#1. Garbage Bin in Windsor:
#2. What time is it?
The time on my iPod is off.
#3. A book I bought: “Little Bee”
I bought it solely because of how pretty it is. That, and what the inside sleeve says:
#4. Yesterday’s Google Doodle!
isn’t it great?! I think it’s my favourite one. It was in celebration of their 11th anniversary.
I wonder if I’m the only person who is obsessed with the Scrubs musical.
…I can’t be, right? I mean, it’s an AMAZING episode!!!!
I’m sitting in Starbucks right now (hah - when am I not in Starbucks?)
I spent a good portion of the day walking along Queen St, and now I’m pooped.
Speaking of poop…I saw these cards in The OuterLayer store on Queen St:
pretty, right?
They’re made out of elephant poo!
Nope - I’m not joking.
Visit their website!
I’m horrified and loving it at the same time.
Speaking of being horrified… I had an interesting placenta-laden conversation with some co-workers the other day.
Apparently I am one of a few people who didn’t realize that some people - HUMANS - eat their placenta.
The people I was with were having a common, everyday placenta conversation, and every few minutes I would have to remind myself to lift my jaw up from off the floor.
No one at the table had eaten her placenta, but one person did plant it in her backyard an grow a tree.
…what?
For some reason I assume that there would be some municipal law against planting human tissue. …like something to do with the sewage system?
at one point I was convinced that the entire conversation was just some joke intended to trick the gullible people. but no, apparently I’m completely out-of-the-loop when it comes to newage placenta etiquette.
…but I’m okay with that.
anyways, I’ve decided that I’ve (finally) finished my 3/50 project!
As I’ve mentioned before, the 3/50 project is about supporting local businesses. The idea is to choose 3 local brick and motar stores that you love and go there and spend $50 to support them!
During my wanderings today I went to my fav stores on Queen st and spent money.
(Now, I didn’t spend $50 at each store, because I didn’t want to ‘waste’ my money on items that I wouldn’t use, but I still count those stores as part of the project because I spent $150ish in total. 
#1 - Pages Bookstore.
They’re closing. boo.
I bought stuff from them a few weeks ago.
#2 - The Outer Layer.
love that store! (I’ve mentioned that before… )
#3 - Arton Crafts Inc
Arton Crafts is a retail/wholesale bead supply shop.
I’m a fan because they seem to have some of the lowest prices and best selection around.
I also like the fact that they have completely divided up their one store into two separate stores. (separate entrances and everything.)
The one side has semi-precious beads/jewels and delicate things, and the other side has more of the wooden beads, which I’m a fan of.
actually, here are some pictures of today’s purchase:
I’ll post pictures if I end up making anything out of them! I tend to buy beads and then just look at them…
#4 - Type Bookstore
In a fan of the decor of this store:
(pics are from a while ago)
#5 - The Paper Place
How can you not love an entire store dedicated to paper?
I made an impromptu decision to go buy a book, so at 8:45pm last night I exclaimed: “It’s almost 9 o’clock! That’s closin’ time!” And I hurried out my apartment and over to my neighbourhood BMV bookstore.
And picked up these:
They didn’t have the book I wanted, so I went across the street to Chapters.
They have a table labeled: “You should have read these by now”
The table included:
- Great Expectations
- Life of Pi
- To Kill a Mockingbird
- Marley & Me
- The Handmaid’s Tale
- Pride and Prejudice
…wait a second, “Marley & Me” ?? Really??
anyways,
I also picked up this book while I was there:
“Mumbo Jumbo” …how could I resist?
Here’s how I spent my weekend:
carving linoleum in the park!
I’m obsessed!!
I didn’t have to think long about what my first linocut was going to be… WOODGRAIN!
…and my third cut was…
a fingerprint.
eeeee!
i.love.it.
oh, and the park smells like garbage. boo.
thankfully, it’s a big park, so there are areas where it doesn’t smell.
in other news, I went to Pages Books today and picked up a few books, including:
and
mmm chalkboards…
until next time!
I was off on a roadtrip last weekend (yay!), so on Thursday I stopped by Chapters to get a book to read.
But I ended up picking up a few more books than I can read in a few days.
check it out:
Miriam Toews!!
I love Miriam Toews. But I don’t love paying regular price for books.
