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Hotel Monte Carlo (Paris, France)

Merchant Lodge Hotel (Glasgow, Scotland)

Never Again I recently stayed at the Merchant Lodge Hotel in Glasgow, Scotland for two nights. The Merchant Lodge is a very charming old building which, in a former life, was a warehouse for Glasgow’s tobacco industry. The room rate I paid during my visit was £40 per night for a double, which included ensuite bathroom, hair dryer, iron & ironing board and breakfast. Other room amenities were TV,…

Premier Inn London Heathrow Airport T2 & T3 (London, England)

Very Good Hotel I stayed at the Premier Travel Inn Heathrow for just one night in order to catch an early morning connecting flight to my final destination. What a pleasure my brief stay was at this hotel – I was impressed! The room (with exceptionally comfortable queen size bed) was a good size, very clean and the ensuite bathroom was also large, sparkling and immaculate. Lots of hot water and…

Joy Oil Gas Stations

Joy Oil was a 1930s petroleum company famous for operating uniquely designed, miniature “château-style” gas stations across the GTA. By importing cheaper crude oil, they undercut larger competitors and became a beloved local staple before the company ceased operations in the 1950s. Former Joy Oil station in front of the Tip Top Tailors building at 637 Lake Shore Blvd. West, in the 1980s[City of…

#Lake Shore Blvd. West

David French Lane

David French Lane is a small lane running between Borden Street and Brunswick Avenue, just south of Bloor Street West: David French was a Canadian playwright and author of many award-winning plays including “Leaving Home”, “Of The Fields Lately”, “Salt-Water Moon” and “Jitters”. In his honour, the David French Lane was so named in 2014. The lane now hosts some incredible artwork, painted on the…

#Bloor Street West #Borden Street #Brunswick Avenue

Toronto's Port Lands Bridges

As part of the massive project to revitalize the Toronto waterfront, a total of four new arch bridges have been built in the Port Lands. These bridges will protect the area from flooding, create a naturalized mouth for the Don River, and connect the future Villiers Island (now officially named Ookwemin Minising) to downtown Toronto. These are much-needed changes for our waterfront: The currently…

#Cherry Street #Commissioners Street #Keating Channel #Villiers Island

Canoe Landing

Canoe Landing Park is an 8-acre urban park in downtown Toronto, adjacent to the Gardiner Expressway in the CityPlace neighbourhood. Situated at 95 Fort York Boulevard, the park serves CityPlace’s high-density community. Officially opened on September 9, 2009, the park was developed as part of the surrounding condo development and serves as a green oasis in this area’s urban landscape. The park…

#CityPlace #Fort York Boulevard

The Rosehill Reservoir

A Hidden Toronto Spot? I had never heard of the Rosehill Reservoir until I started doing a little research on an interesting sculpture located there. The Rosehill Reservoir sits beside Rosehill Avenue, east of Yonge Street, and is part of the David A. Balfour park: The Reservoir was created in 1874 to supply clean drinking water to the residents of Toronto, and continues serving this function…

#David Balfour Park #Rosehill Avenue

Gillie & Marc Toronto Sculptures

#King Street West #ScollardSt

"Rekindle" on the Toronto Sign

Everyone knows our famous TORONTO sign in Nathan Phillips Square, but how often have we taken a really close look at it? I hadn’t, until now. The current “wrap” (as these designs are called) has been in place since September of 2022; I’ve seen it so many times it’s burned into my memory, and I’ve taken the sign for granted without really looking closely at it. I just learned that the City of…

#Nathan Phillips Square

Khalsa Day & Parade

#KingStW #Nathan Phillips Square #Queen Street East

Richmond Street West

Today we’ll take a short, rainy-day walk across Richmond Street West, roughly from Simcoe Street to John Street. Prior to researching it, I knew in general that this street was of historical significance in terms of Toronto’s old warehouse district. Delving a little deeper I learned a bit of background on some of the buildings along this stretch. The Graphics Art Building – 73 Richmond Street…

#Duncan Street #John Street #Richmond Street West

Good Friday Procession 2026

Following a tradition that goes back to 1962, the St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Toronto held its annual Good Friday Procession on the streets of Little Italy yesterday, Friday, April 3rd: The mile-long Procession included religious statues, musical bands, and people representing different characters associated with re-enacting the fourteen Stations of the Cross (Jesus on his way to…

#Grace Street #Mansfield Avenue #St. Francis of Assisi

An Early Spring Urban Walk

Nothing specific this post – just a desultory early Spring photowalk through parts of downtown Toronto:

#Bloor Street West #Church Street #Hayden Street #James Canning Gardens #UniversityAve #Yonge Street

Photos

Here are all the photo albums of the Tuscany trip. There is some repetition of these photos in a few of my blog posts, but the albums present more images of a particular place or day. The button below will take you over to SNAPS, my photo site, which will open in a new tab in your browser. Enjoy! Tuscany Photo Albums

#Photos

Paris: Day 10

Departing Paris For Berlin We were up very early this morning: Vince awake since 4:00 a.m., me shortly thereafter. Time to move on to… Berlin! Our alarm went off at 5:45. As I suspected, the hotel failed to give us a wake-up call so it was a very good thing we had bought fresh batteries for the travel alarm clock after all. We got up, showered, packed toiletries and went down to the hotel lobby…

#Charles de Gaulle airport #Departure #Lufthansa

Paris: Day 9

#Hotel Monte Carlo #Le Marais #Musée Carnavalet #Place de la Bastille #Place des Vosges #Pompidou Centre

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