Over the weekend, a bunch of us went cycling around Tommy Thompson Park. The park is located on Leslie Street Spit, a man-made peninsula that has been growing since the 1950s. Made of construction rubble like bricks, concrete and re-bar, Tommy Thompson Park is now a city park that is great for joggers, cyclists, rollerbladers, birdwatchers, […]
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Hanami in High Park
Hanami is blossom-viewing, most famously cherry blossom-viewing, in Japanese. A few years ago Tomiko and I spent a month in Tokyo and enjoyed picnics under the blossoming trees. This year, we stayed in Toronto and bicycled to High Park to take in the beautiful views and take advantage of the first beautiful weekend of the year. […]