Covidiots

This was the scene yesterday at Toronto's Trinity Bellwoods Park...

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An estimated TEN THOUSAND people crowded into the 37 acre park. To give you an idea of the size, Central Park in New York City is 840 acres, and Kew Gardens in London, England is 300 acres.

Recently, Toronto and other Canadian cities reopened their park amenities after a two month closure due to the pandemic. A caution was issued to limit the size of your group, and to remain six feet apart. 

This is proof that Canadians are just as stupid as everyone else in the world.

Canadian Ingenuity

Daniel Rotsztain made a video of himself walking through some of Toronto's busiest streets while wearing a machine that ensures he stays at least two metres (six feet) from others.

In order to avoid physical contact with structures, cars and other people, he's forced to venture out into the middle of the street.

Click here for the full story and the video clip.  

I don't know about you Bitches but The Mistress could really use one of these social distance machines. How is your social distancing going?

Donuts! Donuts! Donuts!

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Back in the day, when I lived in this neighbourhood, gentrification had not yet arrived and it was known "as a neighbourhood rife with poverty, crime, drugs, homelessness, and large numbers of people living with mental illness."

The only donut shop was a chain called "Country Style Donuts." The shop was completely lacking in ambience unless you consider hard orange plastic seats and harsh florescent lighting the ultimate in décor.

Mistress Maddie has informed me via her post here, that the neighourhood has a new donut shop. Can you guess what it's called?....



The donuts, although more expensive than the usual chain shops ($30 for a dozen donuts!) are made from scratch and the place is getting rave reviews. Not exactly the druggie's donut shop of choice anymore.

Last time I checked, the old "Country Style Donuts" had been made over into an upscale cafe but maybe it's a condo development now. The fleabag flophouse hotel across the street is now a trendy urban hotspot for the artsy crowd. They made a documentary about it. So yes, the neighbourhood has changed but you can now get a decent donut.


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I don't know whether this post is about donuts or gentrification. Or glory holes. I'll leave that up to you, Bitches.

Neighbourhoods

Kensington Market
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Whenever I visit Toronto, I always return to my old neighbourhood… Kensington Market (video clip).

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Kensington Market
Photo via [Flickr]