doors open toronto

do you know about this? it's an annual thingee where by "175 buildings of architectural, historic, cultural and/or social significance open their doors to the public" and jeremy i took full advantage!

we spent most of the day saturday participating in this fun little event criss-crossing toronto in an afternoon. we saw 7 things! or 5. we kept counting things that weren't necessarily things so the count is a little uncertain.

the don jail was one of the things we wanted to go to but the wait was 3 hours so we decided to get put in jail later on in life which would be a more authentic experience anyways.

FIRST STOP, DON VALLEY BRICKWORKS! which by the way is an old brick factory in the middle of the city undergoing massive construction to turn it into a giant greenhouse/learning centre/outdoor conservation area which employs youth at risk and teaches kids about local ecosystems and is run by my new company! very awesome.

look at the hippy in the background who has denied the bench for a cross legged position on the grass. how typical.

jeremy's photographs are nice. he does such neat things with composing and juxtaposing and whenever we look through our pictures together i'm always like 'i don't remember you taking those' and he's always like 'that's cause you were by the pond trying to talk to the goldfish'

NEXT STOP, COACH HOUSE PRESS! jeremy loved this stop and i must say it was rather neat. it was full of old printing machines some of which are still used and all the little bits that go into the machines. i love little bits! i wanted to organize the bits into compartments by size and shape. which is also a past time adored by monkeys.

i love this one! horses horses horses. when we were at lily's on the long weekend for a bbq someone said something about winning the lottery and lily and i both simultaneously said something about buying a pony. HA. so good thing our wishes haven't moved beyond what they were in grade school.

NEXT STOP, THE BAR! we got confused and ended up in here when we saw the open door in the background and assumed it was part of the event. for anyone who ever calls and speaks to jeremy on the phone, this is the face he's making while he's talking to you.

in the lunch battle of chicken fingers vs fish and chips, i think i've decided fish and chips always triumphs.

NEXT STOP, HORSE PALACE! horse palace is where the police horses live and it was my favourite stop because lily and i will be buying the place once we win the lottery.

i learned lots of important police horse information too like their manes get shaved off so people in riot crowds can't pull their hair. hair pulling doesn't seem like a very modern rioting method but what do i know!

i thought this horse loved me and we were having some kind of horse whisperer moment and then he started biting my dress so i think he just mistook me for some clover.

which, let me tell you, just happens to me all the time!