Saddle love

So cute, When I came out to get my bike after visiting a nice jazz bar on Queen East, I noticed a similar looking bike there with the same plastic bag cover. Isn't that cute :)

25+25

I was invited to an interesting birthday. Two girls turned 50. Yeah, because 25 + 25 does it.

It took place in a little Swedish bakery/cafe.

Sorry for the yellow photo, but the food was great. Yummy!

Weird, shoes?

Not so weird shoes :)

Me and the birthday girls :)

I checked out a book which had many good recipes in it, so here you have two to check and try out.

Ed's Real Scoop

I was riding to meet my friends at Queen East 920. Guess what? The best ice-cream parlor is located there. This is called Ed's Real Scoop. Click on the photo to see their website. 

Anyway, we had a set of three ice-creams on a box with a little spoon. It was heavenly and I highly recommend that to anybody. They have another location deeper on the eastside of Queen Street.

Anyway I of course managed to get some ice-cream on my pants and the worker there was so kind to give me a tissue with a special cleaner on it, and he says I have give out hundreds of such firs-aid kits :P as lots of stains happen here. He said it is better than the dish detergent, which fades the color of your clothing.

Livia and Estonian national costume

When at Livia's she showed me some interesting things she has. One of them was most definitely the Estonian national costume, that she had laid out on her couch for me. I am really proud that foreign Estonians still cherish such things and are proud of them.

R. C. Harris Water Treatment Plant

When at Livia's she showed me around her neighborhood. One thing to catch my interest was wonderful R. C. Harris Water Treatment Plant. It is both a crucial piece of infrastructure and an architecturally acclaimed historic building named after the longtime commissioner of Toronto's public works R.C. Harris. It is located in the east of the city at the eastern end of Queen Street and at the foot of Victoria Park Avenue along the shore of Lake Ontario in the Beaches neighbourhood.

Read more about the plant HERE.

Viktor Tretjakewitsch's work

I do not think I can say anything better, than what has already been said in a wonderful The Globe And Mail article about two apartment houses designed by Livia's father Viktor Tretjakewitsch. Read the full article HERE and get to know more about the history of these two buildings.

At Livia's!

Made it safely at hers. Hello from her balcony!

Lake Ontario

Lake Ontario is the biggest body of water close to Toronto. Therefore it affects it climate a lot. I have never really had time to walk by it and to take photos. On a beautiful day like today it was the best thing to do. 

Read more about Lake Ontario HERE.

Queen Street East

Livia invited me over for a chat and a walk. I took a nice bike ride there, of course I had my camera with me so I took photos of what I saw. Queen Street East is known to have pretty houses and people are really taking care of their properties. I loved this set of three beautiful houses close to Woodbine Beach.