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Hiding An Evil Lair

Hiding An Evil Lair — Originally uploaded by LexnGer This collage/photo is of one of the 5 new murals around the great big hole in Allan Gardens which will be around for a couple of years! In early January, a big chunk of Allan Gardens (the part just north west of Gerrard and Sherbourne), was boarded up and the city started moving in large earth moving equipment and cranes. It was depressing since I'm used to getting a great view of trees and park as I head to work each morning and now I'm looking at great blank pieces of…

Some times the best times come as a complete surprise courtesy of a long lost friend. This time it came through my university buddy Jennifer in the form of an invitation to the Mad Hatter Technologies Wacky Hat Party. It was perfect timing.

10 days ago I watched hundreds of people parade into St. James Park as part of Occupy Toronto, I had no idea they were moving in. I thought if they were going to occupy anything it would be close to Bay Street. But then again, back then, I also thought Occupy Toronto and Occupy Bay Street were the same initiative. Turns out they aren’t. They really aren’t. Silly me.

Longo’s: Early Morning Road Trip In The Fog

At 6am when the alarm went off I nudged Gerry, then promptly feel asleep. At 6:15 when the alarm went off again Gerry nudged me and we were “up”. Okay, up-ish. It was early, but worth it. I was invited to tag along on a tour of Wilmot Apple Orchards with the Longo’s Produce Managers and early morning or not, I wasn’t missing this!

Michael Smith Cartoonified at OCTA Summit 2010

Michael Smith Cartoonified — Originally uploaded by LexnGer Taken at yesterdays OCTA summit discussing culinary tourism. I have many more to share (where I didn't give into my new addiction to the cartoon feature on my cell phone) but I love the messiahic nature of this shot combined with Michael's strong message of storytelling and no shame! No shame in making money. No shame in telling your story. No shame in working hard and being rewarded fairly for it. As I tweeted during the day, I love conferences that talk about sustainability which includes financial sustainability as part of the…

Tuesday’s Food Events Tweets via Storify.com

[Testing out a new tool called Storify which lets you construct stories from a variety of sources and then embedded them into your blog. I’d love to hear what you think and/or if it worked for you.]

I’m not particularly big on sweets, but I found it impossiblee not to try almost everything at Sunday’s Foodie Meet Bake Off. Thank goodness for sharing! All the entries were inspired, tasty and beautiful. I was seated between 2 winning entries which SOLD out early. Yasmin’s Sri-maican patties which won an Honourable Mention, and was the only savoury option available Lisa’s date cake with pomegranate compote, manchego ice cream and beer-caramel, which was stunningly presented. Beside them were Joel Solish's True North Strong and Frees – cookie, maple and bacon – how can you go wrong? And Kristin Perez of…

Our Team @ HyperCube Awards! — Originally uploaded by LexnGer I was invited to last night’s party at CiRCA announcing the winners of 50 Nissan HyperCubes. Normally this isn’t the kind of event I would pick to go to since I’m not all that interested in cars, BUT 3 of my friends were participating in the contest! I made them all pose in the car before the announcements were made, and we all waited with baited breath to hear who won. With a 1-in-10 chance to win there was a very good chance that at least one of them would…

After a night of drinking, why does Tara look like this? When I end up looking like this? I think it’s patently unfair that even with years more practice, and the weight advantage, my beer tolerance is obviously lower. Of course we weren’t just drinking, we were planning a Toronto leg of her Whuffaoke tour for early August. Work, work work ;->

Late Night On The Streets of Toronto

On Sunday night, I boarded a train in Waterloo. Little did I know the adventure that awaited me Late Night on the Streets of Toronto… [For those of you who catch this "live" I am using this post to test a feature of CoverItLive - a live blogging tool I used to blog SES for OneDegree.ca]

For those of you looking to killing some time during the holiday madness… here’s a little tale I told last year of a little girl and her daddy waiting in line to see Santa. It starts like this: It was the late 1960s in department store in Saint John, New Brunswick. I was 4 or 5, dressed up in my green velvet dress with a white lace collar, standing with my father at the end of a long line of rowdy kids and frazzled parents… Continue reading “Is That You Santie Claus?” » Technorati Tags: santa claus, xmas, christmas, holidays,…

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