so far it's been pretty good to me. my landlord is a bit kooky, but nice. (due to traffic, i did have to sit on the porch for a little over an hour, waiting for him and the key. but it was nice and muggy out. and it didn't rain on me. so. no biggie.) melanie (!!!) came over as soon as she was done her working-at-a-job, looking all lovely on her bicycle, and with goodies in her pannier!
what goodies, you ask? wine! cooookies (amazing, gluten free, fancypants, cashew cookies)! tea! dark chocolate with coconut RIGHT INSIDE IT! we drank the bottle of wine and ate a little, then headed out down the street to a pizza place called 'magic oven'. i think it is magical because it has vegan cheese, and apparently celiac friendly crusts too, i think. now, i'm not vegan, but i'm always impressed when i CAN eat something like pizza with cheese and be doing so in a vegan-friendly way. nice. also, their tofu fingers were super-rad. after dinner there was a shoppers stop and some more chats, then mel headed home for the night. BYE MEL! SEE YOU MONDAY! BECAUSE I LIVE HERE NOW!!!
this morning i woke up a little after 10, then decided to go back to sleep. man. this rules. got up again after noon, had some cookies, put on some sun screen, and headed out. west on dupont. to the loblaws! a good sized store, although there's no housewares like in superstore, so i couldn't get the hangers, nail polish remover, and towels i needed. i did get swiss char though! and cherries! and other things.
back to the house. drop off. then a proper adventure walk, south on spadina, then west on bloor. found me some 'honest ed's' - hilarious bargain-shopping a-la army and navy, but with way more flashing lights and funny signs. like. 'don't just stand there! buy something!!!' or 'squirrels come to honest ed's. the prices are so goo they think he's nuts!' i got hangers. super!
i found a cute little bike shop on bathurst. test-rode a sweet cruiser. it was rad and i liked it a lot, but it was a touch too small for me, the tires were a bit wider than i'm hoping for, and it was marginally out of my desired price range. but super fun to be on a bike like that! i love the lazy upright position. and man. a lot smoother than the mongoose. no offence. to the mongoose.
anyways. that's enough for now. take a look at some pictures! (and tomorrow i'm going out to help on a photo shoot with sarah jay, so i'm sure there'll be lots of excitement after that. and more pictures. wooooooooo!) OH. and. it is hot. here. and it wasn't even THAT hot a day. yup. everyone said it, but i didn't know for sure - hot humid hot heat. fun.
i bought this guy today for the bathroom. cause. there were no shelves! and no towel rack! no space for anything! problem solved.
here's our (my) rooftop patio. it seems to have been blustery.
kitchen!
foodstuffs!
my closet (which is nice and big! room enough, maybe, for most of my clothes!)
the other side o' the bedroom. now... the room isn't SMALL, but it ain't huge. i am standing in the closet to get this picture.
what do you do if your tall mirror isn't tall enough when it is on the floor? you put it on your two small suitcases! and then you don't have to find somewhere for same suitcases. two birds!
honest ed's
maybe i should try to move in here come september? i like good design. but the sign is kinda tacky... so... ummmmm. how does that work?
these were just sitting there. next to maybe stacked boxes of bounty paper towels. just. outside. with no one around. like 'please take! sample!'
i like my loblaws. it has a bike parking lot. rad.
2 comments:
Oh. I have your towels. Ha. Whoops! Ha.
Also: Whoa, you unpacked fast.
Also: It's going to be a shock when your housemates return, hey?
Wow, sounds like you are settling in nicely! I can't wait to see your place at some point in the near future time...
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