So, not a long update today but I did want to post a couple of pics - nothing major - from my trip. I have to admit that I'm a horrible picture taker. I'm just not one of those people to whip out a camera whenever something catches my eye. I think I'm going to work on that. After all, with camera phones these days I should be able to take a pic of just about anything, right?
OK. Here's a pic of my first meal upon my return. What else? Noodles. Yeah!!!I swear, if someone would just open up an honest to goodness genuine Chinese noodle shop they'd make a killing down here in Raleigh/Cary.
Anyone interested? I'd invest in your venture :) My faves? Some kickin' wonton noodle soup with a side dish of simple veggies with oyster sauce. Nothing like the basics to make my tummy happy!
After the noodle shop we stopped by the ubiquitous asian grocery where upon browsing the shelves I saw these.I wish I woulda grabbed the ones that had the english wording but the overall gist is these are KitKats with......matcha green tea!!! I swear. Only in Toronto. If it's hip (green tea/matcha is pretty hip right now) then the asians are all over it.
I haven't actually opened one up and tried it....yet. I'll be sure to post my impressions when I do. Haven't scientists been saying all along that chocolate is healthy? Well, with the addition of green tea and all those antioxidants this stuff has got to be even better for you than before, right?
And here's my final pic. Just for kicks. I've never seen anything like this before. Has crime really climbed to such an all-time high that this is what we have resorted to in Toronto?I wish I would have looked a little more closely to see what the rental fee is. Gone are the days of the simple metal racks where you'd park your bike and clip on your handy-dandy bike lock.
I wonder whether those bike lock companies now include Toronto on their list of cities where they will not offer a guarantee against theft??
Well, that's all from me this fine Sunday morning. Hope you're all having a good one wherever you are!
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Just a couple of weeks before you came, a massive bike-theft ring was busted. Basically, a bike shop owner (a store on Queen St West) was paying people to steal bikes for him, which he then hoarded. The police sort-of knew about the operation for awhile, but only caught him red-handed recently. When they raided his shop, the found hundreds of stolen bikes in the back -- many with parts already mixed-and-matched to evade detection. Then they found out that he had rented garages all over the city. The final tally was something like 3,000 stolen bikes recovered. Only a few hundred were claimed by their owners.
The papers here say that after this guy was busted, there was a 50-60% drop in bike theft reports to the police within a week.
OK. That's just crazy.
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