Also on Facebook: "we're heartbroken...but it's out of our hands," and, "last day of business will be Thursday January 13. Thank you all so much for 5 amazing years."
So sad. The food there was delicious (Benny's Cousin!), and the staff always friendly. Awesome coffee and ice cream too. I wish them all luck.
"deeply regrets to announce that we will be closing our doors for good by the end of the month. Thank you to all who have supported us through the years, we will miss you immensely."
Sad as Yasi's was a sign of the area coming back to life and helped create a community vibe.
It does seem like a bit of a circus. Threaten a fare increase, and then look like heroes for finding a way out of it.
And yes: What about those service cuts? It doesn't sound like we're getting our full Dupont and Davenport bus services restored, and neither is the rest of the city.
And what other services will be cut to raise the money to fend off the fare increase?
And what other service cuts are being made while everyone pays attention the TTC fare fiasco?
There is a new time slot on Campbell's skating schedule: family & youth shinny Sundays 3:10-4:30pm, right after Sunday pleasure skating. We've noticed that some of the parents who come for pleasure-skating like to play hockey with their children. This can sometimes be hard because hockey at Campbell is usually fast-paced. The idea behind the new time slot is to create some space for parents and younger hockey players looking for slower-paced hockey.
Just a reminder, we have the following pleasure-skating hours at Campbell:
Saturday 4-6pm (with campfire and free hot chocolate)
Sunday 1-3pm (with campfire and free hot chocolate)
followed by Family & youth shinny 3:10-4:30pm
Monday 3:30-5:30pm (no campfire)
I am about to read Origin of Halos by Kristen Den Hartog. This will be the 3rd book that I am reading by this author. The first I read for the book club at the Perth Dupont library and Ms. Den Hartog attended the book club meeting. We were able to get her perspective of the book as well. I will let you know how this 3rd book is.
The family and I finally made it out to the rink this past Monday. We had a great time and bumped into a few of our neighbours too. Hung out in the rinkhouse for hot chocolate afterwards. It was really quite perfect. Looking forward to some more ice time this coming weekend!
George was married to my cousin, Lynn. I've known George my whole life, but have not seen him much since Lynn died. My early memories are from visiting the family home on Gillespie (s of Old Weston Rd, n of Davenport), If he lived on Laughton it was long before I was born.
I bumped into George last November, 2 months after my mom passed and he really liked her and always called her by her middle name - Martha.
Finished The Help, and before the due date, too. It was not what I thought it was going to be at first. I thought that it took place in another era but it was about maids nonetheless. It had me hooked and I was staying up until 1:00 am just to finish it. It was such a moving topic and I am touched by the dedication of these women to their employers. A great read!!!
I read "The Bishop's Man" by Linden MacIntyre which won the 2009 Giller Prize. I am pretty sure that he lives in the Roncy area. You will find some West End references in his book such as the Glidden Plant which was on Wallace and to Roncy itself. A pretty good book that really captures the mindset of priest who is the cleanup man for a Bishop.
I agree, Ben. Cancellation of the Eglington Crosstown line in particular would be devastatingly foolish. Of course he can change the name of it to save face politically, I wouldn't mind that.
How do we encourage development that contributes to a vibrant community where people are happy to live? I think there are some areas including this one where development could be very positive. I worry about the discussion of cash-in-lieu of parkland as I do not have confidence the cash will be used in this community. I find this line particularly alarming: "there is no location for an on-site parkland dedication from this development that would be of useable size and the site would be fully encumbered with below grade parking."
This site is far enough away from the subway that I expect the sales office will sell most buyers a parking spot. This contrasts with the recently rejected Giraffe where a car would be superfluous. Cars are a very low density form of transit and this many would greatly slow traffic.
It is very important for sites like this to be developed. But when the developer leaves, people should feel they have a beautiful home, they should have grass and trees near by, they should be able to get to work in a reasonable time. We can not afford another 1011 Lansdowne.
The infrastructure of our community is not capable of supporting this proposed density. We will be strapped to the outside of the Lansdowne bus since seats certainly wont be available. We will be dodging cars heading into this dense urban housing development. The postage stamp park the developer is supposed to be building will certainly not offer any offset to the increased pressures that this proposed housing development will have on our community - which already is significantly under serviced by recreational facilities. Rush hour on Lansdowne will no longer be stop and go traffic, it will be stopped. As will this development.
Also on Facebook: "we're heartbroken...but it's out of our hands," and, "last day of business will be Thursday January 13. Thank you all so much for 5 amazing years."
So sad. The food there was delicious (Benny's Cousin!), and the staff always friendly. Awesome coffee and ice cream too. I wish them all luck.
Wonder what will happen with that building?
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?!?!?!?!??
Posted on Yasi's Place FB page this morning:
"deeply regrets to announce that we will be closing our doors for good by the end of the month. Thank you to all who have supported us through the years, we will miss you immensely."
Sad as Yasi's was a sign of the area coming back to life and helped create a community vibe.
The scariest part is so many people fell for it. The oldest snake oil on the shelf and still, all those knuckleheads still fool enough to buy it.
It does seem like a bit of a circus. Threaten a fare increase, and then look like heroes for finding a way out of it.
