TORONTO STAYCATION
The week before last, Andrew and I took some time off work and enjoyed a week staycation here in Toronto. We had decided that rather than travel somewhere, we would relax at home and enjoy the city. We had a great time checking out great new restaurants, many of which are walking distance from our house!
Here are some highlights from our week off:
- Blue Plate : We went here for both a dinner and a brunch and enjoyed both the food and the atmosphere.
- Universal Grill : An old favourite that we had forgotten about on Dupont.
- Zocalo : Awesome new place that opened up at Bloor & Symington. Great food and service.
- We watched ‘Scott Pilgrim’. Perfect Toronto-centric movie.
- June Harlow : Very new restaurant at Dupont and Edwin with wonderful food. Their dessert menu includes freshly baked chocolate chip cookies and homemade smores.
- Bloordale Pantry : We’ve been here multiple times now for their brunch. Delicious.
- Yasi’s : They sell Kawartha Dairy ice cream and they are half a block from our house. Danger.
- I made a Vanilla Peach Pie with lattice crust!!!
- Lots of walks on the West Toronto Rail Path. One of our favourite things about our neighbourhood right now.
- A visit to see Andrew’s brother, Mike at the organic farm he’s living/working on. We were sent home with a load of amazing produce.
- I made zucchini bread! with part of a zucchini from the farm.
12 Comments
peanut
August 29, 2010 at 10:07 am
suz
August 29, 2010 at 10:15 am
JTS
August 29, 2010 at 12:07 pm
Tasha
August 29, 2010 at 6:52 pm
michelle
August 30, 2010 at 8:57 am
Amanda Elizabeth
August 30, 2010 at 11:09 am
Joanna
August 30, 2010 at 12:29 pm
Karyn
August 30, 2010 at 5:06 pm
Elli D.
August 30, 2010 at 6:00 pm
Sarah
August 30, 2010 at 9:41 pm
Alanna
September 2, 2010 at 1:45 am
Alanna
September 2, 2010 at 1:47 am
That sounds lovely. HOw did you get the picture of the three of you at night? (i.e. what did you put your camera on? Did you use a flash?) I love the picture from the farm.
lovely flats karyn! might i ask where you got them from? i just love the pointed toes and weaved look 🙂
oh I am so glad you had a good time!
Isn’t Zaloco the best?! and it is so close to your house.
I was there for dinner last night.
Love it.
I love your pictures too.
Oh your timing is perfect! I have a stay-cation coming up, 10 days! We’ll be doing 2 small day trips, but these restaurants sound perfect as we will also be visiting a family member in hospital in the west end.
Beautiful pictures!
that pie looks gorgeous!!! mmmm!
<3 these glimpses into your life!
Staycations = lovely. And I agree with you about Zocalo. We took some friends for brunch yesterday and it was delicious.
peanut – thanks so much! the night time photo of the three of us was taken by putting my camera on a bench and using the remote control i recently got. no flash! i never use flash. my aperture was f 1.8. if your camera is resting on something steady, then clear night time shots are totally possible.
suz – i love these flats. they are made from recycled newspaper. i bought them from moxsie.
jill – i can’t believe i can walk to so many great places now. our neighborhood gets better every day!
tasha – enjoy your staycation! any of those places would be great to visit. so delicious.
michelle – i wish i had some pie left to share with you. next time! it was really great. and now i’m not scared to make pies.
amanda – you’re right, i should do this more often!
joanna – i love their idea of open sandwiches. i need to go back and try out more of their menu!
Sounds really good. People don’t even realize they do not necessarily have to leave Toronto for holidays. If I have some free time, I actually really like to stay and explore places I don’t know, since there is just so many (even though I have lived here for years). Oh by the way, the pie looks unbelievably delicious.
This post totally inspired me! I made Martha Stewart’s zucchini chocolate cakes and some peach rosemary jam and can’t wait to have some time to re-explore Vancouver. Sounds like a great stay-cation!
Hi Karyn,
Thanks for all the neighbourhood food suggestions. Am always looking for new places to go! Also your lattice pie looks great. Very impressive. 🙂
ps. Would not have included a smiley emoticon if I knew it would turn into a yellow headed man! I hope you’re laughing.