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Now that Germany’s in the final on Sunday against Spain, I can only imagine the mania that’s been building since I left on Monday.
Last Friday, the night before the wedding, there was a barbecue for all the guests who’d arrived at the farm in Wolterdingen. Of course, someone found a way to get a TV [...]
Taxi To The Dark Side
3 Comments Published by Gail April 23rd, 2008 in Culture + Society, Reel + ScreenWhen I finished work shortly after 8pm on Tuesday, I felt the urge to purge my brain for a while — or at least fill it with something else. The quickest way for me to do that is to see a film so I checked out what was playing at my local nonprofit movie house, [...]
Speaking of Odd Symbols
2 Comments Published by Gail April 22nd, 2008 in Culture + Society, cameraphoneI present to you Exhibit B, taken with my crappy cameraphone in the parking lot of Sobey’s (grocery store) — much to the puzzlement of other shoppers.
A stork? Come on. Not only am I sceptical that this is a truly universal symbol of maternity (the stork reference is firmly rooted in Western popular culture; Toronto [...]
Happy Chinese New Year (of the Rat)!
8 Comments Published by Gail February 7th, 2008 in Critters + Creatures, Culture + Society, gailatlargeA sleek rat charm given to David and me, from Socar. I still have it.
This photo was originally posted on November 13, 2005, where you will find the story of Stella the Gambian Pouched Rat and a video I shot of her making away with a spring roll. Ah, she was a lively one, she [...]
The Fifth Estate: Lost In The Struggle
2 Comments Published by Gail November 3rd, 2007 in Culture + Society, Toronto, Videoclips, Working LifeYesterday, I went to see a film in the middle of the working day, something I’ve never done before. (If feature films were an hour, I’d do it more often!) It was another United Way fundraiser at work — this time about as far from a bake sale as one can get. As a bonus, [...]
On Patriotism and Being Canadian
0 Comments Published by Gail August 30th, 2007 in Books, Culture + SocietyAlcan Dragon Boat Festival, Vancouver — June 22, 2005
My plan for this evening was to process last weekend’s photos, but alas, I had to face the fact that I don’t live in a self-cleaning apartment and my clothes aren’t of the self-laundering variety (when will the scientists get around to inventing these???). Oh well, there [...]
“Let’s All Hate Toronto”
0 Comments Published by Gail July 20th, 2007 in Culture + Society, Reel + Screen, TorontoRelax, it’s a film. A film that looks really funny, but only to a Canadian, I think.
Sunday, July 15, 2007
Hatred of Toronto examined in mockumentary at Montreal comedy festival
http://letsallhateto.com/
I found this part of the article particularly amusing:
Although Montreal would likely be the most fervant Toronto-hater in the country because of long-standing sports and cultural rivalries, [...]
After returning from the Islands, I encountered crowds of people wearing orange walking along Lakeshore and turning north onto York Street. It turned out to be the annual Khalsa Day Parade, and the large Sikh population in the Greater Toronto Area turned out for the event in huge numbers (50,000-60,000?).
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All photos here.
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Street Performers in Habana Vieja
2 Comments Published by Gail January 5th, 2007 in Cuba, Culture + Society, Videoclips
December 28, 2006
Canon A80
After a couple of days venturing through the gritty streets of Central Havana, I found the sparkling streets of Habana Vieja — the colonial part of the city — a little blinding. Its restoration is no doubt tourist-friendly, but after a day of all that fresh paint, I was ready to return [...]
“I want to hear Celine Dion!”
3 Comments Published by Gail January 2nd, 2007 in Cuba, Culture + Society, Raconteurism, TravelDecember 25, 2006
Pedro (a high school physics teacher who now works as a musician because he earns more money)
Hershey Station, Matanzas
I arrived at 10:30 at the Hershey Station in Matanzas on Christmas Day to catch a train that was supposed to leave at 12:30. The next train wasn’t until after 5 o’clock, and I was [...]
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