So I was going to come home and buy a used copy on Amazon, but I decided that I should support great Canadian talent. Plus, I’ve already bought two of her books and haven’t paid regular price yet. So I bought this novel, which I think is her latest. (don’t quote me on that.)
This book was conveniently located behind the cash register as I was checking out. And Laurence Hill (the author) just happened to be on The Hour last night, so I decided to support 1) A Canadian novelist, 2) A great Canadian TV show, and 3) Shelf Placement.
I had a fun conversation with the Australian cashier. We chatted about the novel, The Hour and awkward interviews (Like the one with the Killers! apparently the Keith Urban interview is odd too.)
And look! look!!!
and
Penguin Classics!
I could NOT resist these. AND they were 30% off.
My fav cover was the one for Crime and Punishment, but I already have that book. (boooo.)
I am a huge fan of the book though, so I may purchase this copy too….
I was born on a Sunday!!
So I’ve been sitting at my dinner table desk for the last couple hours uploading music to my iPod and doing random things online…
while reading blogTO, I came across the Seen Reading blog, and this video:
(also located here)
In short, Seen Reading is a project by a Torontoian named Julie Wilson who blogs about people she spots on the reading books on the TTC.
I noted a guy on the subway today who sat down and proceeded to take a HUGE dictionary-sized hardcover book out of his satchel.
(eee! I think that’s the first time I’ve ever used that word! I love it!!)
of course, that totally caught my attention. The book was titled “Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA”. (And I just found it on Amazon!)
I on the other hand, was reading Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides.
eee! just uploaded some Milli Vanilli to my iPod! Now I’m SET!
Girl you know it’s true haha! body slams!
Blame it on the Rain:
I feel like this weekend was very ‘Toronto’.
Cecilia was in town, so we decided to go exploring, by way of the Open Doors “Festival”!
So, we met at Mel’s Delicatessen in the Annex for brunch. It was VERY yummy. I’ll be back there.
The Paper Place was also having a sale on Saturday so we hopped on a street car and went down to Queen Street, which we walked down and popped in a few cool stores.
like an interesting concept store.
I didn’t really understand most of it…
eventually we saw the great bright orange of The Paper Place!
And I noticed the ‘Type’ store for the first time!
we went in…
ISN’T IT GREAT?!!!
they carry great off-the-wall books and cool stationary, including this book that i picked up:
MIRANDA JULY!!
I was looking to buy her book this past week, but couldn’t find it in Chapters, so I’m excited to have it now. …and it was sold at the US listed price! (sweet!)
we didn’t end up buying anything at The Paper Place, but we did drop by Dufflet on the way back:
Ceci got cheese cake and coffee:
yum!
I opted for this key lime tart and a Perrier.
here’s a shocker, my order came to less than $3.00! CRAZY!
it was really good. very refreshing… (you know, lemon and lime…)
alright, so the main event: Doors Open!
we actually spent a good deal of the day eating and shopping, so we didn’t have too much time to open doors, but we went to the CBC for our first stop.
They had the set for The Hour and some other random show open.
It wasn’t very exciting…. but here’s a picture of The Hour.
just like how it looks on tv! Imagine that!!
For whatever reason, I was making some inappropriate comments while at the CBC (which I felt bad about), so as I left I signed some petition to keep the CBC-Radio 2 playing its current content.
The petition was out on the street in the form of chart paper on an easel, and people were just signing this as they walked by.
now, isn’t a petition supposed to have more than just ’scribbles’ on a piece of paper? like, shouldn’t people have to put down some kind of info, like a phone number of email address, so that someone can make sure that they are real people who signed this thing? …not just one enthusiastic event organizer who decided to make a bunch of scribbles on chart paper.
mmm, someone is BBQ-ing outside! smells yummy!
so anyways, after the CBC we stumbled upon St.Andrews Church on King Street, which is also participating in Doors Open, so we popped in there.
It was nice. ..a church. …you know, stained glass windows and such.
after that we headed back to my apartment and I can’t remember what we did… or what I did after Cecilia left…
This morning I headed back to Queen Street for church.
It was interesting. I got semi-lost, but it was a really silly mistake, so I was kinda frustrated and considered just going back home instead of arriving late.
but I decided that I’d only be like 10 minutes late, so I went anyway.
and then when i came back home I napped the afternoon away, and I’m still fairly sleepy. I think I’ll go get a coffee….
