Breakfast, brunch and lunch restaurant Brunch Story is favorably reviewed by several members in a thread started Saturday by administrator Robyn Hochglaube at the Leaside Community page. It’s heartening to hear. Along with Sophie’s Kitchen and Green Canoe, Brunch Story is offering the type of cuisine so many residents enjoy (bring on the eggs). Brunch Story is at 874 Eglinton beside Starbucks. It is owned by Ji-seon Moon. She is the mom of two and she told The South Bayview Bulldog that she settled at this location because the schools are so good. Her teen son started at Leaside High School this month. The reviews in LC are universally good. Hardworking Korean friends have much to contribute. Ji-seon Moon opens Brunch Story at Eglinton/Laird Sunday

Ji-seon Moon and children at 874 Eglinton East

Sabarish Gnanamamoorthy

What CRA scam?

Dr. Danuta Skowronski

The clean cut kid at the left is Sabarish Gnanamamoorthy. He’s a genius at the age of 15. His intelligence and maturity will take your breath away. Good for Canada. Then, it’s not too much to describe the tax scam phone racket as a crisis. Most people have had many calls. Why can’t authorities get a handle on it? Below that, Dr. Danuta Skowronski thinks you are probably “pre-loaded” for the flu season this year but her advice is not to take a chance. Lastly, the Canadian soap opera called the TransCanada Pipeline. It makes you want to cry. Is it any wonder John A Macdonald lied to get the CPR built in 1865? Simply put, there would be no Canada without our east-west links.

Gala evening

Andy and Jan Elder

David Mudd with wife Naomi Choi of PrepFete and Trae Zammit of Smokin’ Cigar

Carol Burtin Fripp. Robert Fripp and son Will Fripp

Terry Fallis with wife Nancy Naylor and brother Tim Fallis with friend Susan Wright

Marie Cris and brother Peter Ramirez of Grilltime

Andy photbombs his friends Deb and Alistair Baxter

Friends of Andy Elder and his Grilltime on Laird gathered Saturday in the event space at the Amsterdam Brewery to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the specialty shop. Councillor Jon Burnside took the microphone at the Amsterdam Brewery event space to congratulate Andy on his in-store and catering success. The two men have been friends for 30 years. Grilltime has been located at 62 Laird Drive since it opened. Guests dined on delicious food samplings like Mac and Cheese with smoked brisket and roasted tomato salsa and also a soft taco with Fogo Island Cod. There was a unique Bloody Caesar bar with a garnish of beef tenderloin wrapped in bacon Live music was provided by the Denise Leslie Trio.

SALUTE TO LOCAL BUSINESS

In his remarks, Elder thanked loyal customers for support over the years and made a special request that they show the same loyalty to other local enterprises. He noted that the rapid change being seen in Leaside and elsewhere can represent a threat to local stores and services. More and more big box and large outside businesses are entering the area.

AMAZING COUNCILLOR

Turning to the coming municipal election, Elder called his longtime friend “an amazing Councillor” and urged people to work hard for his re-election. Special effort will be required because the restructured Don Valley West makes Burnside the incumbent of just 35 percent of the riding. Another ten percent is up for grabs in the newly-added area west of Bayview Ave. which was formerly in St. Paul’s Ward 22. Andy urged friends to make a special effort to return his friend to office.

FRIENDS PRESENT

Among well-known friends present were realtor Charlene Kalia, Fiona Boylan of COBS Bread, Jeff Hohner of the Leaside Pub, Alistair Baxter of Lexus on the Park with his wife Deb, Peter Neal of Neal Brothers Foods with wife Lara, Robert Fripp, Carol Burtin Fripp and son Will Fripp and Trae Zammit of the Smokin’ Cigar on Bayview Ave.

As many as 70,000 customers are still without power in Ottawa and area Sunday following two tornadoes that struck the area Friday. Hundreds of flood victims and people whose homes sustained tornado damage will be able to return to their homes Sunday. According to a press release from the City of Gatineau, families will be reintegrated in stages, CTV reported. Frightening video of the twisters that they struck has been released.

No winning ticket was sold for the $24 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. The guaranteed $1 million prize went to a ticket holder in Ontario. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on Sept. 26 will be approximately $30 million

Charlie rescued from tornado rubble/Simon Ostler Twitter

A beagle named Charlie has been rescued from under the rubble of a collapsed home in the tornado-ravaged Ottawa neighborhood of Dunrobin. Parts of the City were badly damaged and power is still out to thousands. Members of the media joined citizens to illuminate the darkened wreckage with cell phones as Charlie was carried to safety.

SANDRO LISI RUNNING FOR SCHOOL TRUSTEE

CP24 says it has been told that Alexander (Sandro) Lisi, friend and sometime driver for late Mayor Rob Ford, is running for school trustee in a northwest ward where he has lived most of life. The incumbent, Avtar Minhas, is not running. Lisi was charged with extortion in connection with an alleged bid to retrieve the infamous video of Rob Ford smoking what appeared to be crack cocaine. The charged was dropped in 2016.

RIDING BUMPER ON LANSDOWNE BUS

Instagram video shows someone riding on the back of the 47A Lansdowne bus. The TTC is upset although the dangerous behaviour seems somehow timeless among a strain of young men. In the video, which can be seen and heard on the City News website, the occupants of the vehicle with the dash cam seem to find it amusing.

Riding the 47A Lansdowne bus

Several changes to the motor and pedestrian traffic rules at the intersection of Eglinton Ave.and Bayview Ave will be implemented between Monday and Tuesday. Some rules will stay the same. The linked notice from Metrolinx contains 14 substantive points about the rules.

A thread is just underway Saturday morning about school options where they exist in South Leaside.

Dave Wheeler

Number one in is slot

The tricky business of being a provocative radio host without losing your job for offending people is playing out in Winnipeg. Former in-your-face DJ Dave Wheeler is suing Roger Media for firing him because, as he contends, he was merely doing his job. The wrongful dismissal suit seeks more than $1.4 million in damages from 92.1 CITI FM and parent Rogers. In June Wheeler was talking about the dilemma of Scarlett Johansson who withdrew from a film called Rub and Tug because she was facing backlash after agreeing to play a trans man.  Wheeler made a remark comparing transgender people to actors who “pretend to be different things.” One quote is: “If someone is born human (and) they pretend to be a dog (it) is not right to agree with them for the sake of their feelings.” The suit contends it was an express or implied term of Wheeler’s employment with Rogers that his on-air persona was to be provocative and controversial and he was to push the boundaries and engage listeners in controversial social topics.

Outage map at 8.30 a.m. Saturday

Shot in annex Friday afternoon

Crews continue to repair downed lines Saturday from damage caused mostly by fallen branches and trees on Friday afternoon. The Hydro Outage map shows scattered dark spots. South Leaside seems to be fairly hard hit.  Below, video from Toronto and Ottawa where a tornado has struck. A cold front has brought more than a hint of Fall to South Bayview.