Month: September 2012

   Willcocks Street is the second street north of College Street. There appears to be some contradictions in the spelling of the name of the

                                     While strolling along King Street, between Bay and Yonge Streets, on the north side of the street I saw two historic plaques that I

One of the laneways that crosses Graffiti Alley. This view looks north to Queen Street and is where the latest installation has appeared.  Rush Lane,

The buzz is gone. King Street is relatively quiet, that is, as quiet as the main street of the Entertainment District ever is. The “red

One of the alleys in the area known as Graffiti Alley, looking north to Queen Street West. Graffiti Alley, which actually includes several laneways, is

   The final film I saw at the 2012 TIFF was “Underground,” a drama about Julian Assuage as a teenage hacker, who eventually founded WikiLeaks.

Minos Matsas (left) who wrote the original musical score for the film “God Loves Caviar” and the director of the film, Yannis Smaragdis (right). Picture

The corned beef served at the “Corned Beef House” at Adelaide and John Streets is arguably the best in town. Although the meat is from

The red-carpet crowds in the lobby at the Bell Light Box for the Drabinsky documentary I felt very fortunate to have the privilege of attending

I must confess that attending the GTIFF screenings has been as enriching an viewing live theatre. I have always placed cinema as the “poor cousin”