doors open

I’m way behind on blog posts, probably going to miss documenting about some things that’ve happened but this one was hard to pass! May 29-30(?) was Doors Open Toronto.. different historic and architectual buildings were open to the public for free. I was able to visit Le Royal Meridian King Edward, Toronto’s First Post Office and the Toronto Railway Heritage Centre.

Ah, it’s been so long but I had to find the time to edit photos and stuff. First stop was the King Edward hotel, we were bought up to the Crystal Ballroom which was apparently really famous up until 1950s. Now its just a very nice open room, they should really renovate it and reuse it, it would make such a nice ballroom. I swear I could have my wedding there!! The windows surrounding the whole ballroom was just amazing,





The view from one of the windows..



The hotel was so pretty, there were other ballrooms that we toured.



The Beatles stayed here for their visit in Toronto in 1964. :D

Next stop, we went to Toronto’s First Post Office. I came here when I was young for Doors Open and so I wanted to come again to see if I remembered anything. Obivously everything seemed so much smaller. But they still had a chance for visitors to write letters with a real quill and seal their letters with wax just like how they did it, back in the day.



The last place we had time to go to was the Toronto Railway Heritage Centre..

We climbed into this train to check out the engine part of it. It was so crowded but the guy explained how it would get extremely hot in there too cause it was a steam engine (which they obviously don’t use anymore..).





Look a GO train!

A little stop motion I made of the whole area. This semi circle thing was the train station, and the thing in the middle swivles and turns so that it can be matched up to one of the entrances into the station. Pretty impressive for taking the pictures handheld :D I was so stuck pivoting my feet though.

The place was right next to the Steam Whistle Brewery. We got free beer! I didn’t like it :(

That day I also had the chance to try macarons for the first time:



For dinner, O’Noir experience was alright. I mean I quite enjoyed eating in the dark. I don’t know why but to me, darkness always kinda relates to silence. I like how silence didn’t have to be awkward at all! I felt really quite at peace eating in the dark, although I did freak out over slippery butter. My shrimp was a bit burnt but the tomato risotto was really good! Somehow, argula always finds its way into my dishes though (it was in my appetizer)…

Food: Johnny Rockets

A busy Friday night led to a rushed dinner decision. I’ve been trying my best to stay away from chain restaurants or .. larger chain restaurants at least. Red Lobster and Pickle Barrel had huge line ups anyway so we decided to try out Johnny Rockets. It was such a cute little brightly lit diner.
Located at Yonge and Dundas Square, the atmosphere was lively inside and out!
The cooks/waiters even did a song and dance at the front of the diner. So cute!! I honestly wanted to run up and dance with them..

Each table had a little old school music player, though that one didn’t work – there was a larger one near the door. Obviously I was way too excited when I heard we could choose songs to play – I chose Happy Together by the Turtles. Yay, love the music of that period.

On to the food.. I order a grilled chicken sandwich while he ordered a chicken club sandwich. Fries had to be order separately so he ordered sweet potato fries and I, just regular American fries.

The sweet potato fries with the chipotle sauce.. I believe was pretty amazing. My burger was average, a little too meaty for my preference but we all know my meat tolerance is close to none. Other than that, the burgers and fries weren’t bad.

The overall meal was a bit pricey though, especially since fries were a separate order.

We had planned to head to Frans for breakfast the next day but.. didn’t happen so I look forward to that! :)






Chicken Club Sandwich

Grilled Chicken Burger

Sweet Potato Fries

so come home cause i've been waiting for you

Sushi at .. Sushi Tower? I don't remember.. wasn't the best meal ever. The sushi was kind of.. lacking and the soy sauce was way too .. salty.

Nuit Blanche was kinda a disappointment. I never.. realized how crowded it's gotten.. I remember it's first year, there was like.. like not even half the amount of people I saw Saturday. It's getting too overrated.. though I wish I was in a better mood and had more time to explore some of the more hidden works.
My favourite was.. the Imminent Departure at Union Station Grand Hall. Something I could relate to at least and it was just so creepy, so gorgeous and so mysterious at the same time!

2.5 more days!

are we humans or are we dancers

Woke up early to head downtown for CTEP orientation. Boring but got free lunch! Oh.. and I finally met my first utsc friend! Makes me want to go the Athletic Centre to meet people.. haha

Walked through campus again, always such a sad time now. :( I regret not feeling more grateful last year of such a beautiful campus :( The new facilities and just everything. Ughh, couldn't find textbook at bookstore and walked back through campus to Yorkville area.

H&M sale was still on, I've gotten a lot of things from there lately. It's so easy.. things actually fit!!

Then we headed to Summer's. Trying to find the place was struggles but holy,. was it worth it. The ice cream was like heaven.


I ordered Toronto Pothole. SOOOOOOOO GOOD. and the waffle cone!!

Then walked to Flo's Diner, the little spiral staircase up to the diner was cute. The interior was so cute also, they also had a rooftop patio type thing however we wanted to see the inside!





We both ordered the same thing: Turkey Burger with mushrooms, caramelized onions and feta cheese topping with a side order of fries + coleslaw.



The burger was okay. The toppings were really good except the actual turkey patty was too hard and dry. Fries were pretty good too!

Walked down yonge to tiff events at yonge+dundas. Nothing really going on except for the free outdoor screening.



So tired, need to start doing homework tomorrow. :(