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  • What’s Open and Closed On Labour Day

    I hope you got all your back-to-school shopping done, and picked up those last minute groceries yesterday, because practically everything is closed today. Including:

    • Most shopping malls
    • Grocery stores
    • Banks
    • Libraries
    • LCBO/Beer stores
    • Government offices
    • and there’ll be no mail delivery

    Since the Toronto Eaton Centre is designated as a tourist area, it will be open today from 10am – 6pm. Vaughan Mills Mall will also be open until 7pm. Some of the shops (including Le Chateau Outlet) on Orfus Road will be open today for all you bargain hunters.

    If you’re planning on taking the bus anywhere, TTC, Mississauga Transit and GO Transit will be operating on holiday schedules today, and be back to regular service tomorrow.

    Today is the last day of The Ex, so if you haven’t reached as yet, make sure you drop by (and get your Tiny Tom Donuts!)

    Enjoy what’s left of your long weekend! :)

  • Shopping at The Ex

    When most people think about the Canadian National Exhibition, they usually think of games, rides and food. Why is it that whenever I go there I end up shopping 90% of the time? I love a good bargain. The Warehouse Outlet in the Direct Energy Centre is where I spent most of my time today (even though my main reason for going to The Ex today was to see the Toronto Urban Music Festival, and I reached there too late for that :( ). But I got so many clothes at a fraction of the price I would’ve paid at the regular store!!! 4 pairs of jeans for $60 and 6 T-shirts for $20 at Bluenotes… 6 pairs of dress pants for $30 at Sirens… and a (fake realistic looking) leather jacket, 2 sweatpants and a t-shirt at Fairweather for $28.

    The ride home was brutal though. We had to stand the whole ride back to Union station after a 20 minute wait for a streetcar. I felt sorry for the people the streetcar passed by a few blocks away from the Exhibition grounds because it was so packed.

    I’m glad I’m home now though. Maybe I’ll snack on the squished Tiny Tom Dounuts that are in my bag. I also need to make sure I have enough money left over to cover rent.

  • Less Than 24 Hours To Vote For Your Favourite Blog!

    And that blog would be alotaboutnothing.com! ;) If you haven’t already cast your vote for the finalists of the 2007 Black Weblog Awards, please head over to their site and think of Yours Truly. I’m up for Best International Blog and Best Food Blog. Voting ends August 31st at 4pm. Thanks in advance!

  • I Just Came Out of a Food Coma

    Hosting a BBQ has it’s ups and downs… the up part being hanging out with friends and family, the down part eating too much food and junk conking out. I just woke up from a 2 hour nap after a day of marinating, grilling, eating and chatting. Good times! I’m heading out to go see Rush Hour 3 now, but I’ll be posting some of the recipes I used in my BBQ today and posting them tomorrow (as well as the guacamole dip I was talking about before).

  • Trying Out The New Skates

    So today was the first day I actually used my new (and I say ‘new’ because I haven’t used them since I purchased them 2 months ago) inline skates on the lovely paths of Wilmot Creek Park in uptown Toronto. The weather was great, the paths weren’t that occupied–so they’d be less of a chance of strangers laughing at me if I fell–and I had my all-important wrist guards for safety.

    Now I don’t know if it’s because I didn’t fasten my skates up correctly or if I’m just a big cry baby, but my calves and arch of my feet were aching after going up and down a couple of paths. I haven’t ‘skated’ since I was in grade school… and even then, I was used to ice skating. I didn’t do too bad. I need to work on my stopping technique though. 10 minutes into the blading I couldn’t slow down after a mini hill and I tried to use those flimsy orange construction fences to brace my fall. I stayed upright though! I’m proud to say that I only fell once, and it was about 4 metres from the car on my way back home. :D It was a graceful fall, if I do say so myself: I did a sort of 1/2 split in mid-turn in my descent and landed on my bum.

    I guess I should’ve listened to my friend and not try to use my brake like I did on some of the gravel that was in the parking lot. Ah, well… practice makes perfect! :D  I think I got a much needed workout today after eating all those Tiny Tom donuts at The Ex last night.  I made some yummy guacamole as a post-workout snack when I got home (recipe coming up next).