Oshiya, or “pusher”, is an informal Japanese term for a worker who stands on the platform of a railway station during the morning and evening rush hours, and pushes people onto the train. This video is a good example of just how crowded it gets on Japanese trains.
–as seen on my “The Best of YouTube” [...]

I discovered this place while walking last night and went back this morning to take some photos. The light wasn’t that great, so I’ll return when the light’s better and try again.

The weather forecasters were all wrong about the weekend, and this time it was in our favour — it didn’t rain! In fact, it didn’t really rain until today, which is fine because it’s Monday and most of us are working.
The fact that the TTC was on strike didn’t seem to deter people from getting [...]

Had to set the alarm to get myself up to do this; Saturday mornings are typically lie-ins for me. This walk had already been postponed once (last weekend), and the forecast for today called for rain. Not to mention there’s a transit strike on right now, so anyone who didn’t have a car or didn’t [...]

The TTC (Toronto Transit Commission) started striking an hour ago (midnight) with a notice of an hour and a half, and I just started reading the news about it:
Torontonians in shock after transit workers strike
Updated Sat. Apr. 26 2008 12:38 AM ET
Oh boy, this is going to wreak havoc. It’s times like this I’m glad [...]

(In case you can’t tell, I’m the one losing a battle with gravity.)
What a difference seven weeks make! It’s taken us that long to finish the Alley Walk that was mapped out by Spacing.ca.
http://spacing.ca/laneways.htm
Postponing it for nearly two months had more to do with people’s schedules than the weather, but the warmer temperatures (at least [...]

I missed out on the good weather in Toronto during the week I was in Vancouver, so today has been the most spring-like I’ve seen it this year.
I met with some lovely people this morning for brunch at Joy Bistro, where I had my requisite Eggs Benedict (Norwegian-style this time, with smoked salmon) and a [...]

Take, for example, this photo at Canada Place. The clouds are pretty threatening, but provide a contrasting backdrop to the brightness of the sails to the west and the cranes to the east.
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I took this photo below in the bridge walkway between Waterfront Skytrain Station and the Seabus terminal (you can see [...]

My flight to Toronto’s been delayed, so I thought I’d take the opportunity to post a few pics. Yesterday was a full day of family and friends and airports and beaches and — goodness gracious — enough food to feed an army.
I took my father and brothers to the airport yesterday morning, where they boarded [...]

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Man, did I ever need a tripod for this one. I made do by steadying the camera on the balcony railing on my scarf, bumping up the ISO, and using the 2-second timer.