Lahore Tikka House: An Invitation & A Love Letter
“Today, I invite you to be a tourist in your own city. No passport or plane ticket needed. Come, walk with me through the Gerrard India Bazaar.” This is Gulshan Alibhai’s welcome to…
Sanagan’s Meat Locker: Just buy the whole damn store
Sanagan’s Meat Locker was one of the first shops that caught our eye when we moved to the neighborhood. Walking past the window, the beautiful cuts are laid out in a way that…
Glory Hole Doughnuts: You’re Welcome
I really have no idea how we lived in this neighborhood for so long without devouring all of these doughnuts. Do yourself a favor. Get up, right now, and walk down to Gerrard…
JDavis Painting: Sometimes the adventure really is your own backyard
When Aaron and I moved to this neighborhood, one of the things we loved was our own little backyard. It’s not huge, or especially fancy. (Okay, it’s basically a dirt patch.) But we’ve…
Furballs Pet Stuff: Four-legged Friends Also Need Adventures
Our four-legged friends need some adventures, too, am I right? For our recently adopted Mara, a stroll down to Gerrard definitely constitutes exploration. Compared to our quiet side street, there is so much…
Luminosity 2021
With the recent shut downs in Ontario, it’s made it a bit harder to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Luminosity’s final weekend gives us a small glimpse. Closing this…
Eulalie’s Corner Store
Eulalie’s is the neighborhood bar everyone wishes was in their neighborhood. Luckily for us, it’s in ours. We first spotted Eulalie’s while driving to work. Since we live just north, we’d occasionally come…
Let’s Go Exploring
When I moved to Canada in 2019, it was something of an emergency measure. I’d been a U.S. government employee for over a decade, focused on promoting human rights and rule of law…
The Backyard Projects 