This week has been quite unusual for me. Diane and I spent most of it exploring Toronto and its surrounding areas. The idea of a “staycation” where you spend your vacation staying at home, didn’t really appeal to me initially. It kind of felt like Diane and I were unemployed together and ignoring that by spending money.
I worried that it would be hard to not end up doing some work at my home office, or responding to phone calls or text messages. I did end up doing a bit of work here and there, responding to client needs and moving projects along.
I’ve enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would and I’d encourage you to play tourist in your city and area if you have the time. We tend to get caught up in our day to day lives and routines, passing by places and activities of great interest without a second glance.
We explored the Riverview Park and Zoo in Peterborough, donated to charity at the Great Blue Heron Charity Casino in Port Perry, took in the history and glamour of Casa Loma one day and found some amazing design shops in the Distillery District another day. We’re heading out shortly to Centre Island to take a bicycle ride today and this weekend I’ve got the U of T Spring Celebration on Saturday and tickets to a wine club event in Niagara on Sunday.
It is a wonderful thing to play tourist in your own area and reconnect with all the amazing activities and places close by!
If you’d like to see a few pictures of Casa Loma, click on the images below.
I’m back at work starting Monday and feeling refreshed! If you or someone you like need some assistance with buying or selling, please don’t hesitate to get in touch. I’d love to be responsible for what comes next!
Regards,
Jeff
Open Stairs
Internal staircases reduce the connection between upper stories and the life of the street to such an extent that they can do enormous social damage.
This is a lesson that we seem to have forgotten in recent history. It isn’t even a consideration that developers have these days and internal staircases are the standard response to needing to connect upper units in a building to the ground. Consider how charming and character filled older cities in Italy or Greece are, where every building seems to have external sets of stairs wandering off from a street to lead to upper apartments.
OPEN STAIRS
Internal staircases reduce the connection between upper stories and the life of the street to such an extent that they can do enormous social damage.
This is a lesson that we seem to have forgotten in recent history. It isn’t even a consideration that developers have these days and internal staircases are the standard response to needing to connect upper units in a building to the ground. Consider how charming and character filled older cities in Italy or Greece are, where every building seems to have external sets of stairs wandering off from a street to lead to upper apartments.