September 29, 2013
September 6, 2013
June 26, 2013
TO Food Fest 2013
Last year, a new food event was born...
TO Food Fest was back for their second year of celebrating a selection of the best foods of Toronto. It was a hot and humid day, but that didn't stop people from coming out and waiting in line to eat their favourite foods. With new vendors, this year's event had a large variety of food, from sweet to savoury and from ice cold to piping hot!
Bring on TO Food Fest 2014!
TO Food Fest was back for their second year of celebrating a selection of the best foods of Toronto. It was a hot and humid day, but that didn't stop people from coming out and waiting in line to eat their favourite foods. With new vendors, this year's event had a large variety of food, from sweet to savoury and from ice cold to piping hot!
Bring on TO Food Fest 2014!
May 2, 2013
Jan & Mark
Just a quick sample of an engagement shoot at High Park, just in time before the craze of the Cherry Blossoms.
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January 27, 2013
Guyana -- Day 9
We woke up this morning to the sunny skies and went downstairs to the restaurant in the hotel to have breakfast. After getting ready for the day, we took a taxi out to the Demerara Distillers Limited, Diamond Distillery. This is the where they make their famous El Dorado Rum, as well as other types of alcohol. Their rum is aged for different lengths of years, from 5yrs to 25yrs. The El Dorado 15 Year Old Special Reserve Rum has continuously won awards over the past decade, including "best rum in the world".
We had a 10am appointment for a rum tour of the distillery. Our guide took our group around to explain the whole fermenting process and described how the rum is made, including a 400 year old wooden still that's used as part of the process. After the tour, we were provided samples of several different rums -- at 11am. Usually a little early for us to sample rum, but since we were in Guyana and lucky to be on this tour, we couldn't give up this chance.
After the tour, we headed into town to grab some lunch and walk around Stabroek market for the last time before going home -- today was our last day in Guyana :(
Our cousin came by the hotel in the evening after work and we had dinner at the hotel and talked to him about the last couple of days. We were pretty spoiled during the week by having him or someone else touring us around and showing us the ropes. The past two days were on our own, and we turned out okay :)
Our flight back to Toronto was at 6am Saturday morning, so we left the hotel in the middle of the night at 3am. Our Aunt, Cousin, Granny, and their two neighbours came along for the ride to send us off. It was a sad, yet happy moment to say goodbye. Although we were only there for about a week, it felt like we had known each other our whole lives.
It was such an inspirational week being in a different country and being part of their culture and their lifestyle. After spending only a week there, going back to Toronto seemed overwhelming with everything that was going on. We went from 30 degrees to 0 degrees, from sun and trees surrounding us where ever we went to gloomy weather and a concrete jungle. Obviously it's two different countries, two different ways of living, but traveling there was educational and life changing. This was a first time for me being there, but it will definitely not be our last.
We had a 10am appointment for a rum tour of the distillery. Our guide took our group around to explain the whole fermenting process and described how the rum is made, including a 400 year old wooden still that's used as part of the process. After the tour, we were provided samples of several different rums -- at 11am. Usually a little early for us to sample rum, but since we were in Guyana and lucky to be on this tour, we couldn't give up this chance.
After the tour, we headed into town to grab some lunch and walk around Stabroek market for the last time before going home -- today was our last day in Guyana :(
Our cousin came by the hotel in the evening after work and we had dinner at the hotel and talked to him about the last couple of days. We were pretty spoiled during the week by having him or someone else touring us around and showing us the ropes. The past two days were on our own, and we turned out okay :)
Our flight back to Toronto was at 6am Saturday morning, so we left the hotel in the middle of the night at 3am. Our Aunt, Cousin, Granny, and their two neighbours came along for the ride to send us off. It was a sad, yet happy moment to say goodbye. Although we were only there for about a week, it felt like we had known each other our whole lives.
It was such an inspirational week being in a different country and being part of their culture and their lifestyle. After spending only a week there, going back to Toronto seemed overwhelming with everything that was going on. We went from 30 degrees to 0 degrees, from sun and trees surrounding us where ever we went to gloomy weather and a concrete jungle. Obviously it's two different countries, two different ways of living, but traveling there was educational and life changing. This was a first time for me being there, but it will definitely not be our last.
January 21, 2013
Guyana -- Day 8
We woke up at a good time this morning and headed out to the Parika market. This market is open on Thursday and Sunday, with the latter being the busier day. That being said, it was Thursday today and it wasn't that busy. It was nice to see the variety of items that were available though. We spent a couple of hours around the market and walked down the street to a couple of other stores before heading back home.
We had some lunch and sadly enough, finalized packing our suitcases. We wanted to stay in Georgetown for the last couple of nights of our trip, so today was the day to check in to the hotel in the city. We also wanted to give our Aunt and Cousin a little break from us :) We spent the afternoon packing up our things, eating lunch, and playing some cards and Snakes and Ladders with Kevin and his Sister.
We left at 3pm and took a taxi in to the city. We checked in to our hotel and settled in before heading out for a brief walk around the area. We grabbed a taxi and went out for dinner, sitting on the balcony/patio part of the restaurant which was nice and relaxing. After dinner, we went back to the hotel, grabbed a drink at their bar where an 80 year old mango tree lived, and turned it in early for the night.
January 18, 2013
Guyana -- Day 7
Today was a more low key day for us.
We spent a couple hours in the morning and went to Stabroek Market in Georgetown, one of the largest markets in Guyana that provides fresh vegetables, seafood, clothes, and jewelry. It's an enclosed market and known for the giant clock at the front entrance. Although it was the middle of the week, the market was abuzz full of locals selling and buying. We picked up some fish and also fried fish sandwiches to bring home for lunch.
The rest of the afternoon was spent relaxing and enjoying the bright sun and warm weather. My wife helped our aunt make some food as well, which I thoroughly enjoyed eating :) After dinner that night, we had the longest Snakes and Ladders game in history! We played with our cousin, Kevin, and his Sister and we had some extra rules that kept on making us start all over!! It was a fun and one of many memorable times during the trip.
We spent a couple hours in the morning and went to Stabroek Market in Georgetown, one of the largest markets in Guyana that provides fresh vegetables, seafood, clothes, and jewelry. It's an enclosed market and known for the giant clock at the front entrance. Although it was the middle of the week, the market was abuzz full of locals selling and buying. We picked up some fish and also fried fish sandwiches to bring home for lunch.
The rest of the afternoon was spent relaxing and enjoying the bright sun and warm weather. My wife helped our aunt make some food as well, which I thoroughly enjoyed eating :) After dinner that night, we had the longest Snakes and Ladders game in history! We played with our cousin, Kevin, and his Sister and we had some extra rules that kept on making us start all over!! It was a fun and one of many memorable times during the trip.
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