Friday we saw four movies and all of them were quite good, plus we ate delicious upscale Chinese at another Chef Zach recommendation, Sunny’s Chinese. The first movie of the day was The Christophers, directed by Stephen Soderburgh, about an aging artist Julian Sklar (Ian McKellen) whose messy life seemed to me to be similar … [Read more…]
On Wednesday we had a leisurely morning. Coffee at the Balzac’s at the public library and then breakfast at the AirBNB, then went to see Ballad of a Small Player with Colin Farrell as a gambler with Tilda Swinton as a dowdy collection agency employee chasing him. Which was quite enjoyable, but a bit confusing. … [Read more…]
At Avenue Open Kitchen, We had big plates of eggs and bacon and toast; eggs and peameal bacon for me, and an omelette for Mark. I asked for an orange juice and it was almost a pint, 500ml, and definitely fresh squeezed, maybe not that moment but for sure that day. The potatoes were fresh … [Read more…]
Since we last talked, we’ve seen seven more movies and reached the halfway point of our stay. Actually I think wondering how sleeping on the same sheets for another five nights would be kept me up a bit last night. Or maybe it was that late afternoon iced coffee at Balzac’s. We’ve been walking a … [Read more…]
TIFF (Toronto International Film Fest) is celebrating its 50th this year, and we are here for the 7th time. We got in in the later afternoon Friday, taking the train from the airport which was super easy, then transferring to the subway with our suitcases, which was less easy, because of all the stairs. The … [Read more…]
Which were Saturday Sept. 16 & Sunday Sept. 17. Saturday our first movie was at 11:30 so we went back to the St. Lawrence Market so we could each get the type of bacon sandwich we really wanted. For me that meant a streaky bacon sandwich and for Mark it meant another peameal (Canadian) bacon … [Read more…]
I felt like Tuesday was the day of well-made movies that went for the easy feel-good, kind of a guilty pleasure, basically how I felt watching This Is Us, like I know I’m being manipulated but it’s kind of nice. I think we started with a little breakfast at the AirBNB. We’d gone to the … [Read more…]
That would be Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. Saturday: The Boy and the Heron Mother, Couch American Fiction The Boy and the Heron is the newest from Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki. TBH I liked some of his other films better, especially The Wind Rises, that we also saw here at TIFF (I think). Miyazaki said … [Read more…]
On Sunday we were gone from the airbnb for over 12 hours – from 8:00 am to after 9:00 PM. It was like a very long work day, but at least included dinner. We got coffee at the closest Starbucks – not the fastest customer service but just down the stairs from the airbnb – … [Read more…]
Friday was another 3 movie day, two family dramas and one romantic comedy. We hung around at the airbnb and ate yogurts and banana and peanut butter toast for breakfast because The Wife, our first film, the first family drama, didn’t start until noon, plus we had dinner reservations between our 2nd & 3rd movies, … [Read more…]