tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1705434510664520110.post3203824454806504690..comments2024-02-20T12:47:17.532+01:00Comments on Bits 'n Bob's/Show 'n Tell: What was the Chocolate Pudding like?poppshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08976320013870023366noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1705434510664520110.post-82845271381184572982021-02-07T21:19:39.230+01:002021-02-07T21:19:39.230+01:00This is excellent information. It is amazing and w...This is excellent information. It is amazing and wonderful to visit your site.<br />Get a solution for any nature of problem from Pandith Ram UK's top and trusted astrologer. Call Now: +44 7459638284<br /><a href="https://www.astropandithram.com/" rel="nofollow">Best Astrologer in London</a> | <a href="https://www.astropandithram.com/love-psychic-reader.html" rel="nofollow">Psychic Reader in London</a> | <a href="https://www.astropandithram.com/astrologer-in-london.html" rel="nofollow">Astrologer in London</a> | <a href="https://www.astropandithram.com/love-spells.html" rel="nofollow">Love Spell Caster in UK</a>Pandith Ramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10896116879056728443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1705434510664520110.post-76940157483722142522010-05-22T07:18:31.889+02:002010-05-22T07:18:31.889+02:00Well not really - can generally take it or leave i...Well not really - can generally take it or leave it. But I have come to respect its finer mouth watering and tempting qualities through reading your blog.Vicki Holletthttp://www.vickihollett.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1705434510664520110.post-46954325769622225402010-05-21T13:01:47.136+02:002010-05-21T13:01:47.136+02:00Hmm, Vicki, a chocolate lover then?Hmm, Vicki, a chocolate lover then?poppshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08976320013870023366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1705434510664520110.post-3750093075193382712010-05-21T09:10:41.781+02:002010-05-21T09:10:41.781+02:00Yes, please keep us posted. I feel like I'm go...Yes, please keep us posted. I feel like I'm going on holiday with you.vicki holletthttp://www.vickihollett.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1705434510664520110.post-51443098781144482502010-05-19T19:38:25.792+02:002010-05-19T19:38:25.792+02:00One of my favourite benches in the world was down ...One of my favourite benches in the world was down there in that sunset.poppshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08976320013870023366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1705434510664520110.post-80122950233237402972010-05-19T19:36:13.118+02:002010-05-19T19:36:13.118+02:00Naive -- maybe. Ignorant -- not.
I remember that...Naive -- maybe. Ignorant -- not. <br /><br />I remember that house -- close to Stanley Park and just a couple of blocks from English Bay. Great sunsets from that beach. It may just have survived the wrecking ball. We can dream.<br /><br />MMarynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1705434510664520110.post-51799393699077037802010-05-19T19:14:37.374+02:002010-05-19T19:14:37.374+02:00I don't know mary but you probably shouldn'...I don't know mary but you probably shouldn't quote me from so long ago, i'm sure i was naive and ignorant.<br /><br />I remember staying in a heritage house which in fact was almost younger than me, and that too has probably been demolished.poppshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08976320013870023366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1705434510664520110.post-46143507522368628312010-05-19T18:02:51.203+02:002010-05-19T18:02:51.203+02:00Chris
Here are the mantras of transatlantic think...Chris<br /><br />Here are the mantras of transatlantic thinking:<br /><br />1) Old is bad<br />2) Change is good<br />3) New is good<br />4) More change is even better<br /><br />... as long as all of it makes money.<br /><br />I recall an observation you made to me in Vancouver about how hideous most of the new building construction was. You said something like -- one would think that in a place where there is so much space and opportunity to build something from scratch, we'd choose to create something beautiful that would last. <br /><br />But will add the 2-storey, floor to ceiling glass-windowed Blue Parrot Espresso Bar at Granville Island Public Market which looks out to the courtyard where the buskers perform, the Burrard and Granville Bridges and False Creek. Still there ... still fabulous.<br /><br />MMarynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1705434510664520110.post-35782492376615144662010-05-19T17:16:59.260+02:002010-05-19T17:16:59.260+02:00What is it with the transatlantics - always deleti...What is it with the transatlantics - always deleting things? Coffee shops? Comments? Regimes? etc etc <br />:-)poppshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08976320013870023366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1705434510664520110.post-90106407317633865452010-05-19T17:01:11.996+02:002010-05-19T17:01:11.996+02:00Chris -- my techno-idiocy continues. Sorry I publi...Chris -- my techno-idiocy continues. Sorry I published my comment twice. Don't know how I did it. Hopefully you can delete one of them.<br /><br />MMarynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1705434510664520110.post-35485075868173556112010-05-19T16:57:54.009+02:002010-05-19T16:57:54.009+02:00Hi Chris:
Our coffee shops don't have the cha...Hi Chris:<br /><br />Our coffee shops don't have the charm of cafe/bars in Europe but have established themselves as the place to meet friends, do business, or sit for hours with a book [people like me] or a laptop checking messages, chatting, or writing your first best-selling novel. <br /><br />My favourite one right now is the L'Espresso Bar Mercurio on the south side of Bloor Street West [not to be confused with the Bar Mercurio right across the street on the north side of Bloor West - where the original restaurant sits]. At night, L'Espresso's beautiful garden terrace sparkles against the backdrop of 170 year old dark grey stone turretted building on the University of Toronto's campus. <br /><br />But my all-time favourite unfortunately no longer exists -- The Coffee Mill in the Lothian Mews was tucked in behind the University Theatre [also no longer there] just north of the University of Toronto's campus. As a student, I would make my way down the long alleyway to the tiny courtyard -- very English with its wood-fronted shops -- where undergrads, Grads, and professors gathered for lively (and sometimes lofty) discussion about Homer, Plato, Shakespeare, Milton and Dante. All four seasons could be enjoyed in that little world of twinkly light. Falling leaves, chubby snowflakes, pink blossoms --and the coffee was great! Gone now, caught in the (cob)web of my memory.<br /><br />PS -- As you can tell, am suffering from extreme bouts of nostalgia these days!<br /><br />PPS - Great picture of paper boats ... merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, ... <br /><br />Mary xMarynoreply@blogger.com