza

Things are looking different on The Seated View – I’m playing with the “new” Blogger template and so far, it’s not perfect. Please have patience. Last weekend, we went to Woofstock – the annual dog festival. And there were a lot of dogs. Masses. A pair of beautiful spaniels started the day A Basselope waited…

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Reason #617 I Love Living Downtown

Sitting in my livingroom with The Boy on a lazy Saturday afternoon, talking about not much, I glanced out the window and saw this: The best part? I have no idea why.

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Dear Buskerfest

It’s a small thing. It doesn’t make up for the rest of it, but it was very, very satisfying. Sincerely, Lene

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