Category: Urban

  • Sunset walk to Woodbine Beach Park and Ashbridges Bay Yacht Club

    Sunset walk to Woodbine Beach Park and Ashbridges Bay Yacht Club

    The light on Sat­ur­day evening was beau­ti­ful. The sky was clear of clouds from the west, and the sun­light was gold­en and mar­vel­lous. I took advan­tage of the sit­u­a­tion and packed sev­er­al new and sel­dom-used lens­es, just in case. Now that Lily and I are walk­ing Porthos using his new dog stroller, I can com­fort­ably…

  • Photowalk in Toronto’s Portlands, Oct 2023

    Photowalk in Toronto’s Portlands, Oct 2023

    In Jan­u­ary of this year, I start­ed orga­niz­ing month­ly Toron­to pho­towalks as part of my expan­sion of Expo­sure Ther­a­py’s hands-on pho­tog­ra­phy edu­ca­tion pro­gram. The pho­towalk I host­ed last met in The Beach­es on the after­noon of Sep­tem­ber 30th — one week ago today! These pho­towalks have been rea­son­ably suc­cess­ful at attract­ing a mod­est crowd of…

  • Taking the GO Train With Our Bikes and Dog: A Day of Fun, Food, and Frustration

    Taking the GO Train With Our Bikes and Dog: A Day of Fun, Food, and Frustration

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    Last Sun­day, Lily and I stepped out­side our com­fort zone and took a trip to down­town Burling­ton. The city is a mere 60 km away, which does­n’t make this a ter­ri­bly excit­ing or impres­sive accom­plish­ment. We dri­ve through Burling­ton every time we vis­it Lily’s fam­i­ly in Hamil­ton. So, what gives, and what makes this adven­tur­ous?…