It’s not our first choice in weather for a mid-August weekend but c’est la guerre.
Hot, muggy and wet til Tuesday and then baked August pie
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Pub owners post warnings about “dine and dash” offender
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A long and growing series of posts on the Leslieville Facebook page complains of a man who allegedly runs out on his bill at Midtown bars and restaurants on both the east and west side of the City. This thread was started by someone at the Two-Headed Dog Pub at 1469 Gerrard St. E. The complaint has also been posted by a different pub to an industry account, the Food and Wine Industry Navigator FB page.
Gotham grinds to halt as a kid plants 3 rice cooker “bombs”
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CNE begins, great wheels, music hall 100 and Nissan scrawl
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CNE open
Danforth Music Hall is 100
Scribble my Nissan
Work on Brown Group development at Bayview and Hillsdale
Wheels on the Danforth
Many will wish it wasn’t so, but the CNE opened Friday. It runs until September 2 and as always it signals that summer is coming to an end. Upper right is the venerable Danforth Music Hall celebrating 100 years this month. It was built as Allen’s Danforth Theatre, opening on August 18, 1919, with a selection of the very finest silent flickers. Centre-right is a hilarious old doodle-covered Nissan Micra spotted at the Overlea Shopping Centre. Below that a reminder of the Wheels On Danforth classic car show on Saturday down by Byng Ave. At lower left is a peek at the furious work going on at Hillsdale Ave. and Bayview Ave. for the new Brown Group residential and commercial development.
Two handbag thieves are stalking local hotel dining rooms
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Suspect #1
Suspect #2
Stalking hotel dining rooms
Toronto Police are alerting the public to the work of two handbag thieves who struck in the dining rooms of Toronto hotels late last month. On July 19 they stole an unminded purse at the Don Valley Hotel near Wynford Dr. and Eglinton Ave. Two days later, they did a similar crime at the Novotel Hotel on north Yonge St. In this case, police note that one man distracted a woman patron while the other guy grabbed her purse. They are wanted for theft over $5,000.
Man #1 (left)is described as 5’8″, medium build, light brown skin. He was wearing a brown dress shirt, blue jeans, brown shoes, dark jacket, and dark baseball cap.
Man #2 (right) is described as 5’8″ to 5’10”, medium build. He was wearing a white dress shirt, blue jeans, dark shoes, dark jacket and a dark baseball cap, with a white logo on the cap.
Driver flees scene after tangle with truck on QEW at 427
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Truck rollover in collision with car/DR@Media371
DR@Media371
Driver flees scene/DR@Media371
Traffic on the QEW was snarled overnight after a collision in the eastbound lanes near Highway 427. The driver of the demolished car was sufficiently unhurt to run from the scene and is still being sought. The trucker was treated for minor injuries. DR@Media371
One dead, one injured in apparent domestic stabbing
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New restaurants on Bayview offer Italian, East Indian fare
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Tutto Pronto and Maurya East Indian Roti
Both the food spots preparing to open on Bayview Ave opposite Belsize Dr. are off-shoots of established businesses. Tutto Pronto is an Italian cuisine sit-down and takeout restaurant operating on Avenue Rd. Maurya Indian Roti has places on the Lake Shore and in Liberty Village. It seems to have an emphasis on takeout. Tutto Pronto, in the former jewellery location north of Scotiabank, has been slow to get open. Maurya has taken over from a tenant who tried but did not get open. Work was hurriedly going on there Thursday. It is in the former Rosie’s space where 2 Bros Cuisine tried but failed to make a go of it. It is a challenging business. The economy is okay but one has to know what the customer wants. Good luck to all.
Adorable photo of dogs at Stratford performance goes viral
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Evening at the theatre/Stratford Festival
Training as service dogs/Stratford Festival
Dressed for the occasion/Twitter @darth
A photo that appears to show the Stratford Festival going to the dogs is winning hearts online. The picture shows a group of pooches ranging from poodles to golden retrievers sitting patiently in their cushy seats, taking in a production of Billy Elliot at the Stratford Festival last week. But while the photo may be fun, it turns out the dogs’ mission is serious: they’re training to be service dogs, and they’re practicing what it’s like to help their handlers navigate through a theatre. “It’s important to prepare the dogs for any activity the handler may like to attend,” says Laura Mackenzie, owner and head trainer with K-9 Country Inn Working Service Dogs, who led the Stratford Festival outing — CBC
Many homes destroyed as car hits gas pipe in London, ON
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Authorities are now saying that seven homes were destroyed when a car smashed into a gas pipeline late Wednesday in London, Ontario. Remarkably, no one appears to have been injured.
“Arson by negligence” as alcohol still blows up in Brampton
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62 Herdwick St. Brampton
Police say a Brampton man blew the back off his home when an alcohol still exploded as he apparently cooked up moonshine in his Herdwick St. residence. A release from the Peel Region service Thursday confirmed that an infant received second-degree burns and two men and a woman sustained minor burns and smoke inhalation. They say the explosion is now confirmed to have been caused by an operating still located in the basement of the home. A man, 57, faces the unusual offense of arson by negligence. The accused was released on a promise to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in Brampton at a later date.
Wheels on Danforth, Taste of Manila events this weekend
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Nasty but nice
Bay Rat
Wheels on Danforth
Wheels on the Danforth will return to Danforth Ave. and Danforth Rd. east of Byng Ave. on Saturday. Also this weekend, Taste of Manila both Saturday and Sunday on Bathurst St. between Wilson Avenue and York Downs Drive.