Over the weekend the Philippines experienced the largest tropical cyclone to ever hit land fall in recorded history. The news and my Facebook feed has been filled with devastating images of mass destruction, pleas for help, and grief. I am lucky that most of my family back home live far enough away from it’s deadly […]
Category: Community
2.0 Fitness, Food and Fun
Like I have said before on this blog, Toronto is a city that LOVES. I am constantly surprised at how people all over this great city find their own way to give back to the community and share just a little bit of positivity. Vanessa invited me to Julian Ho‘s 2.0 boot camp event at the […]
What’s the Mudder with you?
To cap off my year of running, I got a little dirty on Sunday September 29th: Tough Mudder is a gruelling 18km race with lots of running and obstacles at Mount St. Louis Moonstone. I had an amazing team helping me through: Team Quality Control! At face value, the event seems to be about proving […]
Welcome to Cabbagetown
I am so lucky to live in a great little abode in Toronto’s Old Cabbagetown. It’s an amazing neighbourhood full of life, great shops and some fabulous restaurants: The Hop, Pear Tree and now The Scullery. This past weekend was the annual Cabbagetown Festival of the Arts, now in it’s 37th year filling Carlton and […]
Running Goals and the Downsview Market
So we’re three quarters of the way through the year and some of you may be thinking back to my 50 km goal of races for 2013. So… where am I at? Here’s a tally of the races I have completed so far: Sporting Life 10K My racing year got off to a good start with […]
Love Your Community – Part 2: Fabarnak and the 519
There’s always someone who knows somewhere that does an ‘aMAHzing’ brunch. And yet, just when you thought you’d heard about, read about, or been to the best joints in town you just happen stumble across a hidden brunch gem. We didn’t go to Fabarnak specifically for their brunch but I’m sure glad we did. My […]
