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April, 2009

  1. CN Tower Glass Floor

    April 30, 2009 by Gail

    CN Tower glass floor

    Yesterday I suggested we take advantage of — fleetingly — brilliant weather in Toronto by going up the CN Tower to take in some views. I was last up there in July, tourguiding some Japanese tourists (friends of friends), and similar to my previous attempt in July 2005 with David, I had to psyche myself into looking down at the floor by peering through a camera viewfinder then taking it away. This time, however, I am happy to report I walked directly onto the floor, then looked down, no viewfinder assistance required. This is progress!

    The photo above is my favourite glass floor picture yet — the motion blur at left and one foot on the glass is what makes this photo for me. We were very lucky yesterday: the tower is usually mobbed with tourists, but we had zero queues that day and two random people shared complimentary tickets with us at the ticket counter so it was all free!

    Some more photos taken from the CN Tower on Wednesday, viewable in the Pictobrowser (just click on the pic to advance to the next):

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  2. Brunching Outside @ Mitzi’s

    April 30, 2009 by Gail

    I *love* eating outside. It’s one of life’s many pleasures.

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  3. Up The CN Tower

    April 29, 2009 by Gail

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  4. Protected: A Wee Update

    April 29, 2009 by Gail

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  5. Rest In Peace, Carolyn

    April 29, 2009 by Gail

    Carolyn Tam

    I’ve been sitting on this for a couple of days, and I wish I didn’t have to write this.

    Carolyn Tam is now in peace, after fighting for her life for the past two and a half years, and with others fighting for her life, against leukemia. I didn’t know her directly, but she is a friend of a friend. I’ve written about her in May and June of last year, adding my support to a campaign to encourage people to donate to their local bone marrow registry. Valiant efforts were made worldwide in this regard to boost the numbers of donors within the Asian population and find a match for Carolyn. After many registration drives on her behalf, I held so much hope for her chances. Carolyn lost her fight on April 23, 2009, in Vancouver, surrounded by her loved ones. (That day is also my younger brother’s birthday, so I won’t be forgetting it.)

    Wherever you are in the world, please visit your local bone marrow registry to get yourself tested and registered. All it takes is a simple blood test to determine your bone marrow profile for matching purposes, and there is no obligation to donate, you always have a choice.

    Please register and save a life.

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  6. Oh Canada!

    April 28, 2009 by Gail

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  7. A Few Pictures From Picton

    April 28, 2009 by Gail

    After more than a week of cameraphone photos, I am ready for some proper ones, aren’t you? I must be ‘at large’ again shortly, but here are a few from our weekend in Prince Edward County, which was cut rather short (for me) because I had to drive back to Toronto by myself on Sunday night after dinner to make an appointment downtown yesterday. Maybe this weekend I’ll get some time to upload more photos from the past week. For now, I leave you with scenes from the county’s main town, Picton, which calls itself Loyalist:

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  8. 27c Today!

    April 27, 2009 by Gail

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  9. A Fine Spring Evening

    April 26, 2009 by Gail

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  10. Picton, ON

    April 26, 2009 by Gail

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