Kensington Market is one of my favourite places in Toronto. I was there yesterday because of a recent Debra Black story in the Toronto Star. It talked about Solly, the son in Max & Son, a Kensington Market butcher shop. Yesterday was Sol’s last day. Max & Son, a fixture in Kensington for 54 years [...]
I’ve been to Quebec City twice in recent years. Our summer trip was during Quebec’s 400th anniversary celebration in 2008. Lucky for us, we got to stay in the Fairmont Le Château Frontenac thanks to a big travel media/industry event taking place at the same time. Our room high up in the hotel had walls [...]
This is a bit of a different type of road story today but one I think is worth telling… A couple of years ago I paid five bucks for this amazing heritage grape vine at Parkdale Horticultural Society‘s annual Plant Fair. People line up for it every year. Our vine is growing like a weed [...]
