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Blue Jays vs Yankees

It was Josh Donaldson Bobblehead Day at the final game of the Blue Jays vs Yankees four game series. Toronto needed the win to split the series. Angela had to work today, so Gillian invited Farriyan, a friend of hers from Mac.

With the rain and risk of thunderstorms the roof was closed again.

The Blue Jay mascot Ace, was up near our section.

We were in Section 512, Row 11, Seats 7-11.

The Jays won the game 3-2, it was Josh Donaldson hitting his 6th home run of the year in the bottom of the 8th inning for the lead. Roberto Osuna came in for a 1-2-3 ninth and struck out the side to earn his 13th save. It was a quick game, it only took 2 hours and 27 minutes.

After the game we headed to Chinatown for some dinner.

We went to Ajisen Ramen. Gillian had spotted it last time we were walking back to the Subway.

We parked at Kipling and took the Subway down to the game. The Line 1 from St. George to Sheppard West (formerly Downsview) was closed all weekend for the signal work. The Gardiner was also closed for most of the day due to a Heart & Stroke Bike ride. Here is Claudia trying to stretch her arms.


The End of the $1 Breakfast

Susan, Claudia and I went to Ikea after church today for the breakfast combo. That is usually the $1 breakfast, coffee and chocolate milk for less than $10 (that’s for 5 of us) and then some purchases from the marketplace or showroom which brings to over $100. Today we discovered it is no more! they have replaced the $1 breakfast with a Traditional breakfast for $2.99. This is what you get for an increase of 200%.

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You get a slice of Swedish Texas toast and two slices of tomato. The potatoes, 2 sausage and eggs are about the same size portions. It looks like they switched over about a month ago, what a disappointment. Things don’t last forever, but the $1 breakfast had been around since 2004.


Into The City

We headed downtown on Saturday morning, Susan, Angela and Gillian headed to Originals on Queen Street to go Prom dress shopping. Claudia and I went to the McDonalds on the north west corner of Queen/Spadina. They have a second floor with windows looking down onto the intersection. One of the new streetcars, it has four sections to it.

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We were most amazed at the drivers getting out and having to switch the track if they were turning onto Queen or heading south on Spadina. Here is a driver switching the track. Only about 70 percent of the TTC streetcar switches are electronic. Eventually there was a dedicated switcher standing at the intersection.

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It only took an hour for the girls to find a dress for Angela. From there it was up to Xam Yu for lunch. We had noodles, crispy beef, shrimp balls, mussels in black bean sauce, and cantonese chow mein. As always it was delicious.

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The corner of Dundas and Spadina, it was busy, probably because the weather was so nice out. What a change from a week ago when it was in the -20’s, Saturday’s temp were around plus 12.

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The Force Awakens

We watched Star Wars IV, V, VI on the weekend in preparation for going to see The Force Awakens (VII). We caught the 15:30 showing at Cineplex Winston Churchill, we lined up at 14:20 with probably 30-40 people in front of us. The theatre was sold out and people were sitting in the front row. It was a good movie, with lots of unanswered questions for number VIII. Here is the Japanese poster.

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Afterwards we went out for dinner, our initial stop was Kenzo Ramen on Burnamthorpe Road. However when we got there it was packed and there were probably 10 names on the list ahead of us. Instead we headed to Axia Restaurant on Eglington Avenue. While they don’t have noodles, we ordered a variety of dishes and shared. It was very good and tasty.


Blue Jays Game

On Thursday we headed down to the Blue Jays game with Shanna, Jesse and G-ma. The Jays were playing the Boston Red Sox in the final of four games. On Monday night Shanna, David, Jesse, Claudia and I went to the opening game of the series. They lost that one 3-1, in a close game.

Before the game we met Shanna, Jesse and G-ma at Xam Yu Restaurant in Chinatown for some noodles, mussels in black bean sauce, deep fried shrimp balls, cantonese chow mien and crispy beef. It was the first time we have had the crispy beef with orange sauce and it was delicious.

The roof was open for the game, it is always a better experience when the lid is open.

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I brought my big lens, Claudia said I looked ridiculous, but I could zoom right in. All of these pictures are the original framing, there was no post production cropping like I have done in other posts from baseball games.

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Josh Donaldson didn’t have a great game, he went 1 for 5.

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Jose Bautista on first base after one of his two walks, he fared better with a 2 for 3 night and a couple of rbi’s.

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Bautista taking a big cut.

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Donaldson making a throw to first base.

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David Ortizonly went 1 for 5, but he made it count with a 3 run homer in the first.

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Devon Travis on second.

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Angela had taken G-ma up to the seats, while the rest of us went to the Jays Shop. The game had started and before we could sit down it was already 5-0 in the first inning. The Red Sox ended up batting around and then some. The Jays starting pitcher Matt Boyd didn’t record an out and was pulled after facing only seven batters. It was the first time in Jays history that they allowed seven runs before recording an out. He’s in good company as the only other Jay to face seven batters without recording an out was Dave Stieb.

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There was a play at the plate that was under review, the video was inconclusive so the call on the field stood. If the roof was closed they would have had the overhead angle. The Jays had chances in this game, as they left 14 base runners on base.

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Roberto Osuna came in for some work. In all the Jays went through eight pitchers. The starter Matt Boyd was promptly optioned to Triple A Buffalo after the game.

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The box score from the game.

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Last night was a full moon. Here are a couple of shots I took after we got home.

