tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47807412143328588812024-03-13T22:29:30.528-04:00LIFE AFTER STEEL...photos, writings and more from our side of the globeemarenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06085754236431280989noreply@blogger.comBlogger151125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4780741214332858881.post-3388646565177295652010-12-05T08:52:00.003-05:002010-12-05T09:01:09.626-05:00Christmas Party 2010Another fun night for former NSC employees during the 2010 Christmas Party.Double click on the picture to enlarge.More pictures to be posted later.emarenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06085754236431280989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4780741214332858881.post-25934078638111867952010-11-24T20:41:00.005-05:002010-11-24T21:04:21.723-05:00Toronto Santa Claus ParadeThe Toronto Santa Claus parade started in 1905 when a single float carrying Santa Claus arrived at Toronto Union Station and made its way to the downtown Eaton's department store where Santa shook hands with Timothy Eaton.Last Sunday's parade (the 105th) had more than 25 floats;Playstation's "Little Big Planet"25 marching bands ;including our ownPhilippine Heritage Band who has been part ofthe emarenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06085754236431280989noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4780741214332858881.post-64009176782791657372010-10-03T18:45:00.003-04:002010-10-03T18:49:38.688-04:00Fall 2010No spring nor summer beauty hath such graceAs I have seen in one autumnal face.~ John Donneemarenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06085754236431280989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4780741214332858881.post-52033034258743800982010-08-15T12:15:00.002-04:002010-08-15T12:19:41.187-04:00Summer Picnic 2010Click here to view more photos taken during the 2010 Summer Picnic.emarenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06085754236431280989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4780741214332858881.post-56821596366083984182010-08-09T00:10:00.002-04:002010-08-09T00:10:00.366-04:00Toronto by the LakeBeloved city at night.emarenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06085754236431280989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4780741214332858881.post-81127789595057864432010-06-16T00:10:00.000-04:002010-06-16T00:10:00.154-04:00The PATHAccording to Guinness World Records, PATH is the largest underground shopping complex in the world with 371,600 m² of retail space. PATH is a 27-kilometre (17 mi) network of pedestrian tunnels beneath the office towers of downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada.Here's what's connected in the PATH : More than 50 buildings or office towers Twenty parking garages,Five subway stations, Two major departmentemarenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06085754236431280989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4780741214332858881.post-39663832606055425012010-06-09T00:10:00.000-04:002010-06-09T00:10:00.254-04:00Vanity PlatesOne of my favorite distraction on the road are vanity plates. Here's a few I have seen and snapped.The last one's my favorite. . . Cat's Meow means something considered to be outstanding. For another post on Vanity Plates click here.emarenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06085754236431280989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4780741214332858881.post-36352187983597152592010-06-04T00:10:00.003-04:002010-06-04T00:10:00.953-04:00Point Pelee National ParkEntrance to the park, one of the 5 Canadian national parks in Ontario.When you reach this point at Point Pelee, this means you are in the 42nd parallel and in the same latitude as Rome and Barcelona. A few meters from this point and we were standing on the southernmost part of Canada.The marsh boardwalks seen from the viewing station.emarenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06085754236431280989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4780741214332858881.post-78399258672749278102010-06-02T00:10:00.001-04:002010-06-02T00:10:00.586-04:00CATS !From Stephen Lundin, the author of Fish! comes another management book with an animal title which deals with innovation. Some ideas from the book are :Cats are always prepared, since innovation favours a prepared mind.Cats create an innovation-friendly environment.Cats know innovation is not normal. We need routine but we also need to break out of routine to innovate.Cats enjoy social emarenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06085754236431280989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4780741214332858881.post-28621250835093706522010-05-31T00:10:00.002-04:002010-05-31T00:10:00.925-04:00The Michigan AffairPhotos taken from a recent get together of former NSC colleagues in Michigan.emarenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06085754236431280989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4780741214332858881.post-62348150606368666682010-05-17T00:10:00.002-04:002010-05-18T21:33:04.525-04:00Canadian Tulip Festivalemarenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06085754236431280989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4780741214332858881.post-45926330617932835082010-05-10T00:10:00.002-04:002010-05-10T00:10:00.449-04:00Road Signs to Ottawaemarenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06085754236431280989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4780741214332858881.post-35527857208444717022010-05-05T00:10:00.000-04:002010-05-05T00:10:00.205-04:00LightsKleinburgh, Ontario Six Degress Club, Toronto Scarborough Guild Inn, Scarboroughemarenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06085754236431280989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4780741214332858881.post-59119559003640490882010-05-03T00:10:00.001-04:002010-05-03T00:10:00.247-04:00Canada, eh? Part 