Thursday, June 28, 2007
Sunday, June 24, 2007
New e-mail address
Hello
If you're trying to contact us, please e-mail Jim at this new address: jimshedden@gmail.com. I haven't quite figured out how to switch this whole blog over to the new e-mail address so what you see at the top, while still operational, isn't something I check regularly. If you want to reach Meredith, she also has gmail, but please send your message to me and I'll forward it to her.
Thanks.
If you're trying to contact us, please e-mail Jim at this new address: jimshedden@gmail.com. I haven't quite figured out how to switch this whole blog over to the new e-mail address so what you see at the top, while still operational, isn't something I check regularly. If you want to reach Meredith, she also has gmail, but please send your message to me and I'll forward it to her.
Thanks.
Luminato and the Distillery District
Luminato was an incredible accomplishment for Toronto, a multi-disciplinary arts festival where all the major players contributed ideas in a big way. Especially impressive were the offerings at Harbourfront Centre (which I love), the Art Gallery of Ontario and the Distillery District. My boss and colleague Bruce Mau, and his wife Bisi Williams, were involved in the planning, as were a who's-who of the culture scene in Toronto. Check out their website for more information and a full itinerary of what was presented this year.
While at the Distillery, we did all the other usual stuff of course. Shopping at Lileo (well, window shopping - I didn't want to spend $80 on the John Lennon t-shirt); buying chocolate at SOMA (the best chocolate shop in the world); eating crepes (Shellie did); eating at a new restaurant called CafeUno; buying some coffee at Balzac's; checking out a few galleries, including the Atom Egoyan installation.
Oh, and most importantly, the girls had makeovers courtesy of L'Oreal and their Redken line. L'Oreal was the major sponsor of Luminato, breaking Canadian arts sponsorship records for amount pledged, as far as I understand. And in the cool loft space where the makeovers were happening, there was also a very fun art-making studio that captured Lily and Meredith's imagination.
I'm going to post more images later but thought I would get this preliminary group up and running to keep this damn site fresh!
We recently spent the better part of the day at the Distillery District again, as we do almost weekly. This particular occasion we were joined by Meredith's cousins, Amy and Lily, my sister Lisa, and her boyfriend Peter. Maureen and her daughter Grace also joined us for part of the festivities.
While at the Distillery, we did all the other usual stuff of course. Shopping at Lileo (well, window shopping - I didn't want to spend $80 on the John Lennon t-shirt); buying chocolate at SOMA (the best chocolate shop in the world); eating crepes (Shellie did); eating at a new restaurant called CafeUno; buying some coffee at Balzac's; checking out a few galleries, including the Atom Egoyan installation.
Oh, and most importantly, the girls had makeovers courtesy of L'Oreal and their Redken line. L'Oreal was the major sponsor of Luminato, breaking Canadian arts sponsorship records for amount pledged, as far as I understand. And in the cool loft space where the makeovers were happening, there was also a very fun art-making studio that captured Lily and Meredith's imagination.
I'm going to post more images later but thought I would get this preliminary group up and running to keep this damn site fresh!
We recently spent the better part of the day at the Distillery District again, as we do almost weekly. This particular occasion we were joined by Meredith's cousins, Amy and Lily, my sister Lisa, and her boyfriend Peter. Maureen and her daughter Grace also joined us for part of the festivities.
Going to the Movies at the Varsity
We love watching movies, whether at home on DVD or at movie theatres in Toronto or wherever we are. A couple of weeks ago, during a particularly nasty heat wave, Meredith and I spent most of the day inside watching movies. We saw Shrek the Third and Pirates of the Caribbean III. Meredith liked them both, preferring Pirates by a hair, whereas I only liked Shrek (though I wanted more of my favorite character, Puss in Boots, aka Antonio Banderas).
We saw Shrek in the Varsity VIP theatre. I'm used to going to the Rainbow Cinemas, a budget theatre in the St. Lawrence area where our admission price is around $10 for the two of us. It was $30 (!) for the two of us in the VIP theatre, but worth it.
The Varsity is located in the Manulife Centre, a 70s-era mixed residential/retail/etc. complex, a not-quite-comfortable-in-its-skin Brutalist concrete structure in the middle of the Bloor St. shopping area. It has one of the better Indigo bookstores in Toronto, so we also spend a lot of time there. Bay Bloor Radio is also a highlight and there are actually two liquor stores in it (but that's another story).
My apologies for the red eye photographs. I'll have to take some time one day to correct them. Meredith's fair skin makes it difficult to avoid these sometimes Satanic looking images.
We saw Shrek in the Varsity VIP theatre. I'm used to going to the Rainbow Cinemas, a budget theatre in the St. Lawrence area where our admission price is around $10 for the two of us. It was $30 (!) for the two of us in the VIP theatre, but worth it.
The Varsity is located in the Manulife Centre, a 70s-era mixed residential/retail/etc. complex, a not-quite-comfortable-in-its-skin Brutalist concrete structure in the middle of the Bloor St. shopping area. It has one of the better Indigo bookstores in Toronto, so we also spend a lot of time there. Bay Bloor Radio is also a highlight and there are actually two liquor stores in it (but that's another story).
My apologies for the red eye photographs. I'll have to take some time one day to correct them. Meredith's fair skin makes it difficult to avoid these sometimes Satanic looking images.
Jim's now on Facebook
If you're a social networker, check out my new Facebook page. Just go to Facebook. You have to login or register as a new user. I'm also on Linkedin but it's not as interesting or dynamic.
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