Recent content by Spoonman

I can confirm that Mikey (Mutey) Ford is actually capable of speaking. I was waiting for the washroom to become vacant yesterday at the Yonge-Bloor-Bay-BA debate at St. Andrew's United church, and Mikey was seated in a chair next to the door. I asked him if he was waiting in line, and he said...

According to the report, 61 Hayden St., a Georgian Revival structure dating back to 1868/69 and currently houses a travel agency, is also to be demolished as part of this project.

Also, Dr Henry Morgentaler's clinic was located at 85 Harbord St. for awhile. http://www.thegridto.com/city/places/ghost-city-85-harbord-st/

There's a sign up promoting an impending Aroma Expresso Bar in that space. Interior work has picked up steadily. My wife and I lament the lost opportunity for a nice flower shop/greenhouse that could have taken advantage of all that glass and natural light.

Does anyone have a link for the online stream? Thanks in advance!

http://www.thestar.com/life/health_wellness/2009/01/28/vermin_infestation_shuts_loblaws_store.html

The Kitchen and Glass place is not renewing its lease and will be closing down by March. Seems like the developer might be playing a game of attrition with the current tenants. I will be sad to see this store go after so many years.

Absolutely - it was definitely there about 3 years ago last time I visited. Some poor kid got lost in it and I had to lead him out because he really had to pee.

That's most likely because, as someone mentioned earlier, the Polish word for a Polish male is "polak" and it has a neutral connotation in the language. As someone who immigrated from Poland and spoke the language at home, I never actually realized that it was considered a derogatory term until...

By the way, anybody who eats meat but condemns the consumption of dogs is, in my opinion, a hypocrite. Pigs in particular have been documented to possess both cognitive abilities and sophisticated social behaviour comparable to that in dogs (by the way, I`m not basing those assertions on those...

Leeks are not the same thing as spring onions (i.e. scallions).

My colleague is a Mr. Torontali, but I think he's too busy finishing his Master's degree to be concerned about local politics.

The gentleman also appears to be sporting the very first documented proto-fauxhawk.

There's certainly nothing mythical about polyculture and biodiversity (I guess that's not necessarily synonymous with organic or local, unless the latter was also meant as a proxy for "sustainable")

Oh yeah - wasn't that on Blue Planet or something? I remember Richard Attenborough narrating.