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Alvin’s Food Follies – A “Snappy” First Visit to Jackson’s Burger

Friday afternoon, on my way between work and an event (at which only hors d’oeuvres were being served) my girlfriend thankfully asked me to grab myself a bite. I only had 20 minutes.  Jackson’s Burger was on the way, found along Yonge Street, south of Gerrard Street. The guys are open late too.

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It’s A Weekend Thing… OMG! SO MANY EVENTS!!
Photo credit: PCCC, Warren John, Taste of Manila.

Photo credit: PCCC, Warren John, Taste of Manila.

There are tons of events happening this weekend, I don’t know where to go to yet!  Here’s my quick list (and brief synopsis of the event) that I can share.

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Alvin’s Food Follies – Twilight Tuesdays

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I just happened to get out of work late today and while walking to the station, I thought I heard some music playing in the distance from my corner of York St. and King St. in Toronto.  Hmmm?  Music this loud in this part of town?  Something’s up!
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It’s A Weekend Thing…

Alvin here. As you know we are pretty quiet during the weekend on this blog. So I was thinking about putting up a quick blurb during the weekend about happenings around town that I discover.

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Snappy Fridays – Take Me Out To The Ball Game!

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Sing with me!

Take me out to the ball game,
Take me out to the crowd;
Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack,
I don’t care if I never come back.
Let me root, root, root, for the BLUE JAYS,
If they don’t win, its a shame.
For it’s one, two, three strikes you’re out,
At the old ball game!

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Alvin’s Film Follies (Part VIII – Playing with Some “Gold”)

What an odd roll of film to discover in my son’s bedroom – Kodak Gold 200?!  I found this odd because:

  1. It is ASA 200.  I’m used to seeing and using either 100 or 400 consumer films.  I guess 100 speed doesn’t exist for consumers anymore…
  2. It is a Kodak consumer film that I don’t normally use (as you may know that I normally used Fujifilm in the past),
  3. I don’t recall buying this film for my son.
  4. It was in a 3-pack.

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Alvin’s Film Follies (Part VII – Alvin Tries Kodak’s Ektar…And He LOVES It!)
The Toronto Club

The Toronto Club ( at the corner of York and Wellington Streets.)  Founded in 1837, this is the oldest private club in Canada.  The building, itself, was opened in 1889.

Well I think the title of this blog post says it all.  But I do have a story to tell about this film, if you are willing to read on (and enjoy perusing the photos).

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Alvin’s Film Follies (Part VI – A Roll of Expired Film is Discovered…)
Probably My Best shot in the roll?

Probably My Best shot in the roll?

I was sifting through some boxes in an effort to remove some junk in my room and discovered an unused roll of expired Fuji Superia X-TRA 400.

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Alvin’s Film Follies (Part III – “Acros” Toronto…)
Bulls in the TD Centre Courtyard.

Bulls in the TD Centre Courtyard.

My hunt for an “everyday” black and white film continued…for the third successive week, I shot blindly around town with a different roll of film not knowing what to expect.  This week, Nikki (my Nikon F90x) and I had some fun chewing through a roll of Fujifilm’s Neopan Acros. I had gotten used to handling the AF50/1.8 D lens and decided to use it again – it has become my choice lens for Nikki.
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