Kuro Madoushi
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Smh... get some Balzac's in the distillery district.
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Smh... get some Balzac's in the distillery district.
I've had Balzac's before in Stratford. Yeah it's good but so is Starbucks. I don't drink any of the lattes or anything just the regular brew. Love the Komodo blend.
My internet connection is still being awful. Ugh.
Blenz hot chocolate is amazing. Iced chocolate, too. Shame the coffee is piss.
People just say they hate Starbucks because it's everywhere.
Blenz hot chocolate is amazing. Iced chocolate, too. Shame the coffee is piss.
People just say they hate Starbucks because it's everywhere.
Cromulent_Word
Member
there's no coffee better than Sam James in all of TO
BladeWorker
Member
Went to Five Doors North again this weekend. Oh man I love their Gnocchi in Gorgonzola Cream.
It's a little taste of awesome dancing on my tongue. And then there are 100 more bites.
Mayhaps one day I'll go on a quest to find the city's best Gnocchi.
It's a little taste of awesome dancing on my tongue. And then there are 100 more bites.
Mayhaps one day I'll go on a quest to find the city's best Gnocchi.
It has competitors. Manic Coffee, Cafe Pamenar, Dark Horse, Toronto Coffee Company are all solid.
I find even better is the coffee you can buy in Kensington. There are some store there that sell amazing coffee.
lunarworks
Member
My girl and I will share a Starbucks latte once in a while. Other than that, Timmie's is cheaper. (Yup, I don't care.)
BigJonsson
Member
SMH @ Rob Ford not commenting on questions regarding the Eglinton LRT today because he only wanted to talk about his weight loss
The fuck
The fuck
lunarworks
Member
Rob Ford doesn't take unscripted questions.
I'm totally serious.
He has to know the questions ahead of time so he can have answers prepared. Otherwise he goes dead silent.
BigJonsson
Member
I know, I don't know how people can stomach voting for politicians that hide from questions in a democracy
And more hot chocolate talk - Yes, Timmies sucks but its cheap and quick, Starbucks is decent but it can take foooorever to get it, I usually prefer just to make it at home, microwave some milk in a mug and toss in some quality mix and mmmmm
added_time
Member
It's a beautiful day
I can't wait for the Fords to regain their water weight and then more. They are only building cravings for junk by fasting and will gorge on it like crazy once the diet is over, thinking they've ~earned and suffered~ for it. Ppl like them don't know moderation.
No mention of TenRen, wut.
I'm a non-coffee drinker too. I like my teeth white and caffeine levels low.
One of my friends measured the cup
to put it in perspective
No mention of TenRen, wut.
I'm a non-coffee drinker too. I like my teeth white and caffeine levels low.
One of my friends measured the cup
to put it in perspective
BigJonsson
Member
2 steps left of a Communist dictator? wtf
Very nice. Bulldog Cafe just off Church, south of Carlton is also world class.
Of course! They won't VOTE with the mayor so naturally they're dictators.
It's very logical.
lunarworks
Member
One of these days he's going to be sitting inside a room in an insane asylum muttering to himself about taxpayers.
I can't wait for the Fords to regain their water weight and then more. They are only building cravings for junk by fasting and will gorge on it like crazy once the diet is over, thinking they've ~earned and suffered~ for it. Ppl like them don't know moderation.
No mention of TenRen, wut.
I'm a non-coffee drinker too. I like my teeth white and caffeine levels low.
One of my friends measured the cup
to put it in perspective
Saw this yesterday. It's like a pipebomb filled with brown caffeine water.
I've been drinking coffee since I was about ten years old. Started when we were out camping in the cold. Didn't help that there's basically a pot being brewed every hour of the day around my parents and I have continued on the tradition. Just pump it into my veins.
BigJonsson
Member
What would have happened if someone had said Ford was 2 steps to the right of Hitler? Oh the shitstorm that would cause
BladeWorker
Member
I'm not sure why a conservative making statements like this surprises anyone anymore.
It is the hallmark of the hard-right to play dirty and mean politics. They do it because it works. And, for that reason, they've started to like it, and stopped seeing the problem with it.
Those of us who consider themselves even remotely to the left of these folks have a problem: we think that we can appeal to the more reasonable, positive sides of human nature, and reform politics for the better in so doing.
