Blossom season in Toronto is beautiful #yyz

Well, it looks like House of Cards will mirror the original series.

Man, AirBNB hosts can be awful.

I went on an adventure looking for two things in Toronto: coffee and yarn.

I wanted to explore the city through it's cafes---something Edmonton doesn't have enough of. Finding odd coffee shops around town in the different neighbourhoods was a way for me to scratch my caffeine-addiction itch while planning my way through the different villages.

This is the building RBC reasearch and a number of other startups are based out of. It's right next to UofT campus and was apparently the first hospital in Upper-Canada. The research team is based out of what used to be the surgery room. Rumour has it unlucky patients were shuttled across the street via underground tunnels to the former biology building.

Up until this point, I hadn't had a chance to explore the city very thoroughly, so my impression of Toronto was based off of the university and it's downtown core---condos and offices. However, if you head in the right direction, a couple blocks away from the lab the high-rises immediately disappear and you're left with small houses and duplexes.

I ended up at yarns untangled, a small knitting store on the edge of Kensington market. One of the challenges of I've had in Edmonton is finding a knitting community that's close enough to where I live. I figured that in Toronto I might be able to find interesting hand-dyed Canadian yarn---stuff I wouldn't be able to get in Edmonton. I wasn't wrong. I just finished a jumper, and was looking to start a cardigan. They had the most beautiful green yarn. After petitioning the patrons on colour choices, I walked out with the buttons and wool to start a new sweater.

One of the things that really impressed me, was the number of people who were just knitting and socializing in the store. They really had a community going---everyone seemed to know each other. It was like a hub for near-by knitters.

Someone complimented me on my handshake: apparently it's the best in the room.

Where I'm living for the next two weeks. #yyc

Day at the art gallery.

From the top of The Great Divide it looked like there was a bit of an avalanche in one of the valleys.

The hill got consistent snow throughout the season, and there'd been pretty heavy snowfall the past week, so the slopes were excellent.

The visibility was so high that you could see for at least 50 kilometers.

Charcuterie time. #food #canmore

That feeling when you finish a semester and get back to living like a real human being 💀✨