Underground Food Market

Last weekend we celebrated our floorball team mate's 26th birthday. She had bought tickets to an Underground Food Market at the Don Valley Brick Works. From 1889 to the 1980s the Don Valley Brick Works was one of Canada’s pre-eminent brickyards. At its peak more than 43 million bricks a year were manufactured for use in the construction of homes and buildings across Canada. Nowadays it is a museum and community centre. The Toronto Underground Market is a social food market, where home cooks can showcase their products. This was the third time they organized it and the first time at the Brick Works. The place was beautiful, especially at night with all the lights. Outside was a chimney place, where they made mini pizzas and where you could buy grilled marshmallows. Inside were a lot of vendors selling their delicious home made food and drinks. We were fan of the Indian cuisine of butter chicken and chickpea with fresh naan bread.  The event was definitely worth visiting and we left with our bellies stuffed with good food.

Balut egg: duck embryo - A Filipino delicate 

Hot properties

Here are some pictures of the beautiful houses in our neighborhood.

Happy weekend

That was a nice ceremony. I watched it on the TV. After the two minutes of silence and the national anthem fighter planes flew over. Very impressing.

Last weekend was a happy weekend. Juha had exams the week before and had studied really hard. The weekend was the first weekend Juha didn't have to study and we could do something nice together. On Friday we went to a party Juha's school had organized. It was in a club just around the corner and we had a lot of fun.  To see everyone so happy was really nice.. It seems like the Chiropractic program is not easy and the teachers demand a lot from their students.

On Saturday we went to High Park. It is a huge park in the West of the city and really beautiful. Let the pictures speak for themselves.

In the evening we were invited to a potluck dinner. Everyone brought something to eat: appetizers, tortillas and the best homemade cakes as desert ever. Our host John gave us a great guitar performance and once again we had a great time.

We wish everyone a happy weekend this weekend as well!

Remembrance day

Every year on November 11, people in the Commonwealth countries remember those who have served their country and acknowledge their courage.

Lest We Forget

There are ceremonies across the city and at 11 am Toronto will fall silent for 2 minutes.

The dark side has taken over

On Saturday we were invited to come to a party of an acquaintance of our floorball team mate. We were dressed up as Mr. Dracula and Pocahontas. First we went to Kevin's place for a couple of drinks and there we met some of Kevin's and Eileen's friends. Everyone was wearing a costume: red riding hood, nerds, lumberjack, Mr. Doughnut.. everyone had made an effort.
The party was in the basement of a pub. We had a fun time and ate a lot of Halloween cake :)

Halloween cake.. nam

Mini burgers and French fries

Yesterday it was Trick or Treat and we have never seen our street so busy. People were sitting on their porch and handing out candy. One house had a disco party. They had hung a white sheet and when the kids were dancing behind the sheet it looked like skeletons were dancing.. very funny. Another house made fart noises. Most of the kids were too scary to ring the doorbell.. but we had a good laugh.
Unfortunately our camera doesn't make clear pictures in the dark, so we don't have any pictures of yesterday.

Now Halloween is over and the next holiday is Christmas.. Shops are already filling up with Christmas decorations and chocolates. I think it's still a bit too early. We keep enjoying the lovely fall in Toronto.