2TOP REASONS TO LIVE IN NEW BRUNSWICK1. One way or another, the government gets 98% of your income.2. You're poor, but not as poor as the Newfies.3. No one ever blames anything on New Brunswick .4. Everybody has a grandfather who runs a lighthouse.TOP REASONS TO LIVE IN NOVA SCOTIA1. Everyone can play the fiddle. The ones who can't, think they can.2. You can pretend to have Scottish heritage as anemarenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06085754236431280989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4780741214332858881.post-76672570701043684832010-04-30T00:10:00.002-04:002010-04-30T00:10:00.505-04:00Scarborough Guild InnScarborough Guild Inn has been described as eccentric.Where else can you find 90 acres of forest, gardens, lawns and woodland trails mixed with various architectural elements and sculpture from demolished buildings scattered in its ground?Just one of the many places to discover in Scarborough.emarenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06085754236431280989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4780741214332858881.post-76186957495445581972010-04-28T00:10:00.001-04:002010-04-28T00:10:00.516-04:00Chairsemarenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06085754236431280989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4780741214332858881.post-27717087814113363332010-04-26T00:10:00.000-04:002010-04-26T00:10:00.441-04:00Casa Loma, TorontoIt is a such a pity that Casa Loma is seldom suggested as a tourist destination for any of our guests. The place is a beauty to behold, constructed as a neo-romantic castle with 98 rooms and costing $3.5 million to complete in 1911 - it is a dream home.Due to its unique architectural character in Toronto, Casa Loma has been a popular location for movies and TV. It has served as a location for emarenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06085754236431280989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4780741214332858881.post-63472284715147346972010-04-22T00:10:00.006-04:002010-04-25T10:16:21.642-04:00High Park, TorontoIf you have not been to High Park, now is one of the best times to go as the Cherry Blossoms are in full bloom.But before you head out, be ready. Be very ready with the long car line-ups; absence of parking space; and even the chance of being ticketed for illegal parking. You will be competing with 1200 other people or more with cameras of varying lenses and types, babies in strollers, friends emarenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06085754236431280989noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4780741214332858881.post-17529960649162569332010-04-21T00:10:00.000-04:002010-04-21T10:00:19.528-04:00Pittsburgh, PAPittsburgh is known as "The City of Bridges" and I could not agree more. In just one afternoon of going around the city, I lost count of the number of bridges we crossed and did not cross. It is the second largest city in the state of Pennsylvania, and about 8 hours drive from Toronto.In 2007, Forbes magazine named Pittsburgh the 10th cleanest city, and in 2008 Forbes listed Pittsburgh as the emarenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06085754236431280989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4780741214332858881.post-29265349740034996132010-04-19T00:10:00.006-04:002010-04-23T08:23:16.954-04:00ReflectionsSometimes, there are two sides to every photo. Specially when you are near water.Don't let your eyes deceive you - the next 2 photos are just reflections - not the real thing.Photos taken at the Toronto Botanical Garden. More photos of reflections here.emarenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06085754236431280989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4780741214332858881.post-1100666558752171932010-04-16T20:02:00.001-04:002010-04-16T20:02:37.436-04:00Toronto's RockThis is Yorkville's Rock - right in the middle of Toronto's priciest shopping district. A rock more than a billion years old, weighing 650 tonnes, containing no precious mineral or metal, and costing $300,000.The rock was moved from Gravenhurst, Muskoka by 20 flatbed trailers with each of the 135 pieces carefully labeled so the whole jigsaw could be reassembled. This was part of the 1991 Toronto emarenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06085754236431280989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4780741214332858881.post-56864059375684205292010-02-25T00:10:00.002-05:002010-04-16T20:06:52.137-04:00Trivia - Ambassador BridgeFor those who have been crossing the Ambassador bridge from Windsor, Ontario to Detroit, Michigan - do you know who owns the bridge? Neither United States or Canada.The Ambassador Bridge - is the only privately owned border crossing between the US and Canada. This bridge is owned by Manuel “Matty” Moroun, 2009 Forbes Magazine's 321 richest man in America, and stakeholder of Universal Truckload emarenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06085754236431280989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4780741214332858881.post-80330631850783641622010-02-24T00:10:00.002-05:002010-02-24T06:51:53.348-05:00Ice Fest Toronto 2010emarenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06085754236431280989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4780741214332858881.post-7670053711232007902010-02-21T00:10:00.000-05:002010-02-21T22:00:00.037-05:00HOPEHOPEThe dream of those who wake.emarenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06085754236431280989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4780741214332858881.post-67809694132520887102010-02-12T13:11:00.007-05:002010-02-12T21:05:37.570-05:00Changes There came a timewhen the risk to remain tight in the budwas more painful than the riskit took to blossom. ~ Anais NinAnd Life after Steel will bephotos, writings and then some...emarenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06085754236431280989noreply@blogger.com0