Monday, 5 March 2018
This story begins back in November. We were in Quebec City for a little anniversary holiday, and I checked email and found a note from the music site Spotify, stating that an artist whose songs I listened to frequently was going to be performing in Toronto. That was
singer songwriter LP.When we got home, I went over to "Rotate This" and got tickets to surprise Nick with for Christmas. The show wasn't until February, and since I'd gone so early, I happened to score tickets #1 and #2! (Tickets were also available online, so I'm pretty sure we weren't the first to get tickets in the whole city, but we got the first 2 printed ones.)
Friday, 2 March 2018
UPDATE 2022 : Noble Coffee has closed permanently.—————Meghan, Julie and I had a lovely coffee shop date recently. At Julie's recommendation, we went to Noble Coffee Co (on Bloor Street, south side between Lansdowne and Dundas West).It was really cold outside but warm and inviting inside. The steamy windows added to the cozy ambiance, as did the aroma of freshly ground coffee and tray of homemade cookies, which had just been taken out of the oven as we arrived.
Tuesday, 27 February 2018
c="http://www.loulou.to/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/toronto-light-fest-sign-the-distillery-district-at-night.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="480" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-38669 blk-brdr">On Thursday night, I added a new event to my "try to see this every year" list!It's
The Toronto Light Festival, held for the second time in
The Distillery District. After seeing photos of it (too late) last year, I made sure to get over to experience it this year, and Nick came with me.With 20 or so large scale light-driven sculptures created by artists from around the world, set up in the dark cobblestone lane-ways amoungst some of Toronto's oldest buildings, it was quite stunning to see. The festival runs until March 4th, so there's still time for you to see it, if you haven't yet, and if you're planning ahead for next year, it's usually on from mid January until the end of February. It is free.Here's a little look at some of the 2018 installations. Some pieces are static but most of them appear to be in motion, with colour changes and light sequences. Some are interactive, reacting to your proximity.We took the streetcar over, along King Street West, which dropped us off at the easternmost entrance to The Distillery District.
Friday, 23 February 2018
Julie, Meghan and I went to the opening night party for the new installation at The
Mercer Union Contemporary Art Centre, (located on the north side of Bloor, just east of Lansdowne), last Friday evening.
The exhibition, guest curated by Denise Ryner, is called
Common Cause: before and beyond the global, and runs until March 24, 2018. Described as "
Installations by Fayçal Baghriche, Sandra Brewster, David Hartt and Jeneen Frei Njootli consider historical, present and speculative expansions on the global, as a permanently unfixed, interdependent but disordered whole."
Tuesday, 20 February 2018
It was our dear friend Andrea's birthday recently, so we celebrated with a little dinner at our place last weekend. Our mutual friend Isabel came too.We were introduced to Andrea by Isabel, whom we've known for going on 20 years now, nearly five years ago, and we immediately clicked. This was a delightful time spent with friends who are like family.Since Andrea's birthday is so close to Valentine's Day, you'll see that the place was decorated for the holiday.Here's how the evening unfolded, mostly told through pictures ...The gift was wrapped and the table set before our guests arrived.
