Moving day was long and exhausting, but went smoothly. All of our things are now in the new place, thanks to our friends and family who helped out.
As the house was being filled with our furniture and other items, it was amazing to see it begin to transform from a house into a home. Although [...]
Archive for March, 2004
Moving In
Posted in Home on March 29, 2004 | Leave a Comment »
Goodbye Dearbourne
Posted in Home, Milestones, Places on March 28, 2004 | Leave a Comment »
It’s 7:00am on Sunday morning, and I sit staring at countless boxes and bags, containing everything I own. Today is moving day: we’re moving from our home of the past few years near Broadview & Danforth to our new home, a little further east and north.
Despite the excitement of moving into our own house, it [...]
New York Cafe
Posted in Food, Media on March 14, 2004 | Leave a Comment »
This morning we went for breakfast at the New York Cafe, right around the corner from our place. It’s a nice greasy-spoon with great
prices–breakfast for two for $10 is fine with me.
I finished reading Michael Moore’s “Dude, Where’s my Country?” today, and I have to say it was refreshing to hear a perspective so different [...]
Hamantashen
Posted in Food on March 7, 2004 | Leave a Comment »
Purim is here, and to celebrate we baked up our first-ever batch of Hamantashen. For those who are unaware, hamantashen are a triangular pastry filled with any one of a variety of items, in our case chocolate chips or apples with nuts, cinnamon and honey.
They came out quite well, although mine were much less professional-looking [...]
Appliance Shopping
Posted in Shopping on March 5, 2004 | Leave a Comment »
We were at Leons this week looking at appliances for the new house. Although I’m sure there is some difference between an appliance that is over double the cost of another, I don’t think those differences are important enough to us to justify the cost. That said, all of the appliances we picked out are [...]
Tonight I skated at the Air Canada Centre, home of our city’s beloved Toronto Maple Leafs. One of our customers hosts an anual event which includes a two hour skate followed by a hockey game where the customer faces of against its suppliers.
Unfortunately, only one employee from each supplier is selected to play, and [...]
Skating at the ACC
Posted in Places, Sports on March 1, 2004 | Leave a Comment »
Tonight I skated at the Air Canada Centre, home of our city’s beloved Toronto Maple Leafs. One of our customers hosts an anual event which includes a two hour skate followed by a hockey game where the customer faces of against its suppliers.
Unfortunately, only one employee from each supplier is selected to play, and I [...]