But dirty, mean politics is like hammering nails into a board. You can remove the nails, but the holes will always remain.
Centrists and those in the moderate left don't seem to understand that you can't "fix" dirty politics. There is no solution; the only defense is being as underhanded and conniving as those who conspire against you.
The hard-left, interestingly enough, isn't interested in being underhanded. They'll just march and occupy and protest (and from time to time, riot) until their fingers fall off. I'm not going to argue that it's at all better than underhanded politics, but at the very least, you generally get what their endgame is.
It was a nice vacation for us. I guess that's over now.My internet is back.
If anyone cares.
Nobody cares.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
I have friends that go there all the time because they hate the franchises in the neighbourhood. I don't drink coffee myself, so the one time I went I just had a juice or something.
Has anyone ever been to Toronto Comicon?
My old roommate brought it up with me years ago, and it sounded pretty cool. I got an e-mail about tickets being on sale for this year's (March 10-11), and I'm debating whether or not to attend.
Is it like the madness of Fan Expo, or is it a bit more subdued?
My old roommate brought it up with me years ago, and it sounded pretty cool. I got an e-mail about tickets being on sale for this year's (March 10-11), and I'm debating whether or not to attend.
Is it like the madness of Fan Expo, or is it a bit more subdued?
So it seems like we're getting at least a bit of transit city back:
It's crazy that Sheppard is getting nothing and Finch is getting downgraded to a busway all in service of that little purple stub in the top right. At least we'll get Eglinton built the way it was originally envisioned..
And the sane Councillors are talking about the Finch busway now in terms that makes it seem like it wouldn't be the hardest thing to convert it to a full on LRT at some point.
It's not what it should be but I'll take it.
It's crazy that Sheppard is getting nothing and Finch is getting downgraded to a busway all in service of that little purple stub in the top right. At least we'll get Eglinton built the way it was originally envisioned..
And the sane Councillors are talking about the Finch busway now in terms that makes it seem like it wouldn't be the hardest thing to convert it to a full on LRT at some point.
It's not what it should be but I'll take it.
But does the bus ride cost a billion dollars?
As for Finch, I'd imagine that the majority of people taking Finch are traveling within the city. Shouldn't Improved transit reduce car traffic on the road?
added_time
Member
I think what those councillors are saying is that you can build that much of the Sheppard line with the money saved from putting part of the Eglinton line above ground. It would still be on Rob Ford to raise the money for the rest of the Sheppard Line because if you remember, he was going to build that line with magic money that wasn't promised to us from the Provincial Government.
Odds that the Sheppard extension happens are very, very shaky. Ford thought the private sector would jump at the chance to throw money in the pot, but it's just not the case. And the Prov is not committing more money.
I still hope they don't put Eglinton underground east of Yonge, even if Sheppard doesn't get built and the money goes no where. Ironically, the 1-1.5 billion in savings from not putting the entire project underground could be used to build the Sheppard LRT like originally planned.
A shame that Transit City was blown up so immediately. Even Eglinton LRT did take a hit, because it does not extend out to the airport anymore, like it really needs to. I think the Jane line was really undervalued too. A lot of residential places and growth along St Clair around Jane that could really use rail transit.
I still hope they don't put Eglinton underground east of Yonge, even if Sheppard doesn't get built and the money goes no where. Ironically, the 1-1.5 billion in savings from not putting the entire project underground could be used to build the Sheppard LRT like originally planned.
A shame that Transit City was blown up so immediately. Even Eglinton LRT did take a hit, because it does not extend out to the airport anymore, like it really needs to. I think the Jane line was really undervalued too. A lot of residential places and growth along St Clair around Jane that could really use rail transit.
You're the enemy in the war on cars.
I think they would use the Hydro corridor, just like they built the bus lanes east of York U.
As for the Sheppard Subway, what a completely useless line that's turned out to be. Back in the mid-90s it was the Eglinton line that should have been built out.
added_time
Member
Yes it is.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busway
It isn't that bad really. It's basically a separate lane for buses that makes them run very quickly.
lunarworks
Member
Sheppard was Mel Lastman's baby. Eglinton wasn't in North York.
added_time
Member
He needed a second subway to Mel Lastman's Square! haha
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Ottawa runs on busways in lieu of a rail system. It works really well, for the most part.