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Cover photo from LeslievilleMural.com. Mural by Elicser Elliot.

Riverside → Leslieville

October 28, 2020by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment

A couple months ago I wrote about buying a house. It had a sixty day close, so the math says we’re moving this week. The sale officially closed Monday, and […]

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House, Me, Toronto

The Lower Don

October 25, 2020by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment

Three years after it re-opened (and us living practically next door to it) we finally walked part of the Lower Don River trail today. We Uber’d to the Brickworks, mistakenly […]

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Daily life, Toronto
Cover photo by randy p, used under Creative Commons license

Civic duty

January 26, 2019by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment

Back in December I got a summons. A summons for jury selection. Somehow, despite living in Toronto for almost 22 years, I’d never gotten one. But there it was, in […]

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Daily life, Me, Toronto

Third winter

April 15, 2018by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment

While Toronto comes to grips with this crazy goddamn three-day rain/snow/ice storm I/we have been just trying to stay warm and fed. On Friday I tried to meet someone at the […]

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Daily life, Food / drink, Toronto

“It’s a good job I’m in the Navy and you’re in the Army.”

August 7, 2017by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment

  This was supposed to have been a very productive weekend for our work. It…was not that, in the end. Friday after work we managed to get a table at […]

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Daily life, Food / drink, Movies, Toronto

Granted, I might need to buy something with colour in it

August 3, 2017by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment

Slowly but surely, I am building an art collection worthy of hanging in this loft. The first one I bought was from Krystina Stamatopolous: Then, in Rwanda, I bought this […]

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Art, Toronto
Cover photo from the Omaw website

Jed’s other festival

July 15, 2017by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment

We spent our Thursday and Friday evenings attending parts of the Vector Festival here in Toronto: Vector Festival is a participatory and community-oriented initiative dedicated to showcasing digital games and […]

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Art, Food / drink, Technology, Toronto
Cover photo by Paul Downey, used under Creative Commons license

Leaving St. Lawrence Market

April 18, 2017by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment

Almost ten years to the day after moving into this condo building, I’m moving out. I have a new place a few minutes east of here, in a cool new neighbourhood. […]

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Daily life, Me, Toronto
Cover photo from Goodhood

Good hood

March 8, 2017by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment

Last night I took a quick jaunt over to my (almost) new neighbourhood, met up with M2, and enjoyed a few more of the places which will soon be mine. […]

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Food / drink, Friends, Toronto

More like this, please

February 21, 2017by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment

Uh, that was a ridiculously great long weekend. Friday: we saw an amazing Japandroids concert (seriously, one of the best value-for-money shows I’ve ever seen) and had a late dinner at […]

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Daily life, Food / drink, Toronto

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