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I'm reading a library book 'Toronto Street Names - An Illustrated Guide to Their Origins' and under Jack Layton Way, it includes Jack Layton's moving quote in his final letter to Canadians which captured his outlook on life:

'My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world.'

Another interesting fact regarding Joe Shuster Way, the Toronto native along with writer Jerry Siegel created the Superman comic. Apparently in the original version, Superman's mild-mannered alter ego, Clark Kent, worked for the Daily Star , which was based on the Toronto Star and that the inspiration for the fictional Metropolis, Superman's home city, was Toronto!!!
It doesn't stop there...'The Superman' name was reused for a new character - the man of steel...where Shuster modelled the hero on the incredible Douglas Fairbanks Sr.,(!!!) and based Clark Kent, Superman's alter ego on a comabination of actor Harold Lloyd and himself.

So, Sir Henry Mill Pellatt was the eccentric creator of Casa Loma! Apparently, the castle is made up of Spanish tiles, thousands of stones ($1 each) from Scotland, mahogany stalls and nameplates for the horses are engraved in gold...whoa...

Scarlett Road is named after John Scarlett (known as the 'Father of the Junction', the neighbourhood around Dundas and Keele. this is why Dundas and Keele is known as the Junction.

The last and personally, most important takeaway note is on Steeles Avenue (as I lived the current majority of my life off Dufferin and Steeles locale)...the Steeles family came from Yorkshire, England as farmers. Bought an inn at the northwest corner of Yonge and Steeles (currently Centrepoint Mall) that is now a major transit point for travellers going north to Thornhill, Richmond Hill and Newmarket.

CNE 2025

Fantastic Dancing Turtles

The Unexpected Journey
Emma and Bruce Willis: An Unexpected Journey
-- A Diane Sawyer Special

Best laid plans gone awry…

Party of 3 packed to spend the night at Ames' after the 'Back to the Future' show at CAA Ed Mirvish. Unfortunately Ames wasn't feeling 100% while we were already set up at her place...so we 'pivoted'. Set everything back to pre-arrival and continued minus Ames.
We parked off Atrium on the Bay and had buffet dins at Spring Sushi off Dundas Square before the show.
Unfortunately,

HBD Ames!

Tacos, Cameron House & Jadea!!!

Cafe Landwer @ Yorkdale avec Fayewood including sweet potato fries & oreo milkshake

As today's a civic holiday, Fayewood came to pick me up at 9:30 and we stopped by a drive through Tim's for coffee before we went to her new place...where we met up with Melanie.
Received a super warm welcome from Commander Oden (;)) before heading up to Fayewood's room on the third floor where Mel met us and we spent the morning putting together her a table...

Afterwards, Romz joined after Fayewood stepped out to pick up a takeout lunch from Gal's Sushi where we made a makeshift lunch table and shared several japanese dishes!

Then I watched over everyone as Mel, Romz & Fayewood put together another desk before calling it a day over leftover cupcake treats from Commander Odin's birthday yesterday! yum!!!

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