Avoca Chocolates

Special touch

Simryn Fenby

Vegan Gelato

Ice Cream

You read about Avoca Chocolates first in the The South Bayview Bulldog on May 6. We knew then that Simryn Fenby and her mom had started an attractive ice cream and chocolate shop just off the Danforth in 2015. It was easy to sense that a branch of Avoca Chocolates would be very welcome at the corner of Millwood and Rumsey Rds. But frankly, the expectations of early May have been enormously exceeded by the reality of early August. From the flowers and patio treatment of the exterior to the range of ice cream, Gelato, sweets, sugarless chocolate, espresso plus old-world courtesy and customer service, Avoca Chocolates is a delight. Please drop in and see them. We need Avoca Chocolates at this corner.

It is not known if this picture will be an exhibit on Monday as Taylor Swift defends herself against a $3 million dollar damages action brought by DJ David Mueller after she accused him of fondling her three years ago. Swift, 27, will testify, says Reuters, that Mueller slipped his hand under her dress and grabbed her bare bottom as they posed during a meet-and-greet session before her June 2, 2013, concert in Denver. Here she is seen with him and another DJ Shannon Melcher at the shoot where the alleged incident occurred. “It was not an accident, it was completely intentional, and I have never been so sure of anything in my life,” Swift said of the incident during a deposition. Mueller was fired two days after her allegation.

Christina

Address in Stouffville

City News tells the story of the nice lady above named Christina who has had at least eight sets of travellers arrive at her door in Stouffville in recent days and tell her they have rented a room in her house. It’s an Airbnb misfire of course. No other 21st-Century enterprise is so open to gullible people booking (and paying for) places that aren’t really for rent. Some victims travel across the ocean expecting to find accommodation.  And yet, our Internet-of-fictions society is just utterly gobsmacked by it. In Christina’s case, her upper floor was advertised by a vaguely named person called Yun. Yun’s picture shows a shot of actress Naomie Harris. City News is calling it an “Airbnb mystery” Why? This is no mystery.  It’s what happens. Airbnb issued a statement saying that fake and misrepresented listings have “no place in our community.” But, of course, they keep showing up.

Safe at second

Close call

Still friends

Fix this Davisville crosswalk

@patsokay map

What have guys been doing this weekend? The Leaside Leafs and Niagara Metros played to a 10 to 8 come-from-behind finish for the Metros at the Ontario Senior Men’s Elimination Tournament in Strathroy Sunday. See many more shots by Bruce Ideson at #Leaside.  And then, LexAnder @PurpleRaison was posting photos of eyesores in Davisville Station and along the street of the same name. Above left, is the north side of the crosswalk at 84 Davsiville Ave. and we agree, it’s a mess. To the right, Pat Jones @patsokay posted this map of the trails he has walked in recent days and says he is looking for more. Go Pat.

Release of tapes of Diana talking about the most intimate and frankly humilating things is a betrayal of the Princess and the Royal Family say critics. It is a second program intended to celebrate the late mother of William and Harry.  CBC

Jack Rabinovitch, the distinguished businessman who created the prestigious Scotiabank Giller Prize literary award, is dead at age 87. Mr. Rabinovitch died Sunday afternoon in Toronto, his daughter Elana confirmed. The prize, the foremost honour in Canadian literature, was named in memory of his wife, Doris Giller. It was established in 1994, a year after her death from cancer.  An obituary posted on the website of Benjamin’s Park Memorial Chapel, which handled funeral arrangements, said Rabinovitch died as a result of a “catastrophic fall” at his home last week. Obituary

Police are reporting that on Thursday two men became involved in a shouting match from the driver’s seat of their vehicles as they drove west on Lake Shore Boulevard West. When traffic stopped at Strachan Avenue, one of the men (seen above) got out and struck the passenger-side mirror of the other man’s vehicle with a baseball bat. He then got back into his car, a white Acura, and was last seen travelling north on Strachan Avenue

Woman at Keele and Annette streets rushed to trauma centre after crash closed intersection. https://t.co/kEJSMWhZLY @TorontoPolice #Toronto pic.twitter.com/EXc8OD7cKf

— InsideToronto (@InsideTOnews) August 6, 2017

A woman said to be in her 60s was struck and seriously hurt by a vehicle that careered onto the sidewalk after right-of-way collision at Keele St.and Annette Ave. Sunday. As seen in photos sent to Twitter by InsideToronto a silver car heading northbound on Keele Street and a red SUV eastbound on Annette Street slammed together at the corner. The SUV veered into the pedestrian. Several other persons have minor injuries.

Sunday has seen a return to somewhat warmer temperatures. Civic Holiday (Simcoe Day) Monday will be an off-seasonal 21 degrees with a predicted 70 percent chance of rain.

Video on YouTube shot by a poster identified as Roxy Haung showing an unknown woman with a small dog has been viewed more than 118,000 times in 24 hours. The woman is clearly upset with the animal and slaps it several times. A man who intervened with the woman is more or less told to mind his own business. TTC personnel are called and the woman is spoken to but the staff concluded the dog was okay. Tonight CP24 says that the OSPCA has been called by police about the matter. TTC spokesperson Brad Ross said the incident occurred on a Line 2 train at 4:21 p.m. as it entered St. George Station. TTC staff stopped the train and a supervisor eventually escorted the woman off of the train, Ross said.  The YouTube video is intense.