I turned off the news at 11:00 pm on Tuesday, November 8th. Clinton had just lost Pennsylvania. CNN was desperately looking for more blue votes in districts who hadn’t fully reported their results. I turned it all off and went to bed. I haven’t watched or read any news since. I feel like I’m the…
Author: Michael
The Hegemony of Trump
It’s a bit liberating really. I think that that’s how I’ll have to see it. I did my part. I voted my conscience. So my conscience is clear. Whatever happens now is none of my doing. It’s a bit sad, too. Being excluded. I am along for the ride; an unwilling participant. Not completely unwilling,…
Casa Loma
Thea was not really excited about Casa Loma. She said that she would rather spend her last day at Saks Fifth Avenue and rest at the hotel afterwards. I think that the prospect of climbing the Baldwin Steps was just too much for her. She charged me to take pictures for her. At first blush,…
Art Gallery of Ontario
This was our fifth day in Toronto and I still had some bucket list items that I needed to take care of. Fortunately, they were within walking distance of our hotel, each other, and our next destination. From our hotel, it was only a two block walk to the Old City Hall, New City Hall and a fifteen…
Niagara Falls Tour
The other thing that we did on Monday was to arrange our Niagara trip. On the list of things to do, that always came up as one of the Toronto attractions. I’m sure that it comes up as a Buffalo attraction too. “What’s one of the best things to do in this city? Get out…
Gardiner and ROM
The Gardiner Museum and the Royal Ontario Museum sit across the street from each other. You just get off at Museum Station and walk up to the street level and you’re on the sidewalk in front of the Gardiner. We got to the Gardiner as it was opening and it was dead quiet and…