By Shawn Micallef
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Instaflaneur: off to the races — a trip to Woodbine our non-casino casino in Toronto
Last weekend we went on a field trip to Woodbine to watch the races Saturday. We had fun. Lots of it. I wrote an account of the trip in my Toronto Star...
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Instaflaneur: Queen Street West’s most valuable boring parking lot
The former City TV parking lot along some of the most valuable bits of Queen Street West sidewalk has remained a parking lot. There’s some irony...
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Instaflaneur: Queen & Church golf
At Queen and Church, above an Irish pub, you can buy golf supplies on the third floor. The economy works in ways we do not understand.
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Two worthy Toronto fundraising events for PEN Canada & Romero House next week
A brief public service announcement to bring to your attention two very worthy fundraising events for local, internationally connected organizations. PEN...
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Instaflaneur: Church Street becomes mini-Pride tonight for Halloween
Some 10s of 1000s of people will converge on Church Street tonight as the road is closed to cars and some of the best costumes around are brought out for...
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Instaflaneur: Scarborough strip malling
My column in the Toronto Star on Friday was connected to my TEDx talk of the same subject that, in part, looked at how Toronto’s suburban strip...
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Super gorgeous new L Con video might make you cry while looking at Toronto
This new L CON video for her song Oh How Love by Marc De Pape is a most-wonderful combination of archival photos and the contemporary city, mixed together...
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Instaflaneur: on and off the grid in Toronto + Torontohenge
The Toronto street grid lines up perfectly with either the setting or rising sun four time a year. Perfect alignment happens again this Thursday, but...
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Instaflaneur: wild Mississauga
A walk through the back passages of Mississauga City Centre yesterday revealed many bits not apparent when viewing the neighbourhood from Square One Mall...
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Instaflaneur: leaf peeping on the DVP
This Thanksgiving weekend the leaves are at about peak colour in Toronto — but there’s no need to leave the city. Just wander any of the...
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Instaflaneur: Oh, Jarvis, he howled, and scowled, and wrote.
These “instapics” have been fewer in the last month due to my iPhone getting itself stolen in London a month ago (beware of cycling...
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Instaflaneur: Toronto’s Little New York, just east of Chinatown
June 20th, 2012, Queen and John meet Manhattan in the summer heat. No time-space rift, just another day in Hollywood North, where our city routinely plays...