And yes: What about those service cuts? It doesn't sound like we're getting our full Dupont and Davenport bus services restored, and neither is the rest of the city.
And what other services will be cut to raise the money to fend off the fare increase?
And what other service cuts are being made while everyone pays attention the TTC fare fiasco?
"There will be no service cuts." Sure....
This is the type of thing we've all seen before. Panic Panic The Sky is Falling!
... Oh, Look. I found a way to save us!
All this does is undermine public confidence in councillors and city hall. Emotions over thoughtful, logical discussion is a waste of energy.
Now. what about those service cuts? Will THEY still be on the table?
On thge plus side, maybe all the uproar on twitter tweets and social networking media impacted the decisions to kill the fare increase.
Angel's Cafe has new hours. They will now be opened from 8:00 am to 10:00 pm seven days a week.
Torontoist has an article about this past weekend's world record setting dodgeball marathon:
http://torontoist.com/2011/01/toronto_claims_the_title_for_longest_dodge...
I hope to read the 4th one before April, then. Sorry about the misspelling, spell check was correcting me.
Hi Katie,
Thanks for that! I hope you enjoy. There's another coming in April!
There is a new time slot on Campbell's skating schedule: family & youth shinny Sundays 3:10-4:30pm, right after Sunday pleasure skating. We've noticed that some of the parents who come for pleasure-skating like to play hockey with their children. This can sometimes be hard because hockey at Campbell is usually fast-paced. The idea behind the new time slot is to create some space for parents and younger hockey players looking for slower-paced hockey.
Just a reminder, we have the following pleasure-skating hours at Campbell:
Saturday 4-6pm (with campfire and free hot chocolate)
Sunday 1-3pm (with campfire and free hot chocolate)
followed by Family & youth shinny 3:10-4:30pm
Monday 3:30-5:30pm (no campfire)
I am about to read Origin of Halos by Kristen Den Hartog. This will be the 3rd book that I am reading by this author. The first I read for the book club at the Perth Dupont library and Ms. Den Hartog attended the book club meeting. We were able to get her perspective of the book as well. I will let you know how this 3rd book is.
The family and I finally made it out to the rink this past Monday. We had a great time and bumped into a few of our neighbours too. Hung out in the rinkhouse for hot chocolate afterwards. It was really quite perfect. Looking forward to some more ice time this coming weekend!
George was married to my cousin, Lynn. I've known George my whole life, but have not seen him much since Lynn died. My early memories are from visiting the family home on Gillespie (s of Old Weston Rd, n of Davenport), If he lived on Laughton it was long before I was born.
I bumped into George last November, 2 months after my mom passed and he really liked her and always called her by her middle name - Martha.
Finished The Help, and before the due date, too. It was not what I thought it was going to be at first. I thought that it took place in another era but it was about maids nonetheless. It had me hooked and I was staying up until 1:00 am just to finish it. It was such a moving topic and I am touched by the dedication of these women to their employers. A great read!!!
I read "The Bishop's Man" by Linden MacIntyre which won the 2009 Giller Prize. I am pretty sure that he lives in the Roncy area. You will find some West End references in his book such as the Glidden Plant which was on Wallace and to Roncy itself. A pretty good book that really captures the mindset of priest who is the cleanup man for a Bishop.
That last shot of the woman on the bridge is incredible.
I agree, Ben. Cancellation of the Eglington Crosstown line in particular would be devastatingly foolish. Of course he can change the name of it to save face politically, I wouldn't mind that.
How do we encourage development that contributes to a vibrant community where people are happy to live? I think there are some areas including this one where development could be very positive. I worry about the discussion of cash-in-lieu of parkland as I do not have confidence the cash will be used in this community. I find this line particularly alarming: "there is no location for an on-site parkland dedication from this development that would be of useable size and the site would be fully encumbered with below grade parking."
This site is far enough away from the subway that I expect the sales office will sell most buyers a parking spot. This contrasts with the recently rejected Giraffe where a car would be superfluous. Cars are a very low density form of transit and this many would greatly slow traffic.
It is very important for sites like this to be developed. But when the developer leaves, people should feel they have a beautiful home, they should have grass and trees near by, they should be able to get to work in a reasonable time. We can not afford another 1011 Lansdowne.
The infrastructure of our community is not capable of supporting this proposed density. We will be strapped to the outside of the Lansdowne bus since seats certainly wont be available. We will be dodging cars heading into this dense urban housing development. The postage stamp park the developer is supposed to be building will certainly not offer any offset to the increased pressures that this proposed housing development will have on our community - which already is significantly under serviced by recreational facilities. Rush hour on Lansdowne will no longer be stop and go traffic, it will be stopped. As will this development.
Anybody see Ana on CP24 this week? I missed it but Le Drew was speaking to some of the new councillors. I was just wondering what she had to say.
We should have a save transit city thing. Bastards.
It's always interesting to see such mass responses, how they are written, organized, etc.
She obviously doesn't have a concrete view on the matter, too bad, fence sitters are annoying.
Okay, let's do it! What about a Sunday afternoon in January, maybe the 9th or the 15th? Or an evening after 8?
For what it's worth, the contact info for our councillor, MPP, and MP are listed on this website's Local Links page.