It’s Doors Open TO This Weekend

May 26 2012

Doors Open Toronto: Each year on this weekend over 100+ places open their doors to the public. It’s a great way to easily gain access to restricted places and areas.

I go every year.

2011

The HC Harris Water Treatment Plant

This place washes HALF of Toronto’s water daily. And looks exactly like the video game Myst. One of my favourite places in Toronto.

Girl in a Masonic Lodge – VERY Rare

2010

The original Toronto Stock Exchange – one of Canada’s premiere Art Deco buildings, and home to our very first fluorescent light.

(aside – such a grainy photo on the left. I used to blog using my Razr, ha).

2009

The HMCS York Naval Reserve

Ryan and I went for exploring for

‘Canadian Explorer’ Episode #25/80: Operation Doors Open.

Ryan filmed too, here’s his version of the days events.

2008

Canada’s Largest Military Library

It’s North America’s largest military library, and has since been demolished. They’re re-building it and assured me at the time the library would be saved and re-constructed.

This year I have only one item on my list – The Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library. They have a tablet from 1800 BC!

I try to make it every year to this library, and I best leave right now because they’re closed tomorrow, and I have 90 minutes from now to keep this dream alive.

TTYL

Nothing That Exciting Happened to Me Today

May 15 2012

Happens about 4 days a year, and today was one of them.

Built a drawer unit tonight. I’d forgotten how long it takes to put together Ikea furniture.

About being very organized: at the end of my life, I compare how much time I wasted looking for things versus a messy person, I bet I’d come out DAYS ahead.

Had my first patio beer today.

The unattended cel phone to the right of the bucket.

Lined up some excellent events over the next few weeks, including a Pepsi event at Pinewood Movie Studios YES I’ve wanted to go there forever, and another day a professional driver from Honda and I are going to teach you to drive standard.

And that was my Tuesday.

Good Monday Morning! Go Kill the Week!

Apr 30 2012

First Week Home Complete

Apr 29 2012

As of right now, 9:30pm, I’ve been one week back in country.

An overwhelming feeling all week:

I made a video one time, “About Time“.

I spent a lot of time in traffic this week. I’d forgotten just how bad it is here.

I see while I was gone Tim’s increased their sizes to what now?

I went to my storage unit.

How do I still own so much stuff after that huge purge? I’m OCDing out a bit about it. That’s the smallest storage unit you can rent, but still.

Saturday morning drive to the suburbs.

I also found this song, I’ve been looking for eight years. Great memories of youth attached to this.

Start it at 1:30, use headphones.

Been blogging all week to it on repeat.

I worked all over the place this week. That’s the fun of being a gypsy, it’s always different.

My view one day.

Another day.

Here I am at the library.

The guy across from me kept speaking aloud to himself.

What else… worked on my sidebars, look right and scroll down. It maybe doesn’t look like much, but that’s 6 hours Thursday night. Welcome to blogging.

I moved twice this week, and again Sunday night. I’ve been making spreadsheets and researching and debating, and I’m not sure I can pull off this string-of-short-term-rentals dream just yet… I might be a bit of time away still. I’ll keep you posted. I could do an entire video series, “How to Live like a Gypsy”. Oh time, there’s never enough of you.

Hope it’s a good end of your weekend, TTYT