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This one was cropped.

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Happy Mother’s Day

We headed down to the Blue Jays game on Mothers Day. It was Josh Donaldson Replica Jersey Day. The University subway line from Downsview to St Clair West was shut down for maintenance, so we had to park at Kipling.

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R.D. Dickey was pitching.

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Angle, Claudia and I had our pre-game hotdog outside the stadium.

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The lineups were long and started early.

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Angela and Claudia.

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The girls before the game. We were sitting in section 204, in right field.

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Happy Mothers Day to Susan!

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For the second time in a row, the Blue Jays lost, this one was over in the top of the first when Dickey gave up four runs, including a three run shot to Mike Napoli. The box score for the game.

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After the game we headed into Chinatown for dinner. We took the streetcar up Spadina.

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Along Spadina Avenue. We went for dinner at Xam Yu for noodles, cantonese chow mien and shrimp balls.

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PA Day

The girls all had a PA Day on Friday, only twice this year do the high school and elementary school have it the same day. I took the day off and the four of us headed downtown in the afternoon. We were going down to see the season premiere of the Rick Mercer Report. Due to the early morning tragedy on the TTC subway line at Yorkdale, there were delays on all the subway routes. I was trying to figure out how to get downtown by avoiding the Yonge-Spadina line.

Before we left they had re-opened the subway north of Yorkdale. We drove to Kipling and parked there for $2. Our first stop was Chinatown to have dinner, we went to Xam Yu and had the BBQ pork noodles in soup and the deep fried shrimp balls. It was the same restaurant we went to with Uncle Tak back in January.

From there we walked down Spadina and along Queen and hit the Chapters at John St and Adelaide St. It is only a short walk to the CBC Broadcast Centre where the Rick Mercer Report is taped in front of a live studio audience every Friday. Our seats were third row on the floor.

This is the 10th season for his show.

The show will air on Tuesday September 18th, check it out, his flyboard segment is hilarious. “With great powers, comes great responsibility”.

This fridge may be unused for awhile. The studio portions of Hockey Night in Canada are filmed on the same floor.

We were close to the front of the line for meeting Rick Mercer. This was Gillian’s first time and Angela and Claudia’s second time.

The girls in front of Mr. Dressup’s treehouse.

Larger than life Rick Mercer.

The girls with his star in the CBC building.

This was the second last night of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), parked on Wellington was Gene Simmons tour bus. Kiss had a concert at the Molson Amphitheatre on Thursday night. Across from the bus is the Ritz-Carelton hotel and there was all kinds of activity out front and people waiting around.

There was a guy in a black leather jacket and long hair and he had some items that were autographed, so I thought maybe Gene Simmons was in the middle of the crowd out front. It turned out that it was VIP’s for the movie English Vinglish. The movie is an Indian drama directed by Gauri Shinde.

People milling about the front of the hotel, including us for awhile, trying to figure out who we were waiting to see.

The VIP’s got in their fancy Audi cars and drove across the street and then up a makeshift driveway on the Metro Hall square to more waiting fans and photographers.

We still weren’t sure who we were seeing, but interesting to be part of the crowd none the less.

It turned out the big star was Sridevi, a Bollywood actress. This was her first film in 14 years, she had come out of retirement.

Everything was TIFF, even the Toronto Star newspaper box. More importantly I noticed all kinds of Orville Redenbacher popcorn bags in the garbage can, I said to the girls we missed the free samples. But once we made our way to King Street, there was a couple of people handing out small bags of the Sweet & Salty popcorn. So good, Angela and I went back for seconds.

The movie was being shown at Roy Thompson Hall, there is a display of Audi cars in front of the venue. Eventually we made our way to the subway and headed home. It was a fun day with the girls.


Lunch In Chinatown

We headed down to Chinatown this morning for lunch with Uncle Tak and Anona. He had invited Mom and Dad out for dim sum and invited us kids. The plan was to go for dim sum at the Bright Pearl, but that place has closed down. We ended up at Xam Yu, across the street, another of Uncle Tak’s favourite restaurants when he comes to Toronto. On the Shrimp Ball plates there were carrot sculptures, we think a lion and a bird.

The bird we’re pretty sure about, but Uncle Tak thought the other was a poodle, I called it a pig when it first came out.

Uncle Tak was having an engaging conversation with Claudia through lunch. He likes kids that can converse with him.

The menu.

Claudia and Uncle Tak reading their fortunes.

As Angela commented when we were driving up Spadina Avenue, there were a lot of asians around.

 Uncle Tak giving Claudia a hug good-bye.

Uncle Tak with the girls, Alex and Emi.

 The Bright Pearl across the street.

 Looking north along Spadina.

 

 


Uncle Tak’s Opening

Claudia, Gillian and I went down to see the opening of Uncle Tak’s show at the Mira Godard Gallery in Yorkville. It is part two of his early abstract work. Angela had a Confirmation Retreat at the Church, so her and Susan couldn’t make it.

We met Carolyn, Alex, G-ma and G-pa down there and then Claudia went for a sleepover at Carolyn’s. Gillian and I headed down to the Eaton Centre area. We had some lunch at Kenzo Japanese Noodle House, we both had the Sapporo miso Ramen. Afterwards we walked through the Eaton’s Centre down to Henry’s on Church. Next was the 501 streetcar to University along Queen Street to catch the subway back to Yorkdale. This cow and tractor was outside a gallery next to the Mira Godard Gallery.