Doors Open Toronto 2010

Once per year for one weekend in May, many buildings which are normally closed (mainly heritage or religious sites) open their doors for the general public. A great occasion to visit places you would never be able to see without such an event.
This time we decided to live some television experience at Omni TV newscast studios, take the elevator to Le Meridien King Edwards hotel's chrystal ballroom (closed since the seventies, buit still plenty of character, btw. King Edwards being the hotel where Yoko Ono and John Lennon staged on of their famous bed-ins for peace), admire the beautiful wall paintings in the Knesseth Synagogue at the Junction as well as a Tibetan temple (no pictures allowed).
Here are some more impressions....

Johann at the Dad's group and at home

More pictures....

Weekend Trip to Stratford, Grand Bend and Pinery Prov. Parc

This sunny May weekend we went for a little trip to the shores of Lake Huron, visiting Stratford and St. Marys on the way.
We had a great time playing with Johann in the sand, taking long strolls on the beach and admiring nature in one of the most beautiful Provincial Parcs we've seeen so far. There are plenty more photos...

Jane's walk - Neighborhood walks in Toronto

Every first May week-end, neighborhood walks are offered in Toronto and a lots of cities all over the world. The idea is to learn about the history, the buildings, people and challenges which a neighborhood encounters over time. Albeit immigration-related, due to business decline or rise, or simply gentrification. You'll walk with other like-minded people in a stretch of the city eager to discover the foremost hidden parts of it. Here are some photos from our strolls....

Chasing Mr Racoon

Steph finally managed to shoot a photo of one of the essential parts of our back yard wild life (we're in Canada, eh!).
Mr. Raccoon in full daylight! I'm always mistaking our neighbors enormous cat for a racoon and I finally know why: this poor guy is not well "in shape" like his fellows but way too skinny.... maybe he didn't get enough delicacies from our garbage bin?

About the transience of time

At a recent professionel event this video was shown to make us think about our industry and what our environment will look like in 10 years or later... However, the clip doesn't focus on any particular industry but more on the information age we're living in and the increasing complexity of the world of tomorrow. Give it a try, I'm pretty sure it'll provide you with some new perspectives on our live - present and future.

Daytrips and Weekend activities

With the following link you will discover some of our recent day trips and activities, such as the frisbee-golf at the Toronto islands, our weekly swimming hour at the community pool, some city strolls, Johann's first (supported steps) at home and in our backyard garden as well as his delicate gusto for Spanish Tapas.