Geeky Cat Miusings

Here I am walking down my driveway pulling my wooden ducky along. I loved that duck and I kept it for a long time. Look how shiny it was:

I am starting to scan some pictures from my youth and it is bringing back such sweet memories. My first phase in this walk down memory lane begins with my first trip to Italy and I put those images together in this album. Just click on picture to see more ….

Me thinking I have to get off the couch to go to the ROM walk (I am possibly the only person in Toronto who could be laughing at that thought):

Diana T, Christel, and I met in front of the ROM to take one of their free instructional walks of the surrounding area. We lost the tour guide within 5 minutes of the beginning of the walk because we were too busy chatting amongst ourselves. After some searching around corners and peering through bushes, we found our guide and he was talking about this building:

while we continued to chat The scholarly guide was not too happy with the three chatty gals and gave us a sign to be quiet — for there were others there who were very serious about it all.

We could not be quiet for we had much to say. So off we went for a place to converse. There at Far Coast sits Diana T and Christel with a smoothie:

Christel and I (with snow-white belly exposed) sitting in comfy chairs with the lovely posters in the background:

Diana T and Diana C showing off funky wall and how well coordinated we were (she forgot her silver earrings):

I am looking a bit skittish — maybe because it looks like snow outside:

The Gladstone, my favorite hotel in Toronto, is hosting a lovely cocktail party every Wednesday until September 19. The friendly waiters offer you a cornucopia of farm fresh appetizers showcasing autumn produce delivered from the farmer’s field. You also enjoy locally produced wines and beers and the freestyle, world, grooves of seewhysound! The tomato soup and cauliflower bruschetta were fabulous. The waiters were very friendly and able to give us the inside scoop on topics of interest to us (sorry, but I cannot reveal them). It is a very good deal at $12 a head and no cap on the amount of alcohol.

I have a confession to make — this was not my breakfast at all — I already ate at 6:00 am and by 11:30 was quite ready for lunch. My appetite in the morning is something else

Somehow we all still had an appetite for gelato when we left the restaurant and wandered off to Solferino where I purchased the Andean blackberry and guava sorbetti (sorbetti are made without dairy) and indulged in the scrumptious flavours while listening to the amazing Dr. Draw. He is an amazing musician and I would love to take him out to dinner one day.

Yummy, yummy food. Lovely company. And the girls actually made an appearance at the gathering.

Why do the Nonnas look frightened??

It is Saturday morning and I have a lot of things planned for this weekend but I will take a couple of minutes to reflect on this past week while my Thai Carrot soup gently simmers on the stove top, sending tantalizing aromas my way.

I went to a very good book club meeting at Demetre’s where we discussed The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon. It was a lively discussion and a few of us were not afraid to voice our opinions, even if it went against the general consensus. One of my favorite quotes “Where all think alike, no one thinks very much” by Walter Lippmann emphasizes the importance of allowing everyone to speak their mind.

Drawing class topic this week was textures and I had such a fun time — we went around looking for interesting textured objects and the created rubbings. I love that sort of spontaneous activity — I find my eyes start to see objects in ways that I don’t normally see — taking in all the details, colours, and texture — it is a very sensual experience. We were not told the purpose of doing the rubbings because it would ruin the experience because we would choose easy textures if we knew we would have to replicate the textures. As the teacher said, she is teaching us to make forgeries.

The Laugh Resort — I laughed for 1.5 hours. Need I say more?

Saw the movie Sunshine, a sci-fi thriller in which eight astronauts strap themselves to a nuclear bomb and fly it into our dying sun like some sort of cosmic defibrillator. There was a lot of astronaut mumbo jumbo talk that flew over my head, but it was specular and poetic. You didn’t think I would watch science fiction? Well I am a well-rounded girl!

Soups ready. ttl.

Is there a better way to celebrate Canada Day than to celebrate two birthdays? Click photo to see more.

I didn’t know I could add movies to my gallery. How cool is that???