I am reading up on a few different things this morning. Southwest Florida, which is where I am right now, is in the midst of a “red tide” that began last November. These happen fairly regularly along the Gulf Coast, but this one is high… Read More
Today was the first day of the year that truly felt like summer here in Toronto. It also happens to be my birthday. So I did the only sensible thing one should do on a day like this. I went to a rooftop patio after… Read More
Summer time starts this weekend, at least in this part of the world. Africa and Asia generally don’t observe daylight savings time (DST), so if you just switched your clocks forward an hour, know that you are in the global minority. The whole point of… Read More
I’m in Muskoka right now, with very little time to write. I had about an hour before dinner, but I decided that a far more responsible thing to do would be to jump in the lake for what will likely be the last lake swim… Read More
I used to be more into photography. In architecture school, I had an old Canon Rebel and a photoblog where I posted one photo every day. Clearly I have a thing for daily routines. But that was the pre-social media era and before mobile phones… Read More
I woke up this morning to this view: I then went for a swim. The water tends to be on the cooler side in the Georgian Bay, but with the weather we’ve been having it’s pretty perfect right now. At this point I’m thinking about… Read More
I just got home from a couple of coffee meetings, an afternoon bike ride and an impromptu basketball shootaround. Toronto is a different place in the summer. And it feels great to be biking everywhere. But Toronto is more than just Toronto. Toronto is at the… Read More
I just got home from a weekend up at a friend’s cottage. It’s an annual birthday tradition and it’s always a great time. A good cottage weekend can do wonders to reinvigorate yourself. I am ready for the week. But since the Pan Am Games… Read More
This morning I got up at 7:30am and met a good friend of mine at the St. Lawrence Market for breakfast. Market Street is closed to cars today so it’s pedestrian-only. It should be this way all the time. They had a pig roasting on… Read More
Today I had lunch at Webers Hamburgers so that I could see what all the fuss is about. Here’s my check-in. For those of you who don’t know Webers, it’s a burger place on the side of the highway in Orillia, Ontario. It opened in… Read More
BRANDON DONNELLY 